I get tumor tissue from the patients after the surgery. How to isolate the top layer of cells from a tumor?

I work on gastric cancer. I want to separate the top layer of tumor cells from the lower layers.

25 January 2021 6,663 1 View

How to measure porosity/diameter of electrospun nanofibers using imagej?

Hi all, I have SEM images of electrospun nanofibers and I'd like to measure its porosity/diameter. However I'm not sure how to do it with ImageJ or any other software. Can anybody help me please?...

27 July 2020 5,925 7 View

How important is it to check the psychometric properties of translated version of a gold standard scale?

There is a scale in English that has well established psychometric properties. I want to use the translated version of the scale in my study. Do I have to test all the psychometric properties of...

11 June 2020 3,951 14 View

Should solar irradiance be considered in Wh or kWh when designing a PV system in kW?

Hi, I am designing a PV system in kW and having a small confusion that should I be considering the solar irradiance in Wh or kWh in the PV calculations? Thank you.

02 July 2019 4,127 3 View

Can anyone provide a reliable protocol with tips and tricks for miRNA isolation from human plasma using Trizol?

Trizol protocol I am using, provides good total RNA concentration and quality but the miRNA spike (Cel-miR39) is not being amplified in qPCR. Starting volume: 600microlitre Plasma Elution:...

13 June 2019 2,228 9 View

Can anyone help me understanding why am I getting jagged amplification curve for my miRNAs in plasma sample?

I have used mircury exosome serum/plasma kit along with trizol for extraction of my miRNAs from human plasma. RNA concentration was 623.8ng on nanodrop with 260/280 ratio of 2.12. For RT-PCR and...

11 June 2019 3,679 4 View

What is the best way to purify the ear clip genomic DNA from TaqMan DNA extraction reagent?

13 October 2018 3,427 3 View

Significance of pAkt/Akt and pErk/Erk ratio?

Hi, I'm testing the effect of a drug on cardiomyocytes. The treated cells are then used for Akt and Erk ELISA. Can anyone tell me how do I interpret the pAkt/Akt or pErk/Erk ratio? For...

10 September 2018 3,959 3 View

Insulin concentration in culture medium?

Hi all, to mimic the hyperinsulinemia, what concentration of insulin should be used in the culture medium of growing cell lines (for example L6/MIN6) ? Also what should be the normal concentration...

21 March 2018 2,255 2 View

How to find quantitative determination of fe2+,fe3+ ratio from xps?

In my sample fe deped BaTiO3, both Fe2+ ferrous and fe3+ Ferric ion i.e.,multi valence states present which identified from XPS. How to find fe2+:Fe3+ ration present in my sample? which method I...

20 May 2017 8,210 4 View

How to normalise data on OPM package from R Studio ?

Good afternoon, I recently used OmniLog from BIOLOG for my experimentations : I tested the metabolism of different strains on 2 types of plates. I have 16 strains of 3 different groups...

02 March 2021 3,584 1 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

Can bacterial suspension be pipetted directly onto petri dish and agar poured onto it?

Hi, recently I encountered a protocol for plating which was not the usual method I have been practicing (pour LB agar onto plate, allow it to solidify, pipette bacterial suspension onto plate,...

28 February 2021 7,292 3 View

Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

Hi everyone, Illumina provides a list of primers to amplify with high taxonomic coverage the ITS1 region for further fungal sequencing, but I cannot find the exact amount necessary of each...

25 February 2021 6,969 3 View

Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration fors?

Warm greetings My name is Ayichew S. and I am doing my Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology (on Human papillomavirus). At this stage, I have almost completed a clinical sample Cervical swabs)...

25 February 2021 1,660 3 View

Difficulty in cloning of 1kb gene into vector?

I am facing difficulties in cloning a 1kb gene into a vector (pJIT163). I have my gene on interest (GOI) in pUC57 and want to clone in pJIT163 using SalI and BamHI restriction sites. I am getting...

25 February 2021 3,221 7 View

Can I use TCA instead of TFA for protein analyis in RP-HPLC?

I am trying to analyze lipase using the reverse phase-HPLC C18 column. In the literature, 0.1 % TFA was and 60% ACN was used. Can I use TCA in place of TFA? If any other methods are available to...

25 February 2021 2,388 3 View

Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration forms?

Warm greetings! My name is Ayichew S. and I am doing my Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology focusing on Human papillomavirus). At this stage, I have almost completed a clinical sample (Cervical swabs)...

25 February 2021 3,612 3 View

Advice on growing lactobacillus species in the lab?

Hello everyone, For part of my PhD project, I'm hoping to grow some lactobacillus species in the lab so that I can create standard curves for a qPCR quantification of a faecal sample. However, I...

24 February 2021 3,157 6 View

Can 5-FOA Diffuse Through Agar?

I am preparing to do a gene knockout in the filamentous fungi Coccidioides posadasii targeting pyrG/URA3 so that 5-FOA can be used for selection pressure instead of traditional antibiotic...

16 February 2021 169 4 View