Does anyone know how many pancreatic islets we need to do western blot because with 100 islets/condition i didn't have sufficient protein ?

Is there a problem with my RNA pellet?

Hello, I am currently having problems with RNA extraction. I am using mouse liver (C57BL6J), and I have extracted RNA from mouse liver before. Before this experiment, my final RNA pellets were...

11 August 2024 7,082 3 View

RNA Extraction Using Hot Borate Method No Longer Working?

I've been performing RNA extraction on cotton petiole tissue for a few months now using the method described in the following paper, a derivative of the typical hot borate method...

08 August 2024 9,882 2 View

Why does my protein refolded to beta sheet during thermal denaturation analysis?

Hi! So i attempted to understand a novel protein behavior towards heat application by analyzing its secondary structure change. I subjected the protein to a thermal denaturation analysis using...

06 August 2024 1,989 3 View

Weak DAPI staining after immunohistochemistry - how to improve?

After immunohistochemistry of previously fixed in PFA and EtOH and then frozen 20 μm sections of zebrafish brain, DAPI staining is very weak (right) compared to the same sections stained without...

05 August 2024 9,637 2 View

Low-yield gel extraction problem?

I am having an issue with my gel image where my PCR product is not appearing very bright on the gel. When I perform gel extraction, the A260/280 purity value is very low. I used the Qiagen gel...

05 August 2024 9,798 3 View

Do you have good tips for seaweed tissue preservation in the field for post RNA extraction?

I will be with my students collecting seaweed samples in a marine farm and later we will process this tissue for RNA isolation and further sequencing. Does anyone have tips on how to collect the...

04 August 2024 501 2 View

How to isolate lymphocytes from mouse spleen?

I have tried several times to isolate lymphocytes from mouse spleen, but all attempts have been unsuccessful. I tried most available protocols. I used different dissociation media (HBSS with Ca...

04 August 2024 9,913 7 View

The question is how to use Wavenet transform?

HOW CAN I WRITE A CODE TO USE THE WAVENET TRANSFORM AS A FEATURE EXTRACTION METHOD INSTEAD OF DWT IN MATLAB?

03 August 2024 7,829 0 View

Transfection in HEK293T cells?

Dear All, I am trying to transfect a pCDNA3.1 vector containing my gene of interest. The purpose is to figure out the localization of the protein of interest. I have fused the protein with GFP on...

31 July 2024 9,892 4 View

Can i use the protease inhibitors during cell membrane vesicle preparation ？?

I am currently working on a project that involves extracting cell membranes, for which we disrupt the cells using sonication. During the initial extraction process, we add protease inhibitors to...

30 July 2024 7,077 1 View