Too low protein concentration for Western Blot - any advice for polyacrylamide gel method?

Currently have punched mouse brain samples of different regions that are of too low protein concentration for Western Blot. Has anyone used the polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis method to detect...

09 January 2021 3,955 3 View

Western Blot: any reasonable alternatives or troubleshooting advice for punched samples?

Hi, I currently have punched mouse brain tissue separated by brain region (using the cryostat) and the initial plan was to do Western Blot analysis on the punched tissue. We already have the...

01 January 2021 8,884 1 View

Does anyone have experience or suggestions on the polyacrylamide gel method of protein purification and measurement for punched samples?

Hello, I currently have sliced and punched mouse brain tissue using the cryostat and I wish to analyze it for the concentrations of different dopamine receptors. We initially desired to use...

01 January 2021 9,455 2 View

How to insert a line of median into scatter plot in SPSS? Multiple variables possible?

Hi! I am using SPSS chart builder to do grouped scatter plots. In the first scatter, I have two groups on the x-axis. I want to add a line of median to each group for better comparison. How can I...

17 November 2020 8,693 3 View

Economic evaluation in mental health services / DataBASE to use?

Hi! I am conducting a master thesis in the field of economic evaluation and mental health services as systematic literature review. Now I consider what databases to use. I have been thinking to...

09 September 2020 2,010 3 View

Can I use in a meta analysis case reports and rcts? And what calculation Do you raccomend( proportion, relative risk....)?

21 August 2020 5,190 3 View

Where can I find credible statistics for social media platforms?

I wonder where I can find credible statistics about patterns of using social networking sites that can be used as a reference in an academic thesis, preferably downloadable. Thanks

08 May 2020 4,932 5 View

Where can I find research papers or data concerning Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Immigrants and Refugees ?

Hello Everyone, I do hope that all of you are doing well and staying safe amid the COVID-19. I'm trying to find research papers or data that gives a global view about the difference in the...

03 April 2020 4,157 1 View

Why can't I see collagen in SDS-PAGE?

I try to resolve collagen on SDS-PAGE. My goal is to resolve the collagen extracted from skin scaffolds. I use ThermoFisher Bolt mini gels. I can see the protein ladder migrating and also I can...

15 March 2020 9,906 8 View

Your opinion on pulsed field electrophoresis instruments?

Hello, I am interested in running an experiment requiring pulsed field electrophoresis. The primary samples will be budding yeasts chromosomes and minor set of samples with chromosome sizes up...

30 October 2019 7,068 2 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

Your thoughts on the spherical densiometer to estimate relative species canopy cover?

Hi biologists and biogeomorphologists, I want to characterize vegetation plots on a transect that follows a successionnal gradient from a river bed to a mature forest. Ecologically, I am...

26 February 2021 5,720 2 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

25 February 2021 6,760 1 View

Bayesian decision trees and bayesian regression trees in Python and/or R?

I am looking for implementation of bayesian decision trees and bayesian regression trees in Python and/or R.. Do you know if the existing libraries support this

23 February 2021 6,689 3 View

How to assure whether a regression tree overfit or not by seeing bias-variance value of the model?

Lets consider a regression tree in which variance is 1.1065*e-10 and bias is 2.962e-13. Also the model RMSE on training set is 1.5e-5 and on training set is 1.2950e-5. Is the model is overfit or...

22 February 2021 7,755 2 View

How can I improve the concentration of banana fruits extracted RNA?

Currently, I'm working with banana fruits. I've tried to do RNA extractions with different methods, and I've gotten total RNA without contamination, but I couldn't get a high concentration of...

22 February 2021 6,126 2 View

Does calculating the interaction index between a drug and a food matrix make sense?

Dear all, I'm conducting the revisions of some of my manuscript, with is the impact of the combination of Aspirin and a fruit juice in colorectal cancer cells. Two of the reviewers have asked to...

16 February 2021 3,141 3 View

Are cloud points able to identify tree species?

Hello Dears My goal is to classify dense forest tree species using drone images. Is it possible to classify dense cloud points? If yes, in what way and in what software? Thankful

15 February 2021 3,475 3 View

Why is there cloudy white solution in flavonoid test tube?

I do flavonoid test for biscuit incorporated with muntingia fruit powder. Sample extracted with metanol (1:10 ,w/v), macerated 24h, sentrifuged and filtered. Supernatan used for analysis. I have...

08 February 2021 6,779 4 View

Does the UV radiation affect on fruits ?

I want to examine a kind of fruit's extract's antimicrobial effects. At first I want to put it under the UV radiation to prevent the mold or any kind of fungi's and bacteria's growth. The...

24 January 2021 8,350 20 View