Has anyone tried to scan fluorescence IHC slides with microarray scanner?

I have an old slide microarray scanner (VIDAR Revolution 4200) and would like to give it a "second life", as IHC scanner array (fluorescence dyes), FISH over tissue or similar. Has anyone tried...

24 February 2021 9,210 1 View

What could be the cause to have an E.coli DH10B transformed with pUC18 to grow in MKL + ampicillin but is not LAC+?

Hello everyone, I did a transformation of E. coli DH10B using pUC18 plasmid. The bacterias did grow on MKL medium with ampicillin but the colonies showed a white/pink colour and the medium was...

08 February 2021 9,720 3 View

Has anybody seen research on Generative Adversarial Networks not image / video / autoencoder based?

Searching for Generative Adversarial Networks applications.

09 October 2020 2,316 2 View

How can I be sure that my bone marrow cells are differentiated into bone marrow derived macrophages (day 7) at a gene expression level?

Hi everyone, I'm trying to establish a standard protocol to cultivate BMDMs. I'm culturing BM cells for 7 days in 100mm petri dishes, addition of M-CSF(20ng/mL) on day 0 and day 3. I would like...

09 July 2020 1,742 3 View

Insects and COVID-19: a possible contaminant?

Dear colegues, What do you think about this? Can insects or others arthropods transmit the virus (directly or indirectly)?

19 April 2020 7,391 53 View

Can the crystallinity of starch or other materials be calculated from the birefringent area?

Hi I would like to know if is it possible to obtain the crystallinity of a material such as starch from the ratio of the birefringent area to total area using the images obtained from light and...

30 March 2020 952 5 View

How can I identify and catalog the Rainforest fungus?

We have a big area of Rainforest where we can see a big variety of fungos growing around. I'd like to catalog them using a simple methodology. We do not have equipment for that despite a...

16 March 2020 9,034 3 View

I tried metawin unfortunately I couldn't get much help on how to code studies. Does anyone know a good free package for correlation meta analysis?

By the way I also need advice on which correlations to extract from factor studies ( exploratory, confirmatory, & SEM PLS) for meta analysis?

16 March 2020 7,217 3 View

Deep Euthetic Solvents, how to prepare?

Hi, everyone. I am starting to work with fractionation of Biomassa by Deep Euthetic Solvents . I came across a DES that is comprised of Lactic acid: Glucose:water (molar ratio 5:1:3), as in ref....

12 March 2020 3,474 3 View

Forests Pests: increased damage by climate change?

Dear researchers, what is your opinion about climate changes and forests pests? there is an increase or reduction of damage caused by insects and mites on trees?

29 February 2020 2,434 17 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

How does an antibody have full intact antibody + half antibody?

Hello, I was just wondering how does a antibody have full intact antibody + half antibody? Is it because of the drug conjugation?

28 February 2021 1,577 1 View

How do I choose contrasts in SPM8?

I am learning how to use SPM for PET and PET-MR analysis, but I haven't found any great resources that explain how contrasts work. I have a series of PET images where our hypothesis argues that...

24 February 2021 1,534 2 View

Does anyone have any ideas why drug-resistant malaria is increasing in Southeast Asia even when those drugs are no longer used?

When dealing with bacterial toxins, there are three varieties of microbes that develop in your petri dish: toxic, resistant, and susceptible. Initially, there are only toxic and vulnerable...

21 February 2021 6,084 5 View

What is the most prevalent drug related problem in the developed countries?

Detecting the drug related problems is an important step in the pharmaceutical care plan

21 February 2021 5,421 3 View

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19 February 2021 8,647 3 View

Could you please share your experience with me on the type of 96 wells plate for MIC determination: Treated Vs Untreated and Round-Vs Flat-bottomed?

I am working on the MIC determination of various antibacterial agents (both water-soluble and- insoluble) against S. aureus, MRSA, and S. pyogenes. Some guidelines recommend using round-bottomed...

17 February 2021 7,029 3 View

How to improve dissolution of neosome?

I have made neosome from herbal drug. Neosomes are stable. But I face problems in dissolution. I used minimum ratio of 1:1:0.25 ( Drug:span 60: Cholesterol and GMs. Now how can I active better...

17 February 2021 3,584 1 View

How to determine the drug loading and the drug release capacity of a polymer micelle using UV spectroscopy?

Currently, I am working on PLA-PEG copolymer micelle for the drug delivery system. I have seen several papers where some researcher talks to centrifuge the drug-loaded micelle to separate the...

13 February 2021 5,822 7 View

Should the AUC in a concentration-time graph of a subcutaneous implant be roughly the same for poeple?

I have 2 concentration time curves of a subcut drug implant. the first group has a peak around the 50 day mark where as the second group does not. Both groups received the same implant by the same...

10 February 2021 2,305 3 View