How to analyze a particular region of my simulation box in GROMACS?

Hi, I am using GROMACS 5.1.4 to simulate water in contact with a surface. I am only interested to calculate some properties of water near the surface. Let's say at a distance of x nm from the...

03 March 2021 9,989 2 View

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

What test should I use to compare two or three means, if data is not normally distributed but sample size is > 30 in each group?

I personally feel this as a most confusing question. As per my understanding, if sample size is > 30, and sample is skewed, we can still use paramteric approach, as it will follow Z...

01 March 2021 1,587 6 View

How to calculate Ligand-active site distance in a ligand-protein complex from MD simulation?

I have run a MD simulation of a ligand-protein complex in GROMACS using CHARMM forcefield. Reviewer has asked me to calculate Ligand-activesite distance and binding free energy of ligand with...

27 February 2021 4,703 1 View

Efficiency of Proximity Feed Patch Antenna ?

Greetings to all of You! I have searched some research papers for the designing of a proximity coupled patch antenna. Researchers are talking about the impedance bandwidth of the antenna but...

24 February 2021 7,662 3 View

Can the Dunn's test be used as an appropriate post-hoc for the G-test?

Research Question: Are red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) a statistically significant proportion of raptor (bird of prey) diets? I am planning on using a series of G-tests (determining whether...

23 February 2021 5,827 3 View

Please help in identification of this insect?

This insect is minute in size around 1 mm and not clearly visible with naked eye.

22 February 2021 5,907 11 View

What low-cut filter (high Pass frequency) to be used for response spectrum (Tripartite plots) ?

What low-cut filter (high Pass frequency) to be used for the response spectrum (Tripartite plots)? I am currently working on differentiating between hard/soft site responses in Indo-Gangetic...

21 February 2021 9,273 2 View

Where can the fault diagnosis data set of lithium battery be found?

Most of the data sets on the network only contain good information about the voltage and internal resistance of lithium batteries. The data of faulty battery is missing. Who can help me, I will be...

21 February 2021 8,659 1 View

How to define the sink temperature and film coefficient?

Hi, everyone. I am considering the heat conviction during compacting simulation by Abaqus. I was wondering that how to define the sink temperature and film coefficient? Is there any references...

21 February 2021 6,197 1 View

How T cells recognise non-peptide antigens?

This might sound very basic question, but please share with me an explanation of how the T cell is activated when the antigen is not a peptide? What happens? And what are the molecules involved in...

21 February 2021 564 3 View

How to accurately measure cytokines levels for my university research proposal?

Hello, i am writing a theoretical research proposal for one of my university assignments regarding Covid-19. The brief is pretty relaxed and i have chosen to conduct a study on how the...

11 February 2021 908 5 View

What is the best method of preparing cell supernatant samples for a Luminex assay to detect cytokines ?

I am planning to run a Luminex assay using cell supernatant to assess cytokine secretion by tumor cells. I came across different methods in literature; some suggest seeding in complete media and...

03 February 2021 4,867 3 View

What M1 and M2 markers can I use for flow cytometry ?

Hi, I'm a student and I'm doing an internship. I need to asses the M1 and M2 populations of a culture using flow cytometry. From my researches, I know that this is subject to some controversy, as...

26 January 2021 299 3 View

Does re-stimulation of T cells with PMA and Ionomycine before staining for intracellular cytokines for flow cytometry affect reliability of the assay?

I understand that to be able to measure intracellular cytokines there is a need to restimulate with PMA and Ionomycin but I don't understand how the results will be reliable after that. PMA and...

18 January 2021 7,240 7 View

Cytokine levels in tears sample?

Hi dear, Do you have any idea of a commercial lab who measure the cytokines levels in tears by multiplex or flow cytometry? Thank you

18 January 2021 5,928 3 View

Did I dilute my supernatant too much so cytokines will be below the limit of detection on a Luminex assay?

I am performing an experiment analyzing the cytokine production of macrophages in response to viral infection. I recently harvested and cultured peritoneal macrophages from mice. I plated these...

17 January 2021 5,516 3 View

Can you polarize Jurkat cells into different T helper subsets?

I am wondering if anyone has had success with in vitro polarization (via cytokines) of Jurkat cells. My goal is to understand the affect of a drug on Treg induction and differentiation. I...

12 January 2021 3,606 2 View

Why the lipid accumulation levels in my 3T3L1 does not match with my adipogenic and lipogenic gene expression levels?

I am using the 3T3-L1 cell line to discover the adipogenic effects of a natural compound and its derivatives. I conducted a lipid accumulation assay using fluorescent Nile Red dye (Adipored) for...

10 January 2021 4,360 1 View

How long do mouse CD4+ T-cells remain activated after removal of CD3/28?

Hello, I would like to analyse naive CD4+ T-cell activation and intracellular processes with a machine that does not allow CD3-coated plates. I thought of activating my cells with plate-bound...

08 December 2020 3,536 1 View