Why are my bands weird in this Agarose gel?

Can someone please give me some possible things that could go wrong? Here is my recipe: 0.5g Agarose 50 mL of TAE 1x 1 uL ethyl bromide. Gel was run at 100V for 1 hour. The buffer used is also TAE.

01 March 2021 9,952 3 View

How to increase solubility of Poly acrylic acid in Dioxane solvent?

I am working with Polyacrylic acid (100.000Da) and instead of water, I need to use another solvent (dioxane) to dissolve PAA. However, because of the high molecular weight, it's quite hard to...

25 February 2021 2,225 5 View

How to minimise the risk of being abused the profile of potential participants tagged in a social media post?

Dear colleagues, I got this one in one project I did ethics review. It's great to hear about your thoughts/experiences. "Doing an open recruitment online (i.e., via Facebook) requires public...

22 February 2021 3,322 3 View

Any suggestion on self-efficacy scale ?

Dear researchers, I am planning on conducting a research on the relationship between Language learning strategies, by Oxford (1990) and self-efficacy. I have found Morgan-Jinks Student Efficacy...

22 January 2021 8,432 3 View

I need to apply a questionnaire from an article. What statistical analysis do I need to use?

Hello, I found a survey about attitude toward language in an article which I find fit to use it in my thesis. The survey has 30 questions, which were put into 5 factors through factor analysis...

21 January 2021 9,419 3 View

Why did I obtain abnormal staining by TUNEL assay?

I use Abcam TUNEL Assay Kit - HRP-DAB (ab206386) on mouse tissues. The staining showed a pattern that I expected to see with a specific layer of cells dying due to drug treatment. But the...

12 January 2021 144 1 View

Is there a generalized method to derive current-mode model of any DC-DC converters?

Hi all, As new DC-DC converters are being proposed, associated control method should be proposed and based on the small-model signal analysis of the DC-DC converters. Using average space state...

06 January 2021 7,247 3 View

Is it need to test Cronbach's Alpha for extracted features from data?

As Cronbach's Alpha is usually used for test the reliability of measurements given by questionnaires, however, I wonder that whether I use this test for features extracted from behavioral data. I...

26 December 2020 9,602 2 View

How is datasets good?

Can you show me some ways to generate benchmark datasets?

22 December 2020 362 4 View

Does crystallinity degree, (and crystalline phase) of a polymer affect its surface energy and adhesion?

I have several PLLA electrospun nanofibers with different crystallinity degrees and also different crystalline phases and I am measuring the adhesion force by AFM-based techniques. I wonder if we...

28 November 2020 3,269 5 View

Any probe or assay for the detection of Cysteine in yeast invivo ?

Dear fellow researchers, I would like to detect the cysteine levels for yeast in vivo. I would really appreciate if anyone could suggest me any fluorescent probe or assay kit available. Currently...

11 February 2021 3,292 3 View

GST assay in microplate?

I'd like to know if anyone can provide me with a protocol for traditional GST enzymatic assay (with GSH and CDNB as substrates) in a 96 well microplate, for cell line and/or C.elegans...

11 February 2021 1,328 3 View

Measurement of water retention in organic substrates without a pressure plate?

Hello, I'm trying to measure the physical and hydrological properties of organic substrate media. Currently, I'm referring The book Soil sampling and Methods of Analysis by Carter and Gregorich....

09 February 2021 3,233 8 View

Can I modify vermiculite or perlite by adding nutrients to control a certain situation?

I need to assimilate a determining condition for the plant. However, I need to ask you if it is possible to change the properties and concentration of plant nutrients in this material like perlite...

04 February 2021 8,616 11 View

How to use plant root tissue for experimental analysis?

Hello everyone, I am working basically on plants (hydroponic culture). I want to estimate biochemicals and gene expression pattern of root tissues. My question is that how to harvest the tissues...

20 January 2021 4,443 3 View

Problem with GST-fusion protein elution- Can anyone help?

18 December 2020 4,559 6 View

What could be the cause of the Glutathione peak migration (LC Dionex, Kintetex EVO C18, water phase) ?

Hello, I need a help from those of you who work on Kinetex EVO C18 with water + 0.2% TFA mobile phase (isocratic). The conditions are constant (temperatures, flow, column, conditioning time)....

16 December 2020 4,582 3 View

Is there any ingredient I an add into formula to slow down gas generation from Vitamin C?

I know Vitamin C is unstable and tends to be oxidized quickly. The problem here is I made a Vitamin C beverage at pH 4-5, and it starts to generate gas in the packaging, especially at high...

13 December 2020 6,055 1 View

Is RabGTPase prenylation reversible or not?

Hi all, I'm working on RAB10, which is a small RabGTPase and is geranylgeranylated at his c-terminal cysteine residues. This is important for membrane insertion. I'm wondering if this...

04 December 2020 4,026 1 View

I need help in peptide oxidation during deprotection group removal?

Hey! I need help on peptide (22 aa) oxidation.This peptide has no methionine, 1 tryptophan & 1 tyrosine. also has 4 cysteine so I used 2 protection groups (trt & acm). For ACM removal, I...

03 December 2020 3,225 2 View