What is the nutrient requirements for E.coli BL21 CodonPlu RIPL strain growing in M9 medium?

Hello. I want to isotopically label the my protein, and I express it in BL21 RIPL using M9 minimal media. It grows extremely slow. I inoculate the colony from a fresh M9 plate into 5ml M9 medium...

17 February 2021 2,852 2 View

Do you have experience of second round PCR amplification issue?

When 1st-round PCR amplification was finished , I could get a clear expected band, but the amount was very low, so I cut the band and run second-round PCR with same condition, it didn't work, I...

21 January 2021 888 4 View

Can someone recommend me a classic book of liquid crystals?

I am currently into liquid crystals and have no related background. Can someone tell me which book is the most instructive one to learn basics of liquid crystals? I am more interested in different...

22 November 2020 4,362 6 View

How does the influence of metal ions on the fluorescence intensity of a compound?

We found an interesting phenomenon that metal ions could not influence the fluorescence of a compound when the compound was dispersed in solvent. However, the fluorescence of the compound was...

31 October 2020 6,568 3 View

Is K-silicate gel a porous material?

I coated a stone surface with K-siilcate. Apparently, it does noe seal the surface since the water penetrae the stone easily and the absorption coefficient does not change too much. However, the...

05 October 2020 3,435 5 View

Fluent how to draw a graph of coordinate changes over time?

When simulating waves, it is necessary to detect the coordinate change at a certain point of the wave surface, but there is no in fluent.

04 October 2020 1,541 1 View

How to quickly know the new research area landscape and find a research gap in this new area?

As a Ph.D. candidate who enters a new research area that differs from the research topic in the master period (e.g. shift form crop breeding to soil ecology), how to quickly know the new research...

23 September 2020 8,131 5 View

How to build epoxy model in GAFF for Lammps?

Dear all, I am a beginner in Molecular Dynamics. I build a pre-reaction epoxy model using Materials Studio and plan to perform the cross-linking procedure using Lammps. However, the msi2lmp tool...

26 August 2020 7,697 1 View

How to detect brown pigments generated in red wine aging process ?

During aging or storage, the concentration of monomeric anthocyanins decreases rapidly, while low level of polymeric anthocyanins generates, and the color of wine turns brick-red gradually. In...

17 July 2020 6,032 4 View

How to define the particle agglomeration in composite materials or foundry alloys and measure its size distribution quantitatively?

28 June 2020 7,614 3 View

How vaccines of covid 19 work?

Millions ask how vaccines of covid 19 be successful and safe, its here to explain generally how vaccine of pfizer work ,mRNA vaccines teach our cells how to make a protein that will trigger an...

28 February 2021 2,723 4 View

Problem with shRNA transfection. Why are only two plates getting contaminated instead of all?

I transfected my LNCaP-WT cells with 3 shRNA plus their NTC two weeks ago and split two puromycin selected cell plates on Friday last week(Feb 26). I checked for GFP in the cells, and they all...

28 February 2021 4,949 3 View

Best plasmid could be used as a standard curve for AAV titration?

I have been trying to have a good AAV titration for my production and I have tried different plasmids to set up as a standard curve but each one behaves differently. i am trying to use ITR for...

23 February 2021 5,167 3 View

How to control the variants vof covid 19 in second and third waves?

A the world find means to control covid 19 by vaccination ,new variants came to spread and make the world in fear and danger, to understand the conduct of these variants, es constantly change...

21 February 2021 3,080 6 View

Surprisingly low antibody titers against SASRS-COV-2 RBD in hamsters compared to mice?

21 February 2021 6,958 2 View

In what ways do fellow reaerchers think that mRNA vaccination may be under CRISPR systems technology application ?

There are many ways for mRNA to intervene with genome expression. This question is raised for experts in CRISPR systems. Any RNA does not stand alone within acell. There are many ways to become...

18 February 2021 9,109 5 View

Will SARS-CoV-2 Spike be broken into S1 and S2 by denaturing conditions?

Hello, I am performing a western blot of my SARS-CoV-2 Spike-pseudotyped lentiviral particles. I denature my virus by adding concentrated virus to 2X Laemmli buffer at 1:1, then boiling for...

17 February 2021 4,844 4 View

How to calculate the TCID50 when the highest CPE is 50% or less?

I am doing TCID50 to measure progeny virus and some treatments protected the cells in a way that the highest CPE observed is 50% or less. How should I do the titre calculation in that case? Thank you!

16 February 2021 8,768 1 View

How to estimate/know plant virus concentration to make a standard curve in ELISA after serial dilution?

Hello, I am trying to know tomato virus titer/concentration in samples and I will perform serial dilution of the positive control. I wanted to ask How to estimate/know plant virus concentration to...

13 February 2021 6,534 4 View

What are the possible effects of COVID -19 Vaccine/s on the persons already recovered from the disease?

Persons recovered from COVID -19 are having antibodies against the virus inside their bodies. They are having T cells already sensitized to the antigens of the virus. If they are vaccinated (may...

12 February 2021 4,106 22 View