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

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Can anyone help to find any research articles related to the below mentioned objective?

Astaxanthin used in surimi based products as colour enhancer or as an antioxidant! Regards & Thanks Asik Ikbal

25 January 2021 9,399 4 View

How can I transform 50 kb plasmid into ecoli?

I must put 50 kb plasmid into ecoli strain. I think 50 kb is too big for heat shock with ecoli. Is that correct? Will electroporation work? Or do I need to use cos sites and lambda phage...

22 January 2021 8,612 3 View

Disposing Congo Red Agar?

Hi all, Hope you are well. My lab is planning to use some Congo red agar (0.01%) for Shigella flexneri, and we are wondering how do you dispose of the used agar plates. The Shigella contaminated...

13 January 2021 9,823 2 View

Extraction of heavy metals in dry meat and fish sold in market along the high ways?

I am doing extraction of heavy metals in dry meat and fish sold in market along the high ways The project requires me to use different extraction method. Can anyone help.

04 January 2021 719 3 View

Oil Red staining AML-12, How much time did you wait?

Hi, Was wondering if any of you conducted an Oil Red on AML-12 cells, if so, after how much time did you executed this? Some studies call for 24hr and some for 18hr. For fat content analysis....

03 January 2021 8,613 1 View

Does anyone recycle cell culture media and if there is a person what is the procedure and WHY do they do that?

our team researching to cultivated meat, and there is some question related to cell culture media and recycling cell culture media: 1) is cell-cultured media recyclable? 2) has anyone recycled...

27 December 2020 1,467 4 View

Why is my blot transfer bad now?

I had been having beautiful blot transfers, but in the last few days I have ran into issues where there is high background staining and poor band resolution. The background staining is very...

23 December 2020 670 3 View

Under what conditions absorption and excitation spectra of a same species can be different?

I took absorption and excitation spectra of a same species in the same solvent. Ideally I should get the excitation spectra almost similar to the absorbance spectra. But I got the excitation...

13 December 2020 8,965 2 View

Did anyone do microglia Oil Red O staining?

I need to stain adiposome in microglia, but I don't know how to confirm that are really success? method : Removed media and washed cells with PBS, then added 4 % paraformaldehyde for 20 minutes at...

24 November 2020 2,359 2 View