Do you know a good FGFR4 antibody for PDX IHC?

Dear all, I've tried many FGFR4 antibodies I saw in the literature but some of them are not useful for IHC and some are only useful for patients slides not for PDX. Do you know a FGFR4 antibody...

14 February 2021 900 0 View

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 to use the bioluminescent ATP assay kit?

I need to do a mitochondrial ATP quantification assay in insects and for this, I have a bioluminescent ATP assay kit but I don't have a protocol yet. I'd like to know if you have some kind of...

24 January 2021 3,655 3 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

Sophie Germain Prize?

26 December 2020 9,273 6 View

How do you transmit and evaluate ethics and moral values in you teaching activity?

Ethics and moral values have always being an essential part of teaching and scientific research. How do you teach and evaluate these essential subjects in your daily interaction with students?

23 December 2020 5,058 7 View

Can I use the images of Collection 1 Level 2 Landsat 5 TM / Landsat 8 OLI to perform vegetation indices right away?

I'm aware that in order to perform any vegetation index like NDVI, SAVI or OSAVI you need to do some atmospheric, radiometric and terrain corrections. I'm pretty sure that Level 2 images from...

21 December 2020 4,088 3 View

Jellyfish as food?

We are investigating the acceptance of jellyfish-based food dishes in Latin America. If you are interested in the topic, please fill out the anonymous survey at the following link. Thanks in...

06 December 2020 4,266 2 View

Can someone provide me hoagland nutrients protocol modified for alfalfa?

I am looking for a good Hoagland nutrients solution protocol modified for alfalfa (stock and working). I will use it for hydroponic cultivation of alfalfa. I am not satisfied with one I have. I'll...

25 November 2020 1,791 1 View

How do I increase the yield of my PCR product?

Hello, We would like to increase the yield of our PCR product. We are running a series of PCR reactions that is targeting ~1.1kb sequence. We begin each reaction with ~400pg of template DNA...

02 March 2021 4,029 3 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

What is the best etching method for Mg-Ca alloy?

I have used Picral etchant (4.2 g Picric acid, 10 mL Acetic acid, 70 mL Ethanol, 10 mL distilled water) but it didn't work. Is there any alternative?

21 February 2021 2,558 5 View

I want to remove TiO2 and SiO2 coating from surface. any one can help me?

I want to remove TiO2 and SiO2 coating from surface. I think that i should use HCl and MgCl2 and an oxidation agent such as potassium nitrate, but i dont know in which propertion should these...

14 February 2021 300 3 View

References for relative humidity created by salt solutions at different temperatures?

I understand that the ability of standard salt solutions commonly used to produce a certain relative humidity (RH) in a closed space changes somewhat with the temperature. Where do I find data...

04 February 2021 7,370 4 View

Working with insect primary cells in cell medium and in saline solution?

I work with insect primary cells, which I let grow in TC100 insect medium. For fluorescence measurements I have to discard medium (because of its fluorescence properties) and give a saline...

28 January 2021 3,867 1 View

How to change medium of a protein or peptide mixture?

Hi everyone! I am purifying a peptide from a mixture of proteins. The peptide (3 kDA) is in a solution containing a high concentration of urea and imidazole. I would like to be able to change the...

27 January 2021 4,055 4 View

How does a pH 13 buffer solution containing NaOH/KCl work?

pH 13 Buffer solution is prepared from a strong base sodium hydroxide and potassium chloride salt. However a buffer contain a weak base or weak acid with their salts. What is the purpose of the...

26 January 2021 9,154 1 View

Does anyone know the pH-differential method?

I use the water method to extract the anthocyanidin from Peristrophe bivalvis (L.) Merr leave, then dilute 20 times with 0.025M potassium chloride, pH1.0 and 0.4M sodium acetate buffer, pH4.5...

20 January 2021 8,305 4 View

For a PCR the volume of each component is standard ?

for example the total volume is 50microliters how can we know that what will be the amount of template , buffer, enzyme, primers (forward and reverse), dNTPs, MgCl2 and water?

02 January 2021 3,352 6 View