Is there an open source tool the measures the GRAVY index of a peptide incorporating the PTMs and unusual amino acids (e.g. hydroxyproline)?

Right now, I am using ProtParam to compute GRAVY index of peptides. However, some of my peptides are post-translationally modified, and contains unusual amino acids. I assume that ProtParam does...

29 January 2021 8,300 4 View

How long does the peptide cleavage cocktail last before it gets expired?

The cleavage cocktail is composed of Phenol/thioanisole/water/TFA/triisopropylsilane. I only prepare 10 mL cocktail per peptide but can the activity of the cocktail prepared at 100 mL last for a week?

10 January 2021 7,424 3 View

Could you recommend an inexpensive camera for a prototype DIC system?

I was thinking of choosing Raspberry pi HQ 12MP. and what software do you recommend. I am working on a measurement system for a plate with an area of approx. 500x500 mm2

30 December 2020 3,064 2 View

Is there an interpretation for Lineweaver-Burk plot which linear regression lines intersect themselves on quadrant I?

Lineweaver-Burk replots for enzyme inhibition prints regression lines intersecting themselves on quadrant I. The interpretations for competitive, noncompetitive, or uncompetitive inhibition does...

24 November 2020 7,753 3 View

Protein long term storage can have an effect in pH changes?

I have a long term stability study with a protein that as an isoletric point lower than the buffer (Tris buffer), and I am seeing a sustantial drift from the initial pH to 12 month point....

10 November 2020 4,445 3 View

When having a particular combination of two drugs in the same nanoparticle, how to discriminate between additive and synergistic anticancer activity?

Both additive and synergistic activities have been described for chemotherapy drug combinations co-loaded in the same nanoparticle. Such strategies have been aimed at cancer therapy via dual...

05 October 2020 5,027 5 View

How to crystallize curcumin from ethanolic turmeric extract?

I'm having difficulty recovering curcumin from my ethanolic extract. I tried reducing its solubility in the solution by slowly adding water, but the solid just crashed out of the solution in very...

03 September 2020 3,020 5 View

Incorrect FEM stress analysis with quadrilateral element... why?

Hi everyone, To put this in context, , I am making a Matlab algorithm for topology optimization that consider fatigue breaking. I am basing on the Ole Sigmund algorithm, which discretices the 2D...

11 August 2020 1,532 6 View

Could you please share some tips for writing a good literature review (in economics)?

For instance, lately, I've seen that many authors use a summary table with relevant papers.

19 July 2020 3,351 5 View

How to extract Google Earth high resolution DEM?

Recently, Google Earth introduced for the mexican scenes a high resolution DEM, which are very accurate in cities. Do you know a way to extract it legally?

29 June 2020 9,258 3 View

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03 March 2021 5,360 2 View

Is there any test to determine the cardiovascular risk of patients with obesity? from the perspective of obesity?

We found tests to determine cardiovascular risk taking into account lipid profile, blood pressure, age, history of diabetes, other laboratories. But when weight is involved, there is a paradox. I...

02 March 2021 6,036 1 View

What SPSS analysis should I run with one IV (with two levels) and two DVs?

Hi, I am trying to figure out which test would be most appropriate to run for the following question: Is there a difference in task blood pressure between smokers and non-smokers? There are two...

01 March 2021 8,235 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

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

Reagents for histology slides?

Dear all, I am planning to study histology and want to do that at home. I have only stained a blood smear with Giemsa but now want to try a wider range of animal tissues. What reagents will I...

24 February 2021 5,430 3 View

Can MicroRNA cross the blood brain barrier?

In diseased conditions, many genes and gene products are visible in the bloodstream. So my question is whether we can find traces of microRNA which is involved in disease and disorder in blood serum?

24 February 2021 7,064 3 View

Has anyone tried to scan fluorescence IHC slides with microarray scanner?

I have an old slide microarray scanner (VIDAR Revolution 4200) and would like to give it a "second life", as IHC scanner array (fluorescence dyes), FISH over tissue or similar. Has anyone tried...

24 February 2021 9,210 1 View

Is it efficient to do liquid biopsy to investigate the gene expressions of the tumor?

To do liquid biopsy and look for specific gene expressions there are so many published papers. Thera are different protocols and procedures used to isolate circulating cell free RNA or mRNA from...

23 February 2021 7,326 5 View

Does PHA-P stimulate the proliferation of lymphocytes from mice?

Hello, I will start performing MLR using lymphocytes from mice's spleen and I would like to know the better way for the stimulation. If is using PHA-P or CD3/CD28? I would like to know as well if...

23 February 2021 5,476 4 View