Share a copy of RaFD Dataset?

I tried to get this dataset from the original link but no one approved my requests for weeks. Can someone share with me a private link to use? You can send it to my institutional email:...

14 February 2021 1,908 1 View

Help with Amyloid beta detection protocol (western-blotting)?

Hi everyone, I am a first year PhD student working on amyloidosis. I would like some tips and tricks to crack efficiently my current nightmare, i.e. the western blotting of the Amyloid beta and...

11 February 2021 2,513 3 View

Does viral RNA extraction from nasopharyngeal swabs require pre-centrifugation with supernatant collection?

06 February 2021 323 3 View

Aspen plus (hydrometallurgy set-up) & reactions solid-liquid ?

I have to simulate a hydrometallurgical process where there are the following phases: - leaching (solid-liquid reactions) - cementation (solid-liquid reactions) - electrowinning (energy ) -...

30 January 2021 9,225 3 View

Anyone who used chelating agents during DNA extraction?

I am struggling to extract DNA from mine tailings even after enrichment due to suspected metal ions degrading DNA or inhibiting PCR reactions. I have used the following DNA extraction kits Zymo...

26 January 2021 4,542 2 View

How to prediction non-visible parts of microscopic pictures?

Dear all, I like to ask if someone has experience with evaluating pictures towards the prediction of non-visible parts. I have confocal-laser-scanning microscopic pictures of yeast cells and want...

28 December 2020 4,309 11 View

Coronal or Sagittal mouse brain sections to visualise vessels?

Hello, I am a first year PhD student and I am working on Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). I would like to investigate the presence of my proteins of interest in a CAA/Alzheimer's disease mouse...

05 December 2020 907 3 View

What is the cleanest / best way to handle different software dependencies / configurations?

Dear RG users, I noticed that several toolboxes developed for python are compatible with some specific releases and not with others and in general there is a precise set of tools defining the...

30 November 2020 4,545 5 View

Why maximum allowable limits for toxic metals or heavy metals in agricultural soils vary among countries and institutions?

For example, the maximum allowable limit for USEPA in agricultural soils are very low when compared to Tanzania's maximum allowable limits see figure below. Does this can affect the management...

23 November 2020 5,052 10 View

What is the best way to get organoids of the same size?

I would like to get organoids of the same size. We filter organoids using a 100 um filter and then pass that filtrate through a 40 um filter followed by flipping the 40 um filter. Then we wash the...

22 November 2020 9,391 3 View

Why does blocking with my immunogenic peptide cause nuclear fluorescence in ICC?

Hi all, I am validating a polyclonal antibody raised against human ANT4, through WB and ICC. In most of my controls, the antibody shows very little off-target binding, but when I pre-incubate the...

03 March 2021 5,999 3 View

Have someone successfully used the ER alpha (Santa Cruz sc-8002) antibody in immunostaining ?

Santa Cruz now recommends this new antibody (F-10) but I can't find a publication using this reference. I'm working on human et non human primate hypothalamus and so far, it doesn't work. Is...

02 March 2021 10,003 2 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Where can I find life cycle inventory or assessment of non woven materials?

Dear network, I am looking for the LCA or LCI or at least the energy balances of the non woven fabrics process for my master project, in specific for natural fibers, yet I have found...

02 March 2021 9,662 1 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

Help request in CST microwave?

im working now on TPV solar cells and metamaterials and i realy need our help in CST microwave i have a tpv cell simulation and i want to extract particullarly the absorbtion of only the active...

02 March 2021 2,246 2 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Does anyone know an alternative product for cardiac Troponin T antibody for Immunofluorescence (Thermo # MA512960)?

We have been using Thermo Fisher anti-cardiac Troponin T antibody for immunofluorescence staining in FFPE mouse heart sections but it was recently discontinued. The literature shows it to be the...

01 March 2021 4,937 1 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View