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

Please. Could you help be in implementing Fractal Discrete Cosine Transform algorithm in Matlab?

I do need the Matlab code of Fractal Discrete Cosine Transform (FDCT). Can anyone who has already implement this code, help me with the implementation of this transform?

24 February 2021 5,602 2 View

What is the reason film thickness increased?

what is the reason film thickness increased when increased doping concentrations give some reasons The measured film thickness is 156, 282, 394, 548 and 681 nm for 0, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, and 4.5 wt....

17 February 2021 8,987 5 View

Queries regarding the rain flow counting algorithm?

02 February 2021 9,790 2 View

What is the importance of create interfaces in 3D plaxis analysis?

While you analyse the stone columns in 3D plaxis, the interface should be used. What is the importance of that.

26 January 2021 2,440 4 View

How to determine the genetic potential of the genotype in terms of fruit size and weight?

In addition to genetic and environmental factors, fruit size is also influenced by crop load, rootstock, orchard planting system/tree training system, pollination, water and nutrient management,...

13 January 2021 9,309 4 View

When reporting mediation in a manuscript being submitted for publication, what have you found to be the easiest way to create your path diagram?

I am most familiar with using text boxes in WORD but I wasn't sure if that would be acceptable.

11 January 2021 3,585 1 View

Is it possible to ligate two restriction ends those have no complementary bases?

In my lab,we are trying to construct a control plasmid. So we have to remove the insert gene which has two restriction ends:one is XhoI and other one is Hind III.So after double digestion we want...

01 January 2021 3,271 4 View

What method is more useful for prepare metal/ metal oxide Nanocomposites?

If possible any easy preparation method

31 December 2020 1,662 3 View

Is it machine learning models that have replicability capability?

We are doing the prediction of soil nutrients using spectral information by applying machine learning models. More than 300 soil samples were used from one district for analysis. We got the...

21 December 2020 9,663 3 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

Bought HUVEC from Invitrgen.need to revive it.expected it is cryofreezed in DMSO.Do I need to remove the DMSO for plating the cell for the 1st time?

After I cryofreeze the cell do I need to remove the DMSO for culturing the cell for next passages .

28 February 2021 7,738 3 View

For gelatin coating for culturing HUVEC.Should the gelatin be made in sterile water or PBS? Do I need to autoclave the gelatin soln after making it ?

I want to use 0.1% gelatin. Should that be made in PBS or sterile water? Should I autoclave the gelatin soln after making it in water/PBS?

28 February 2021 274 2 View

Can bacterial suspension be pipetted directly onto petri dish and agar poured onto it?

Hi, recently I encountered a protocol for plating which was not the usual method I have been practicing (pour LB agar onto plate, allow it to solidify, pipette bacterial suspension onto plate,...

28 February 2021 7,292 3 View

Why do my MCFs not form monolayer?

Hello, I am looking for some expertise on culturing MCF7s. I purchased them from ATCC and I have been following all media and culture conditions. Media is EMEM with 10% FBS and 10ug/mL of...

27 February 2021 3,904 2 View

Difficulty in cloning of 1kb gene into vector?

I am facing difficulties in cloning a 1kb gene into a vector (pJIT163). I have my gene on interest (GOI) in pUC57 and want to clone in pJIT163 using SalI and BamHI restriction sites. I am getting...

25 February 2021 3,221 7 View

Advice on growing lactobacillus species in the lab?

Hello everyone, For part of my PhD project, I'm hoping to grow some lactobacillus species in the lab so that I can create standard curves for a qPCR quantification of a faecal sample. However, I...

24 February 2021 3,157 6 View

Help with culturing monolayer of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (hBMEC)?

I've been having a hard time forming an endothelial monolayer with good tight junctions. The person who trained me on the culture of endothelial cells worked mostly with mouse BMEC, and he used...

22 February 2021 8,253 1 View

Can 5-FOA Diffuse Through Agar?

I am preparing to do a gene knockout in the filamentous fungi Coccidioides posadasii targeting pyrG/URA3 so that 5-FOA can be used for selection pressure instead of traditional antibiotic...

16 February 2021 169 4 View

How do I change g/l into mM for bacto agar. I am trying to get the millimolar content of sodium and chloride percentage in bacto agar. How do I do it?

I am doing a salt tolerance-related experiment and for that I need to relate my salt levels to that in bacto agar. I don't want my salt concentrations to increase due to already salt content...

09 February 2021 4,158 1 View