How to built ML phylogenetic by BEAST on CIPRES?

I have 278 nucleotide sequences of a pest species. I am trying to build an ML phylogenetic tree by BEAST using CIPRES portal. I have converted fasta file into .xml using BEAUti. Then I used that...

30 August 2019 8,274 12 View

How to induce chemical hypoxia with CoCl2 in A549 cells?

I would like to know the exact protocol to induce chemical hypoxia in A549 cells. There are some variations that I have noticed in the method in various papers which are confusing. Do we starve...

18 June 2016 8,897 3 View

Which is the best marker to sort splenic macrophages from mice by flow cytometry?

12 June 2016 4,898 3 View

How to starve HaCat cells for wound healing assay?

I normally starve cells for 24 hours in serum free media and then add my drug in serum media, scratch and add this treatment media and follow the healing. In case of HaCat I starved the cell in 1%...

22 April 2016 639 3 View

Is CFSE more sensitive method than MTT assay to detect proliferation of cells?

I am doing mixed lymphocyte reaction for testing the reaction of C57BL/6 splenocytes to Balb/c splenocytes. I cultured the whole splenocytes of Balb/c mice with the irradiated splenocytes of...

07 May 2015 8,684 5 View

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Flow Cytometry

12 September 2014 4,099 11 View

Can anybody provide me with the protocol for the isolation and sorting of murine thymic epithelial cells?

Murine thymic epithelial cell isolation.

09 September 2014 9,750 3 View

Does anybody in this group use F 4/80 antibody for staining splenic macrophages by flow cytometry?

23 August 2014 5,275 7 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View

What could be some reasons why unstimulated monocytes are getting activated?

Im doing PBMC isolation -> CD14+ enrichment using magnetic beads -> stimulation setup. My negative control is just cells in cRPMI but they seem to get activated over and over again.

28 February 2021 7,883 3 View

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28 February 2021 9,936 2 View

When is it unnecessary to change organisational culture?

As a former management practitioner, I recall a generally accepted view that changing organisational culture is difficult, so you should only attempt it if the organisational change that you are...

27 February 2021 2,595 8 View

Does RNAiMAX transfection reagent work in serum free medium?

I diluted siRNA and RNAiMAX in opti-MEM and added to the cells which they were in the growth medium. Is it a right way? or should I culture cells in the opti-MEM medium for a while and not in...

26 February 2021 10,041 3 View