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How do I calculate distance between (or precisely the mobility) of a single residue at different timeframes in the trajectory?

Hello, I hope everyone is doing great. I want to calculate distances traveled (from its initial position) by a single amino acid residue at various time frames in the trajectory. To be precise...

05 June 2018 4,205 9 View

How to prepare folic acid decorated nanoparticles for Transmission electron microscopy?

Can anyone please suggest me a way to visualize folic acid (in folic acid decorated nanoparticles) under Transmission Electron Microscopy? Any tagging methods or literature in this regards will be...

09 October 2017 1,088 6 View

How is a suitable way to prepare folic acid decorated nanoparticles for Transmission electron microscopy?

Can anyone please suggest me a way to visualize folic acid (in folic acid decorated nanoparticles) under Transmission Electron Microscopy? Any tagging methods or literature in this regards will be...

09 October 2017 7,343 4 View

Help please with MATLAB ga toolbox (Not enough input arguments)

Could someone please help me with this, I am trying to minimize a 3 variable problem, and, keep getting this error in return, "Not enough input arguments" Number of variables = 3 Upper bounds =...

06 July 2017 3,535 9 View

Ab initio modelling of polysaccharides from SAXS profiles ?

Is DAMMIF and DAMMIN in the ATSAS package offer good possibility to model SAXS scattering profiles of polysaccharides like starch? Or is is mostly suitable for just Protein modeling?

03 April 2017 7,876 4 View

How is the Amphiphilicity of a polymer estimated?

How can the amphiphilicity of a polymer estimated? Is there any specific methodology to do so? Any mention of particular literature will be helpful and highly appreciated.

05 June 2016 5,800 2 View

Why is Olive oil specifically used for estimation of Oil Holding Capacity?

This experiment is carried out typically for fruit powder. According to a number of researchers, Olive oil is suggested for this experiment. Kindly clarify why only olive oil is preferred?

04 May 2016 4,489 4 View

What do the colors (blue, yellow, etc.) represent in birefringent images ?

I am a newbie to this. But, I regularly see that images of birefringent crystals or granules exhibit various colors. What do these colors tell us ? Does it have to do with the orientation or the...

01 February 2016 1,806 5 View

How do I rank ligands based on docking scores against different proteins?

Suppose I dock 10 ligands to 5 different proteins. My goal is to say "find out the ligand with the best combination effect". I need my ligand to have maximum docking score against say Protein1 and...

08 September 2015 5,358 6 View

Can you publish a paper using a trial version of some software?

I did some molecular docking work using a 15 day trial version. Now I am confused on whether that work was any worth? Can I publish the data citing the trail software? Please advise.

01 February 2015 3,852 12 View

What precautions should be taken while handling S. aureus enterotoxin Type B in the lab?

I would like to understand potential safety concerns while handling SEB in the lab. Especially while working in animal house facility. Would like to know precautions for handling. Sigma MSDS...

07 August 2024 6,034 3 View

How can I inoculate a lyophilized anaerobic bacteria into the culture medium without an anaerobic chamber?

There are anaerobic gas pak jars and environment providers in the laboratory that provide anaerobic environmental conditions for the growth of anaerobic bacteria. However, there is no anaerobic...

05 August 2024 4,945 3 View

How does the Retention time effect the Biogas Production?

List down the various factors responsible and how does this effect the overall biogas production when it is related to Hydraulic retention time of the digester based on the feedstock?

27 July 2024 4,800 4 View

Question about MHB (Mycorrhiza Helper Bacteria) isolation technique??

What are the most effective isolation techniques for obtaining MHB?? Is there are best approach techniques? I keep struggling in obtaining it.

26 July 2024 7,387 0 View

Pink bacterial colonies?

I am cloning an overexpression plasmid with my protein of interest tagged with mScarlet. After transforming my ligated product into DH5α bacteria and plating on LB agar, I noticed colonies with a...

22 July 2024 5,953 6 View

What does negative readings in spectrophotometer denote. Was testing TSS content of bacterial cultures?

I was performing estimation of Total Soluble Sugar content in bacterial cultures by Anthrone method. Out of 9 samples, only one sample showed positive reading while others had a negative reading...

22 July 2024 9,576 4 View

How are clinical and environmental yeast/fungal strains stored usually in mycology laboratories?

I understand a glycerol stock for long-term preservation would be ideal, but how are working cultures generally stored? Mainly concerning Candida spp. isolates. A few references mention that they...

22 July 2024 6,592 3 View

Can anyone suggest the specification of the test tube used for the tube adherence method for biofilm assay?

when we grow biofilm in test tube, the pipette often do not reach near the content. so we have to decane it directly or use a smaller test tube.

17 July 2024 3,532 0 View

How to prepare bacterial conditioned media to study the effect of bacterial secretome?

I would like to investigate the effect of bacterial secretome on cancer cells. How do you prepare conditioned media from bacteria?? conditions- time points - media I am looking for the best way...

17 July 2024 3,785 9 View

How do you decide an optimal AC amplitude for non-faradaic electrochemical impedance spectroscopy?

I work with planar interdigitated electrodes (IDEs). The finger width and the spacing between the fingers are 5 micron. The surface of the IDEs is coated by a non-conductive polymer layer...

16 July 2024 5,031 1 View