Why DNA skein and DNA pellet were not seen during salting out DNA extraction method?

I use salting out DNA extraction methods . But recently after adding the ethanol we couldn't saw the DNA skein and DNA pellet . Finally the results of nano drop indicated that extracted DNA have...

08 September 2019 1,829 1 View

How can i extract miRNa from saliva samples efficiently ?

Recently we decide to evaluate the miRNA expression levels in saliva sample as diagnostic biomarker of cancer . We used TRIzol extraction methods but the CT of real-time PCR for U6 gene was...

08 September 2019 1,369 3 View

What is the serum IL-6 level in human ?

Recently we evaluate the serum IL-6 level in patients after radiotherapy . Unfortunately 4 of 7 samples are negative. we used the thermo fisher ELISA kit for this aim and 100 microliter of...

07 August 2019 2,658 5 View

Is there differences between PBMC and WBC in ionizing radiation responses?

04 May 2019 8,005 5 View

How can i access the Miranda web page ?

unfortunately during this month i couldn't access to the miranda microRNA target prediction tool web page . http://www.microrna.org/ is the web page address was changed ?

05 June 2018 9,323 0 View

How can i access to the LncRNA sequences?

I want to design primer for the lncRNA entitled nonhsat062994 but i can't find it at NCBI. how can i access to the sequence of this RNA?

04 May 2018 8,641 4 View

How can i solve the agarose gel problem ?

My friend sent me the agarose gel results. As seen in attached figure lower range of gel was dark and , i cant see any band in this region . how can i solve this problem?

11 December 2017 4,915 0 View

How can I extract DNAparaffin embedded tissues with mineral oil?

Recently two study indicated that mineral oil can be used for Dna extraction. Is there anyone who has the experience about this method?

10 November 2017 4,236 5 View

How can i predict that targeting a gene with siRNA lead to specific pathway inhibition ?

Recently we want to target a gene with siRNA , but i have a critical question how can i make sure that downstream pathway of this genes will be affected . on the other hand ho can i predict...

10 November 2017 1,899 3 View

Why the lan of sds page aren't smoth?

08 September 2017 7,829 3 View

Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence?

I am on the lookout for the Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thank you in advance

03 March 2021 3,568 1 View

Why might my GFP tag be dissociating from my plasmid after transfection?

I have a set of stably transfected cell lines all transfected with plasmids containing GFP tags on the C terminus. During a western blot using anti-GFP antibody, one of my plasmids has dissociated...

01 March 2021 9,310 4 View

Which fluorescent dye to use for measuring total ROS production?

Is DCFDA appropriate for measuring total ROS production, or can it only detect certain types of ROS? If I want to measure total ROS production, which dye should I use?

01 March 2021 9,447 3 View

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View

Why does intensity drops as concentration increases?

Is there any reason for decrease in fluorescence emission intensity of HSA,BSA when increase the concentration ?

28 February 2021 3,653 4 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

Does RNAiMAX transfection reagent work in serum free medium?

I diluted siRNA and RNAiMAX in opti-MEM and added to the cells which they were in the growth medium. Is it a right way? or should I culture cells in the opti-MEM medium for a while and not in...

26 February 2021 10,041 3 View

Problem with ligating 2.8 kb insert into 8.5 kb plasmid?

I am trying to clone 2 copies of the same mammalian gene into the pSF-CMV-Ub-Puro Ascl (contains HindIII, KpnI and NheI cut sites) plasmid. This is what the final product is supposed to look like...

24 February 2021 6,310 3 View

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

Interpretation of a fluorescence Emission spectrum ?

Hello, i work with a spectrometer which only render the fluorescence emission spectrum. Until now i just found how to interpret an exitation- and emission spectrum together to generate deeper...

20 February 2021 1,291 3 View