PACYC PCR not working after several attempts. Would anyone have any suggestions?

So, I have been trying to run a pACYC PCR which will be used later on for a Gibson Assembly. However the PCR is not working. I have already tried gradient PCR and changing extension time; however...

02 March 2021 1,146 2 View

What to do with absence of fluorescence label in Fucci2a mouse-derived fibroblast culture?

Dear all, I have harvested fibroblast cells from R26p-Fucci2 mouse embryos (mouse line as described in this paper: https://dev.biologists.org/content/140/1/237) and cultured them on plastic,...

17 February 2021 3,368 2 View

(Scale request) Anyone has the Malay version of Eating Attitude Test-26/40 (EAT-26/40)?

Dear Researchers, My research team is conducting a eating disorder related research in Malaysia and we would like to use the Malay translated version of EAT26/40. I have tried to email the...

24 January 2021 8,925 2 View

Difficult to silence gene?

I have been trying to silence a gene of interest but I could not get silencing efficiencies beyond 50% My method of detection is via RT-qPCR and samples were extracted 48hrs post transfection. Are...

09 January 2021 3,404 4 View

There are prominent crystal formation in my cell culture dish, what are the possible causes and how to get rid of them?

17 December 2020 3,093 4 View

Thin cut brain tissue flaking off of slides?

Hello! I have just encountered a new issue with some tissue flaking off of my slides and wondered if anyone else has experienced this or has any suggestions? The sections were cut at 18 microns...

09 December 2020 4,954 2 View

Sample size in G mellonella studies?

Hi everybody, I am working with G mellonella, and I know that one of the advantages of it is the lack of ethics commit and the 3R principles. However, I am very insecure about the sample size I...

29 October 2020 2,079 1 View

What corporate social responsibilities do social media companies have in relation to the use of psychographic profiling in advertising ?

What are the responsibilities of CSR ? What social media companies have done to protect the privacy or information of their users ?

12 October 2020 433 5 View

May I know is Triple Negative cell line MDA-MB-468 is auto fluorescence ?

I am doing immunofluorescence using MDA-MB-468 cell to determine ICAM-1 and E-cadherin with Santa Cruz Biotechnology ICAM-1 (G-5) mouse anti-human (Primary antibody), Santa Cruz Biotechnology...

27 August 2020 1,641 4 View

Can anti-Fas (anti-CD95) be used to prepare apoptotic cancer cell as antigens for DC to present antigen?

Researchers usually used irradiation (such as x-ray) to induce cancer cell apoptosis to prepare available antigens for DC to uptake that present the antigen to T cells. Can other apoptotic methods...

26 August 2020 5,445 4 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

MGL tools

20 June 2021 0 0 View

i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

24 March 2021 0 0 View

What is your perception on using visual analysis or quantitative approaches to evaluate data from single-case research designs (n of 1 trials)?

Results of single-case research designs (i.e., n-of-1 trials) are often evaluated by visually inspecting the time-series graph and computing quantitative indices. A question our research team is...

03 March 2021 687 1 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

02 March 2021 0 0 View

Arena simulation - how do i model the following model in ARENA (see description) (new to ARENA)?

Hello, I'm fairly new to ARENA and I have the following problem: I have two queues in which, in each queue, a different order type arrives (both having an arrival rate of exponential 10). Order...

02 March 2021 2,431 3 View

How to repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View

What element is driving the different slop in the low frequency tail?

My study consists simple corrosion inhibitors in salty brine. Right now I just fit my circuit with randles with CPE. Just wondering how the slop can given more info of the experiment. Or any...

01 March 2021 6,474 3 View

How Relativistic effects is one reason for lanthanide contraction?

The Lanthanide contraction which is the decrease in ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series from atomic number 57, lanthanum, to 71, lutetium, is due to poor shielding of the 4f...

01 March 2021 2,272 4 View