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

Should I normalise data when measuring fluorescence intensity ?

I'm measuring fluorescence intensity of the product in an enzyme reaction in 37 celsius degree. I set a kinetic measurement in 1 hour. The fluorescence intensity of the BLANK ( contains only...

03 January 2021 5,554 5 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

Energy minimization in LAMMPS using NVT ?

How do I do energy minimization in lammps with NVT ensemble ? I am using the following command and it does not seem to work. It stops at extremely high energy and gives me the error zero search...

01 March 2021 2,294 3 View

How can I edit suggested publications?

Hi there! I regularly receive suggestion about papers and authors that are totally out of my area. Does anybody know how I can fix this? Thank you!

01 March 2021 9,574 4 View

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Does anyone have the experience of using Taq Man probes in the QIAGEN Rotar- Gene qPCR machine?

01 March 2021 5,311 1 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 3 View

How to make fractions of chloroform extract of plant, using seperating funnel?

28 February 2021 8,466 2 View

EMSA troubleshooting. Protein-DNA complex not migrating, cold probe lane with multiple bands. Can anyone help?

I'm running an EMSA to show the DNA binding activity of recombinant proteins versus the Wild type. Previous assays run by my research group using a different test system show the protein-DNA...

24 February 2021 8,325 1 View

Can you perform the Murexide test on samples fixed in Formalin?

I have a fixed sample and would like to use the murexide reaction to test for uric acid composition. I no longer have fresh samples

22 February 2021 1,328 1 View

Monte Carlo simulation?

Hi, i am conducting a Monte Carlo simulation for my new distribution but the MSE values are increasing while the sample size increase, does any experience this issue before and what should i do...

22 February 2021 3,680 4 View

I see 2 random bands in my ERK/pERK blot? Has anyone else seen this?

I ran a western blot using 12% gel and probing for ERK/pERK (cell signaling antibodies). The green is total ERK, the Red is supposed to be phospho-ERK. I see 2 bands below the total ERK that...

22 February 2021 1,777 3 View

How to calculate the fraction metabolized of a drug by an enzyme using clearance(ml/min) values of the metabolite formed?

I am trying to find the fraction metabolized of a drug by CYP and UGT enzymes. I am unable to get the values of fraction metabolized (Fm) directly from the literature. Can we calculate the Fm of a...

21 February 2021 5,379 2 View