What are the patterns of human behavior that lead to COVID-19 infections?

Does data from contact tracing help in establishing patterns of behavior and social interactions that lead to infections? There are cases here in the Philippines where patients have no travel...

25 February 2021 9,002 13 View

How can I selectively dry etch Ti on a polymer substrate?

24 February 2021 5,378 1 View

Which factors contribute to instructional resilience in HE?

If you are teaching in Higher Education, please consider participating in our study on Instructional Resilience during Emergency Remote Teaching. We want to learn about which factors have...

19 January 2021 6,759 15 View

How to view the electrostatic potential value of a Gaussian09W result?

Hi all I am able to view the electrostatic potential surface using Gaussview to see the calculating result from Gaussian09W of a small molecule. However, the strength is represented by color. I am...

19 January 2021 5,448 3 View

Statistics Question: Meta-analysis of factorial trials?

Hi all, is it possible to do a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials with factorial design? I would appreciate some guidance/referral to a statistical resource or guide on this. Many thanks.

17 January 2021 4,090 3 View

How would I go about equilibrating the internal humidity of a closed system at 2 different temperatures?

I have a box which is kept at 4C which is enclosed in a ziploc bag. The dimensions of the box are: 18cm x 13.4cm x 4.9cm. The relative humidity of this internal environment is 30% at this...

07 January 2021 6,734 3 View

Blue native page transfer problem?

Hello, I am writing this hoping someone can help me. I am just starting out with BN-PAGE and I have a transfer problem. It seems each time I transfer (2 membranes at a time) in a BioRad wet...

09 December 2020 1,008 3 View

What is the influence of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in a p-n ternary photocatalyst?

04 December 2020 9,019 2 View

Can I use both coarse resolution (1 km) and high resolution predictors (2 m) in a species distribution model?

I am proposing that a hierarchical approach is used where coarse resolution variables are used to run a maxent SDM and delineate a presence/absence map for my species (tropical conifer tree...

24 November 2020 1,106 4 View

Are there any interesting areas of research yet to be studied with rice viruses?

I'm currently in the process of coming up with a research pitch for a lab to be funded here in the Philippines. Rice is quite the common crop in the South East and its diseases are commonplace....

23 November 2020 5,194 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

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

Dapi fluorescence protocol for colon cell lines ?

28 February 2021 2,534 2 View

I want to performe MALDI-TOF MS for bacterial identification, I would appreciate it if anyone can tell me the matrix solution preparation protocol ?

based on what I've studied on multiple papers, for peptide and protein identification Alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) is an appropriate matrix to use, I also know that the CHCA powder...

26 February 2021 6,799 3 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

Has anyone had luck using cell lines other than HEK 293 (such as COS1) to package lentivirus?

I am looking to package lentivirus in endothelial cells but I am opposed to using 293 cells due to personal ethics regarding the source. I have done some reading and saw that COS1, COS7, & CHO...

25 February 2021 3,030 1 View

Unknown debris sheets observed in cell culture flasks?

Hi, We culture neural progenitor cells in T175 culture flasks coated with PLO-Laminin. We have successfully grown these cells with our protocol for months. Recently, we observed large sheets...

25 February 2021 3,443 4 View

How do I transfect a large plasmid into PC12 cells with nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor?

I have a large 16 kb plasmid, which I need to transfect into PC12 cells. Lipofectamin 2000 didn't work and with GFP alone the transfection rate is very low. I also tried the neon invitrogen...

25 February 2021 6,635 5 View

What is a good reagent for lentiviral plasmid transfection in HeLa cells?

I have been using Lipofectamine 2000 but was hoping there may be a better protocol or one for something like Lipofectamine PLUS reagent.

24 February 2021 1,633 4 View