What solvent can I used for Paal Knorr reaction between 6-amino hexanoic acid and 2.5 hexanedione?

I am try to make the Paal Knorr reaction between 2.5 hexnedione and 6-amino hexanoic acid, my problem is type of solvent to use, because 6-hexaminohexanoic acid is soluble in water but I am not...

02 March 2021 4,443 2 View

HPLC baseline failure (ACN/Water)?

My baseline increases without any explanation, it is only fixed by changing the solution B, will it be the column? Reagents? Bomb? Detector? Solution A: H3PO4 0.01% IN WATER Solution B: H3PO4...

21 February 2021 5,656 3 View

Special issue on PLS-SEM in Mathematics. Are you interested?

21 February 2021 5,601 3 View

Which drug is better to modify blood pressure in awake monkey, if I provide it in the food or drink reward?

I need to modify the blood pressure in a monkey while is awake in the recording chamber, and I am planing on provide a drug for that in the food or water used for reward... any advise? Thank you

08 February 2021 9,900 1 View

Why do my cells die during transfection with JetPei?

Hello everyone, two months ago I did a transfection of HEKs cells to insert a miR using the JetPei reagent. On that occasion, the transfection was highly efficient and the cells were in perfect...

03 February 2021 1,296 6 View

Moving bacteria-like organisms in my HEK293T cell culture?

Hi everyone, I have been culturing HEK293T cells that have been engineered to overexpress the mechanosensitive protein Piezo1. However, I am finding it very difficult to keep them in culture -...

02 February 2021 7,892 4 View

Is there any databases of sequencing data for AD mouse models?

I am working with the NL-G-F and 5x FAD mice. Are there any sequencing databases publicly available to mine for brain or retina? Thanks!

20 January 2021 6,425 1 View

In opensees is the ReinforcingSteel material sensitive to units of measure?

20 January 2021 7,043 2 View

Has anybody a protocol to determine the AChE activity in larvae zebrafish brain?

Even following the instruction of Karnovsky and Roots (1964), I still do not know how long I should fix the larvae and in what fixative. Could anyone help me? Thank you!

14 January 2021 385 2 View

Does anyone have problems performing CRISPR KO in human primary T cells?

For the past few months, I have been troubleshooting a CRISPR KO of human CD3e in human primary T cells. I got the KO to work one time using 1250 ng TrueCut Cas9 (Thermo) + 250 ng (or 7.5 pmol)...

11 January 2021 6,016 3 View

How can I assign a velocity along one direction to CO2 molecules in a molecular dynamics simulation using GROMACS?

Dear all, I am trying to perform a MD simulation about the interaction between CO2 and a polymer. I create my model, solvate it and perform the NVT and NPT equilibration. Now I am not able to...

26 February 2021 10,014 3 View

Recalcitrant seed short-mid storage method?

Dear peer scientists, Ultradry storage is not suitable for recalcitrant seeds. However, theoretically, if we can stabilize the structure of the subcellular membrane, as well as glassify the...

25 February 2021 2,442 1 View

What would be the best method to study the seasonal variation in wetland vegetation?

I wanted to learn how the seasonal variation relate to climate change. The best samplimg methods are required. Therefore, any references or suggestions are welcome. Thank you

24 February 2021 8,589 3 View

Is there a suitable way to confine cell attachment area inside a multi-well plate?

Are there any types of cylindrical cell culture inserts that are designed to confine cell seeding area? Say, if I'm using a 12 well plate (3.5 cm^2/well), but only want to seed cells in the middle...

22 February 2021 7,127 4 View

Is it possible to use maize mature seed to do transformation for maize transgenic study?

Almost all research reports which i ever seen work on Early mature embryo for Agrobacterium mediated maize transformation. In other grass families like rice, we can use mature seed and what do...

17 February 2021 1,434 13 View

Dealing with BMDM seeding and RNA extraction ?

biomedical master student here , i am dealing with mice BMDM and would like some help , i seed 0.5 x 10^6 cells/per well in a 6 well plate but when i extract the RNA i get a very low yeild , i...

15 February 2021 1,102 5 View

Is secondary metabolite production more at vegetative growth stage or during reproductive stage?

Hi, I am working on the effect of heavy metals on a medicinal plant by pot experimentation. Analyzing the effect of heavy metals on secondary metabolites is one of the parameters. I will be...

11 February 2021 6,683 6 View

Are the topics below viable research in plant biotechnology?

1. Chemically induced mutagenesis in seed and qPCR detection and amplification of desired trait. 2. Site-directed mutagenesis in qualitative traits of a multiline seed.

04 February 2021 9,069 3 View

Seeds harvest from white clover by selfing?

I tried to get seeds from white clover by self-fertilization but I could not get the seeds. As you know the white clover is generally fertilized by crossing. I wanna get the seeds by...

04 February 2021 9,152 4 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