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

Quantifying leaking DNA from bacteria - what's the secret?

Hi, all! I need to determine if my treatment causes membrane damage in bacteria (S. aureus and E. cloacae), but I cannot use a fluorescent probe such as PI and similar ones because my compound is...

24 February 2021 2,006 2 View

Please let me know how to remove mycoplasma contamination from cell line?

I am facing a problem in maintaining the cell line of HepG2 and HepG2.2.15. I have used plasmocin Tm treatment (Invivo gen) Cat.#ant-mpt Lot #MPT-41-01 for more than a month. I have also used...

21 February 2021 6,046 4 View

Western blot protein of interest falling at a lower weight than expected?

My protein of interest is DAGLa (115 kDa). We received the antibody for this from another researcher who reliably shows bands at this weight. We do see a light banding at this weight, but the...

11 February 2021 6,009 3 View

Which Journals would you advise to submit a Letter which briefly talks about neurosurgical treatment of neuro-oncological patient during Sars-COV-2?

Possibily not an open access journal which does not add any publishing costs once being accepted. Thank you in advance

09 February 2021 717 6 View

Sample Size for Quasi-Experimental Quants using one-tailed t-test?

Hi, sorry I'm stumped. I'm going to do a study on the leadership styles (using the MLQ Form 5X) of minority women administrators in medical schools. How will I calculate the sample size? Thank...

30 January 2021 2,865 4 View

Can you do Ponceau staining after loading control for Western Blot?

Hello everyone! I forgot to take a picture of my Ponceau stain prior to starting my first round of primary and secondary antibodies. I'm currently doing my loading control now and was wondering...

25 January 2021 757 3 View

What is the correct way to apply a Design effect for sample size calculation when the sampling method is linear systematic random sampling?

When we are doing sampling by means of simple systematic random sampling,how do we calculate the design effect for use during calculation of sample size for our work?

20 January 2021 5,328 3 View

Anybody to help me with Code source for DOUBLE CONCAVE FRICTION PENDULUM BEARINGS Please?

Hello, would you please share the codes for Base Isolation of structures using Double Concave Friction Pendulum Bearings? I am doing a related research but as I am just a beginner in MATLAB, I...

18 January 2021 6,683 1 View

How to generate .dlg files on PyRx?

Hi. I'm using the PyRx version 0.8 and getting the error message: WARNING: Filename mismatch: "2DFN_ADP_CL.maps.fld" :: "..\2DFN_ADP_CL.maps.fld" C:\Program Files (x86)\The Scripps Research...

17 January 2021 843 3 View

Can anyone help with an Accurate Diffuser Expansion Loss formula for rectangular shaped diffusers in turbulent flow regime?

I have tried Idelchik's Handbook of Hydraulic Resistance 4th Edition (2007 page 300) formulas and across some range the formulas are reported valid for, the law of conservation of energy is...

20 February 2021 2,504 1 View

What are backpropagation formulas for residual neural networks?

14 February 2021 4,194 3 View

What is the best way to do symmetry in ANSYS Fluent for flow between two concentric cylinders ?

I am working on Taylor Couette flow between concentric cylinders and the results are correct for the full case. however, I wanted to do symmetry case to improve the mesh. I have tried periodic...

11 February 2021 2,193 6 View

Why would one go up and then down with gradient during HPLC?

I think I've seen it previously, but the current example is from this publication https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/14/5/1825 where they used the following gradient on HPLC: min ... % MeOH 0 ... 2 20...

09 February 2021 5,422 3 View

How to write cyclic loading in OpenSees?

Hi there, I'm having trouble with adding cyclic loading in OpenSees software. My task is to model a reinforcing bar under cyclic loading and compare the response with the experimental results....

04 February 2021 8,158 1 View

Distortion problem in Abaqus explicit?

Dear all. I'm modeling the RC column with cyclic displacement by Abaqus-Explicit. The concrete model used Concrete Plastic Damage model. However I'm facing with a error about the excessive...

01 February 2021 7,726 1 View

Difficulties purifying Outer Membrane Vesicles using a Sucrose Density Gradient: Unable to detect any protein after this process?

I'm currently trying to purify Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs) following their extraction from the bacteria I'm working with. After the initial extraction the concentration of protein seems good...

27 January 2021 6,852 3 View

PCR primers bind to specific DNA at specific temperatures but not other temperatures?

I ran PCR in order to analyze a P-element excision on a mutant drosophila line. My results were not conclusive, however that is beside the point. I ran a temperature gradient in order to optimize...

25 January 2021 9,164 11 View

What time and speed should the centrifuge be set at in order for cell debris and clumped proteins to form a pellet?

- The Eppendorf tube was then placed in a microcentrifuge. Notice how it is balanced with another tube placed opposite it in the centrifuge drum to ensure smooth rotation. Other information...

24 January 2021 2,547 3 View

How to check "no blast hit" sequences of NGS data output?

My environmental sample was analyzed for fungi by both DGGE (18S) and NGS (ITS2), resulted in some different names (in the top 5 of strong bands in DGGE, or most abundant sequences in NGS) between...

21 January 2021 5,310 3 View