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Dear colleagues, In my experience, some evaluations received in the peer review process of journals, often include criticisms based on the QUANTITY of examples you can claim you have in a...

06 November 2019 8,055 4 View

A quick immunology question: Does this immunology graph seem correct?

Hi!! I have created a graph about the immune response in healthy and AD skin for S. aureus. Could I please ask if it should be a table or a figure? Does the pathway look correct? Shall I make it...

20 October 2019 1,706 3 View

Is there a "gold standard" for amino acid derivatization for LC/MS analysis?

We've recently started using a single quad LC/MS system (Shimadzu LC/MS-2020, for what it's worth) for mouse plasma AA analysis (the 20 common EAA and NEAA). Pre-column derivatization seems to be...

01 January 2019 1,398 5 View

50-50 dilution in elisa is better than no dilution?

Hi, I have been doing HBD-3 Elisa with highest sample concentration 50-50 dilution. I heard that 50-50 is better than adding 100uL of your sample, because you take into account the diluent as...

15 September 2018 3,118 3 View

Transformation efficiency in Corynebacterium glutamicum using GG ligation mix?

What steps can I take to increase the transformation efficiency of electroporated Cg? When transforming with a plasmid from E. coli, the efficiency is very high and I have ample colonies to choose...

25 July 2018 5,889 1 View

Has anyone identified the compound 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, mono (2-ethylhexyl) ester in plant material?

I have found 3 citations where it has been extracted from plant material but I would need to know if someone else has found it since in my samples it is in a percentage higher than 20%

14 May 2018 480 3 View

WB to detect Gft2h4, I don't have the band, but I have a perfect band on the control (H3), 4 different Ab tried and dot blot to, any suggestion about?

I'm doing WB to detect Gtf2h4 in mice's thymus and spleen. I used 4 different Ab from different companies and no one seems to work, but the positive control (histone 3) was perfect. I tried with...

19 October 2017 764 2 View

Protocol for bacteria competition assays?

Hi, I would like to perform competition assays for two staphylococcal strains with and without reagents in order to see which one grows better. Do you have any protocol for this? I was thinking of...

25 October 2016 5,616 2 View

How do I dissolve D-Aspartic Acid and Ala-Phe for MICs?

19 October 2016 4,587 3 View

Where can I dissolve Met-Leu and in what concentration (in order to perform MIC)?

Where can I dissolve Met-Leu and in what concentration (in order to perform MIC)? Thank you in advance. Virginia

19 October 2016 8,170 3 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

Buffer to disrupt platelet alpha granules for PF4 quantification?

Hello! I want to quantify by ELISA the secreted (from platelets poor plasma) and the non-secreted (from platelet lysate) PF4 before and after TRAP stimulation. I will use the ELISA from R&D...

03 March 2021 1,499 2 View

Buffer Exchange using column packed with sephadex G-25 effect on protein concentration?

Hello, If i am doing a buffer exchange for an antibody of 1mg/mL, does the elution lose protein in the process of buffer exchange? For example, if i flow through 500 uL of 1mg/mL sample, and...

03 March 2021 6,299 3 View

How optimize the Size Exclusion Chromatography?

Hello! I'll do a size exclusion chromatography, but I only have an open column, and I'll perform the peptide extraction from yeast, using buffer lysis (sodium phosphate 50 mM/NaCl 30 mM/DNAse and...

01 March 2021 2,215 2 View

How can we obtain a modification factor for creep parameters?

I want to obtain standard creep parameters of salt rock by creep parameters of rectangular samples. Is there a modification factor to convert creep parameters of rectangular (prismatic) rock salt...

01 March 2021 7,131 1 View

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

Anyone found any research papers on solar furnace design calculations (for solar concentration)?

I am thinking about working on solar furnace with heliostats that concentrate sunlight and heat molten salt, but currently no luck with research. Not a lot of papers based on the subject. (check...

01 March 2021 5,023 5 View

What do I do with DLS peaks that are from the buffer?

I'm looking at the aggregation of my protein sample using DLS. Unfortunately, my buffer (20mM HEPES) also results in a set of peaks. These are at approximately 1 and 1000 d.nm. The lowest peak...

01 March 2021 9,015 2 View

Dapi fluorescence protocol for colon cell lines ?

28 February 2021 2,534 2 View