Anyone know of a good progesterone antibody?

I am looking for a good progesterone antibody to quantify levels of progesterone in zebrafish. Applications would be ELISA, and immunohistochemistry.

28 February 2021 5,929 2 View

Is there a suitable way to confine cell attachment area inside a multi-well plate?

Are there any types of cylindrical cell culture inserts that are designed to confine cell seeding area? Say, if I'm using a 12 well plate (3.5 cm^2/well), but only want to seed cells in the middle...

22 February 2021 7,127 4 View

Why am I getting such large heats of dilution in my Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Experiment?

I am trying to measure binding of calcium to an expressed protein we are studying and am getting very large heats of dilution for the calcium solution in my control tests. We prepared a 1 M CaCl2...

07 February 2021 7,532 1 View

I am looking to develop a basic oral microbiome assay. Can anyone advise on culture vessel, conditions and organisms that require minimal maintenance?

I am looking to investigate oral care products with an easy-to-prepare culture of orally derrived microorganisms.

21 January 2021 3,448 1 View

Cause of blisters in ALD layer at the edge of electrode?

I've encountered a defect during processing that I can't figure out, so I'm hoping I might find some ideas here. My mask design is a microelectrode array, with 60 microelectrodes with diameter...

19 January 2021 665 1 View

Difficult to silence gene?

I have been trying to silence a gene of interest but I could not get silencing efficiencies beyond 50% My method of detection is via RT-qPCR and samples were extracted 48hrs post transfection. Are...

09 January 2021 3,404 4 View

What form of data analysis should I use for my pilot study?

I am currently conducting my final year dissertation which is looking at the efficacy of common police lineup practices. However, before I launch my study, I have put out a pilot study which is...

08 January 2021 4,376 4 View

Is it normal to use Tris buffer when testing for bacteriostatic properties of isolated compounds?

Hello, to start off I attempting to test the bacteriostatic properties of certain compounds. I bought a kit that contains some of the equipment to perform this analysis, however, in the included...

02 January 2021 2,338 2 View

Cleaning SGE Micro Channel Device?

Hello all, I have a 3-port SGE microchannel splitter in my Thermo Trace 1310 GC connected to an Isolink 2 combustion interface. My microchannel device is clogged and my flow is significantly...

29 December 2020 7,002 1 View

Weird J-V curve of solar cell?

Recently I am getting low performance (PCE and FF) and weird J-V curves on Pb-Sn-based perovskite solar cells. I have been trying to solve this for a couple of weeks now. I will like any...

19 December 2020 9,336 4 View

Why does blocking with my immunogenic peptide cause nuclear fluorescence in ICC?

Hi all, I am validating a polyclonal antibody raised against human ANT4, through WB and ICC. In most of my controls, the antibody shows very little off-target binding, but when I pre-incubate the...

03 March 2021 5,999 3 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

What is the characteristic length to determine the Reynolds number for the scattered turbulent fluid flow?

Dear all, I just saw this example in FB on the difference between laminar flow and turbulent flow. The flow from a pipe hits the sink and scattered. The flow from the pipe is characterized as...

02 March 2021 1,999 5 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

Help request in CST microwave?

im working now on TPV solar cells and metamaterials and i realy need our help in CST microwave i have a tpv cell simulation and i want to extract particullarly the absorbtion of only the active...

02 March 2021 2,246 2 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

IHC on mouse liver hepatocytes?

Can anyone help me choose primary antibodies for mouse liver hepatocytes and also in conjunction Cd8 cells. Also Cd3 cells. I want to look at hepatocytes and adjacent immune cells in mice with...

01 March 2021 6,953 1 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