Qiime2- No reads passed the filter. How to set the trunc value?

Hi, I am working on some 16S sequencing data, and seems some of them are low quality. I am not sure how to set the trunc value in dada2. qiime dada2 denoise-paired \ --i-demultiplexed-seqs...

30 January 2021 6,213 3 View

What is the best way to prepare anaerobic medium?

Hi, I would like to prepare anaerobic medium for cultivation of gut microflora. I have an anaerobic chamber. How should I remove oxygen from the medium? Is it enough to leave it for 48 hours in...

05 October 2020 3,093 4 View

Any online tools for metagenomics data analysis, specifically 18S rRNA?

Could you please recommend any online tools for metagenomics data analysis for 18S rRNA?

01 March 2020 5,424 5 View

Is it possible to do SEM on a cross-section cut of a fresh leaf?

Hello, I'm working with pulsed electric field applied to lemongrass leaves to generate pores on the cell membrane to enhance essential oil extraction. I would like to know if there is a way to...

20 October 2019 1,364 3 View

How can I preserve leaf samples to measure the trichome density?

Hi. I'm working in a tropical rainforest and I need to measure the density of trichomes, but due the lack of equipment in the station, I need to preserve the samples during 1 month to then count...

10 October 2019 1,460 4 View

Intracellular staining of peritoneal mast cells for cytokine detection by flow cytometry?

Hi! Can anyone suggest a protocol for intracellular staining of peritoneal mast cells for cytokine detection by flow cytometry?

19 March 2019 9,262 3 View

Any experience/opinion on sociolinguistic interviews without the interviewer, i.e., only a questionnaire and the interviewees recording themselves?

I want to interview non-native speakers of English, but I am not a native speaker, so to avoid certain implications of this (unnatural setting, accommodation, etc.), I am thinking of sending them...

11 October 2017 4,867 4 View

How do I do immunocytochemistry staining on non-adherent cells?

Are centrifugations required between every wash step/blocking/antibody incubation in order to not lose the cells? Is there a way to make them adhere through a fixative or some other process in...

03 October 2017 8,611 4 View

Staining plant by Safranine O Fast Green FCF?

14 March 2017 1,404 1 View

Does anyone get a high background fluorescence when imaging cells stained with CellRox Red? Any suggestions on how to reduce?

I am staining primary macrophages in complete media. There is a high background when imaging the media controls as well as the positive control (400uM TBHP) Any suggestion on how to reduce? Thank you!

30 January 2017 6,000 1 View

Good sites to recruit survey participants on a grad school student budget?

Any good recommendations for participant recruitment for online surveys on a grad school student budget?

02 March 2021 4,293 4 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

What could be some reasons why unstimulated monocytes are getting activated?

Im doing PBMC isolation -> CD14+ enrichment using magnetic beads -> stimulation setup. My negative control is just cells in cRPMI but they seem to get activated over and over again.

28 February 2021 7,883 3 View

How to compare 2 samples recruited with different sampling methods?

If I want to compare characteristics of 2 groups of patients, one group is recruited from a random sample of the general public while another group is from a sample with a fixed gender (male to...

26 February 2021 3,526 3 View

IF troubleshooting: looking at an intracellular protein that localizes to the cell's and how to reduce increase in signal due to cell ruffles?

I am currently trying to stain for PI3KBeta in MDA-MB-231 cells. My current issue is that 1) beta stains all over the cell and 2) there is an increase in signal at the edge of the cell and this...

24 February 2021 8,582 1 View

How to culture mouse pheochromocytoma cells (MPC)?

Hi Everyone, Has anyone here worked with MPC cell line? Any tips or tricks? I am just venturing into cell biology and any advice on this topic would be highly appreciated. Thank you so much. Niusha

22 February 2021 3,891 2 View