Does anyone know why HBSS + 0.1-1.0% gelatin is commonly used in neutrophil isolation and bacterial opsonization protocols?

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Why am I not able to use all VEP programs for the in silico analysis of avpr1b SNP's?

Good day researchers I am busy analysing the predicted effects of certain SNP's in AVPR1b. When using the VEP prediction programs (SIFT, Polyphen, FATHMM, LRT, Provean, Mutation Assessor, and...

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Can I use a likert survey for criterion sampling in a qualitative study or would that make it mixed methods?

I am doing a phenomenographic study on the reading experiences of avid v. Neutral v. Non-Readers. If I use a likert survey to criterion sample for participants, does that make it a mixed method...

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When is it optimal to choose an OFAT (One factor at a time) design over DOE (design of experiment)?

As a current undergraduate student majoring in Microbiology who is still learning DOE (Design of experiment) on my own, I have heard and read that an OFAT design is considered the most inefficient...

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Lighting for open field test behavior assay?

I am currently setting up our lab's behavioral space to run the open field test in rats, and I am trying to figure out how to set up lighting to evenly illuminate the open field chamber (a 90 cm x...

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Why is my blot transfer bad now?

I had been having beautiful blot transfers, but in the last few days I have ran into issues where there is high background staining and poor band resolution. The background staining is very...

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How/where to provide a dataset?

If someone has collected a large useful dataset that could be useful to social science research, gender research, a specific industry sector in business, and possibly business students or those...

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Does amelanotic B16-F10 cells give rise to black toumour nodles when injected in mice?

I am culturing B16-F10 cells in RPMI as these cells tend to die when cultured in DMEM high glucose. When cultured in RPMI, cells are amelanotic. If I inject these amelanotic cells in vivo (i.v.),...

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Why do 293T cells starts dying after lentiviral transfection?

I have a lentiviral transfection protocol on 293T cells that has been working for years, but for the past few months, my 293T cells starts de-attaching from the plate. I finally figured out it was...

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Any ideas on where to look to for organization theory that speaks to why people join organizations?

I am studying place attachment. Place attachment is usually examined by looking at place and the emotional connection individuals have with place. However, I am interested in learning about how...

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What are some of your favorite mixed-methods studies related to environmental management and citizen science/stewardship?

I'd like to learn more about interesting environmental management and citizen science/stewardship studies that combine both quantitative and qualitative methods.

25 May 2020 4,994 1 View

How to quantitative analize the data of TNBS assay for gelatin?

Estemeed colleagues, I found some issues regarding the quantification of the data for TNBS assay. There are different protocols on how to perform that but it is clear to me the "fil rouge" that...

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How to normalise data on OPM package from R Studio ?

Good afternoon, I recently used OmniLog from BIOLOG for my experimentations : I tested the metabolism of different strains on 2 types of plates. I have 16 strains of 3 different groups...

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For gelatin coating for culturing HUVEC.Should the gelatin be made in sterile water or PBS? Do I need to autoclave the gelatin soln after making it ?

I want to use 0.1% gelatin. Should that be made in PBS or sterile water? Should I autoclave the gelatin soln after making it in water/PBS?

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Why initial concentration of Pb not the same as calculated one when testing using AAS?

I am currently doing research on the adsorption of heavy metal using magnetic reduce graphene oxide. I use AAS to determine the concentration of the heavy metal. I prepare the Pb solution with...

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Is there anyone who experienced with cytotoxic effect of Hoescht 33342 dye?

Is Hoechst toxic to cells? In general, it is known as non-toxic. I am working with dsRED MDA-MB-231 cell line. I applied it for my PDMS-based microfluidic platform, for this reason, I incubated...

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Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

Hi everyone, Illumina provides a list of primers to amplify with high taxonomic coverage the ITS1 region for further fungal sequencing, but I cannot find the exact amount necessary of each...

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Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration fors?

Warm greetings My name is Ayichew S. and I am doing my Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology (on Human papillomavirus). At this stage, I have almost completed a clinical sample Cervical swabs)...

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Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration forms?

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How to handle studies which report perfect effect sizes in a meta-analysis using Pearson's r?

I'm in the process of updating a meta-analysis and in one of the new studies, effect sizes are reported as Tau-U. Two of the effect sizes are reported as Tau-U = 1.00. I am using Andy Field's...

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Advice on growing lactobacillus species in the lab?

Hello everyone, For part of my PhD project, I'm hoping to grow some lactobacillus species in the lab so that I can create standard curves for a qPCR quantification of a faecal sample. However, I...

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