How can I measure MMP-1 protein activity or protein level from liver tissue?

Instead of checking only the mRNA level, I want to check the active protein level of MMP-1 in Liver tissue from mice. How can I do that?

03 March 2021 1,763 2 View

Binary Logistic Generalized Linear Mixed model in SPSS. Is it doable?

I want to analyses the proportion of swimming sperm of three species of fish in two salinities. To analyse the proportion of swimming sperm in a Generalized Linear Model, I would use a Binary...

03 March 2021 2,297 3 View

Looking for Materials with high thermal expansion coefficient and high temperature resistance?

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

Guidelines for survey (question type) analysis?

Hi. Please tell me what guidelines should i need to follow for questionaries' type research work in India. It is not hospital based work, we are conduction basic institutional based qualitative...

03 March 2021 2,037 3 View

What are the values needed for gabor filter's parameter for cifar10 data?

Hi, I implemented a code to gabor filter cifar10 data but the images after being filtered and stacked are not clear like the original images. I think the problem is in the way I am using the...

03 March 2021 6,317 1 View

Can we block unwanted images during the x-ray prediction?

i am try to classify the x-ray images. During classification , can i block unwanted images (except x-ray image).

03 March 2021 7,100 1 View

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03 March 2021 5,360 2 View

What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

Sample dilution for quantitative analysis using ELISA?

If the detection range is in ng/ml but the reference range is in ug/ml for a molecule or protein in serum or plasma .how to dilute and what is the initial volume to be taken for quantitative analysis

02 March 2021 7,670 3 View

The procedure compute?

02 March 2021 5,204 3 View

What can I do to keep magnetic beads suspended in solution within a syringe?

I'm looking for ways to prevent the settling of magnetic beads in solution. I have been using a syringe pump to inject a suspension of magnetic beads in PBS into a microfluidic device, and so far...

09 February 2021 6,206 2 View

Are there any fast-acting, long-term fixatives compatible with FISH?

I'm looking for a fixative that works quickly but you can safely store cells in for a longer period (i.e. a few hours). Most importantly it must be able to fix chromatin well and be compatible...

03 February 2021 7,659 7 View

Is it better to push or pull liquid through microfluidics with a syringe pump?

I have a PDMS microfluidic device that I want to perfuse cells through (there are also adherent cells in the channels). Is there any difference if I use a syringe pump to push the cells through...

30 January 2021 4,092 3 View

How can you attach polyurethane devices on glass slides?

I am making microfluidic devices made of polyurethane. The problem I am facing is that I am unable to attach these devices to glass slide even after plasma treatment (air plasma). Some of the...

28 January 2021 5,194 2 View

Has anyone tried cross-linking cells with formaldehyde before co-immunoprecipitation?

Hi, I am currently trying to co-immunoprecipitate a protein but the interaction between that protein and its binding partner is not stable. Sometimes we able to detect its binding partner but...

29 November 2020 9,261 3 View

No proteins of interest after Co-IP with Dynabeads?

Hello, I am trying to Co-IP my protein complex of interest, and every time i run it on the gel I get nothing but antibody bands. I conjugate my antibody to Dynabeads protein G overnight. I then...

29 October 2020 3,229 7 View

In microfluid, is it hard to generate drop with smaller than channel diameter?

Hi! After weeks of testing we get control of the drop size, by put oil pump vertical and adjust the oil flow rate. However, we found the drop size becomes crazily deviated when trying to get drop...

28 October 2020 1,044 6 View

Can anyone suggest suitable RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) protocol from cell?

I would like to see RNA-protein interaction following transcription process inside the cell. I am wondering if there is any protocol similar to protein co-immunoprecipitation,which can bind the...

27 October 2020 2,940 3 View

Do you need to acidify your samples prior to desalting with C18?

I am wondering how important pH is here. I have a sample tryptic sample in 50mM TEAB, wondering if I need to add in TFA to ~2% before desalting. I understand the need to acidify samples with ion...

18 October 2020 6,639 3 View

How to control droplet size in microfluid?

Hi! We realise the dripping in our microfluid chip (the + cross). Yet we wonder how can we control our droplet size to ~=70um sphere (the channel is a semicircle in 70um diameter) Can we...

14 October 2020 8,696 8 View