How to deal with the recudtion of amplification efficiency of indexed primers?

Hi all, I am now working with ITS2 sequencing library preparation. I had observed that after introducing adapters, linkers and barcodes to a primer, the indexed primers have a much lower...

27 January 2021 5,045 3 View

Are there any DNA intercalators that do not have fluorescence?

I understand several normal DNA intercalators, such as ethidium bromide, acridine, SYBR et al. would emit fluorescence. Is there any kind of DNA intercalator that do not have fluorescence?

25 December 2020 688 3 View

How to interpret the centrality indices in network analysis?

I learned that in order to interpret the centrality indices, the CS coefficients resulted from a bootnet test are preferably above 0.5 and above 0.25 is acceptable. In my network, the CS...

29 October 2020 3,545 3 View

How to create a graph of psychopathology symptoms when conducting network analysis in R?

I've been working on the network analysis of adolescent depressive symptoms. I've estimated the network, the centrality indices and network stability using packages qgraph and bootnet. Then I want...

22 October 2020 5,591 3 View

How to interpret the results of NetworkComparison Test when conducting a network analysis in R?

25 September 2020 9,936 2 View

Does anybody know how to use the Lagranto model?

These days I wanted to run the Lagranto model to track water vapor transport path. But I got some trouble in installing an available version of Lagranto model. I attempted to use "conda install -c...

04 July 2020 5,417 4 View

Abaqus & Fortran complier linking problem ?

Hi, I am trying to run a vumat subroutine, but there is some abaqus-fortran linking issue. I use abaqus 6146 Micrasoft visual studio 14.0 parallel studio XE 2016 I added these command in my .bat...

25 February 2020 5,698 2 View

Health informatics: Relationships between industry development and academic research?

In digital health domain, is the academic research that leads the development of the industry OR is the industry development that impacts the associated academic research ?

10 June 2019 5,214 6 View

Fluorescence Polarization Assays?

When I titrated fluorescence probe by Protein A alone or by Protein B alone, it do not should any binding signals, mP do not change. However, when I titrated the same fluorescence probe by...

18 March 2019 2,468 3 View

How does esiRNA from Sigma compare to Dharmacon's SMARTpool siRNA?

I would like to know information about esiRNA form Sigma for the following points: 1. transfection protocol; 2. knockdown efficiency; 3. off target effects; 4. toxicity. Anyone would like to share...

31 May 2018 9,661 2 View

Anyone plz suggest relevant topic for research in image processing+Deep learning.?

I have selected brain tumor images ...but now found that already lots of research done n this topic.

03 March 2021 5,774 3 View

What kind of food stuff increase the potentiality of human brain?

There are different kinds of food stuffs which we intake daily according to our requirements. Carbohydrate, protein, fat, mineral, vitamin, water are mainly working for the growth and development...

01 March 2021 831 2 View

Interested to stain mice tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, anybody has a protocol to recommend?

Interested to stain mice brain tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, appreciate if anyone willing to offer me some guidance or suggestions! Thank you!

28 February 2021 3,951 2 View

Any specific pipeline or parameter to analyse total transcriptomics study of brain tissue samples?

I have two groups of brain samples, control and treated for example. It was total RNA nova seq sequencing. I tried all the available pipeline like: star+rsem+deseq2, Hista+stringtie+cuffdiff,...

27 February 2021 356 6 View

B-mercaptoethanol (BME) protocol?

Hi everybody, I have been running a multiplex IHC which allow me to stain the same tissue with different markers (Primary Ab + Secondary conjugated Ab) (AF487, AF555, AF647). Since I would like to...

27 February 2021 5,028 2 View

Why do my MCFs not form monolayer?

Hello, I am looking for some expertise on culturing MCF7s. I purchased them from ATCC and I have been following all media and culture conditions. Media is EMEM with 10% FBS and 10ug/mL of...

27 February 2021 3,904 2 View

Can Ethovision store the generated data and video recordings directly to NAS system?

The size of data generated by Ethovision is huge. Having NAS system for data storage seems to be a good option, I am wondering whether Ethovision can directly store the data to the NAS system...

27 February 2021 6,350 2 View

Is there anyone who experienced with cytotoxic effect of Hoescht 33342 dye?

Is Hoechst toxic to cells? In general, it is known as non-toxic. I am working with dsRED MDA-MB-231 cell line. I applied it for my PDMS-based microfluidic platform, for this reason, I incubated...

26 February 2021 9,119 3 View

Why my agarose gel staining sometimes looks not homogenic but like gradient (see the figure)?

I am worried about this overexposure of the upper part of the gel in the picture. Is it possible that this is the result of too much concentration of ethidium bromide? Why is there such a big...

25 February 2021 8,140 3 View

Markers of mitochondrial activity in FFPE tissues?

Hello everybody, Does someone have any experience with assessing/extimating mitochondrial activity on FFPE tissues? Precisely, no TOM20, ATP5B, etc: we are trying to get an approximative idea of...

24 February 2021 4,618 4 View