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...

25 February 2021 6,969 3 View

Agarose gel purification pre MinION sequencing?

Dear all, we performed an agarose gel purification with MinElute kit (QIAGEN) to extract bands between 3500 bp and 6000 bp for further sequencing with MinION. After the purification process,...

16 February 2021 5,178 1 View

How many samples can be pooled together for NGS?

We collected faecal samples from various species that we want to analyse their microbial communities' DNA via Next-Generation Sequencing. The problem is that due to budgetary constraints, we will...

16 February 2021 5,466 4 View

Is there any alternative to a fume hood when working with DTT?

I am going to work with dithiothreitol (DTT) whilst isolating DNA and RNA, so I was looking for a safe alternative to a fume hood, such as maybe a specific type of mask or anything different that...

17 February 2020 3,656 3 View

Faecal sample storage: which one is better, RNAlater or ethanol 95%?

I want to isolate DNA and RNA from feline faecal samples in order to determine which pathogens (viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites...) are present in the samples. The isolation will not be...

22 September 2019 3,029 4 View

Diagnostic tool for mental health disorders in children and adolescence?

04 September 2018 7,983 6 View

The best basecaller for Nanopore sequencing?

15 March 2018 4,667 4 View

Input file FSTAT for partial mantel test?

05 September 2017 1,636 5 View

How can I measure MMP-1 protein activity or protein level from liver tissue?

Instead of checking only the mRNA level, I want to check the active protein level of MMP-1 in Liver tissue from mice. How can I do that?

03 March 2021 1,763 2 View

Why does blocking with my immunogenic peptide cause nuclear fluorescence in ICC?

Hi all, I am validating a polyclonal antibody raised against human ANT4, through WB and ICC. In most of my controls, the antibody shows very little off-target binding, but when I pre-incubate the...

03 March 2021 5,999 3 View

Have someone successfully used the ER alpha (Santa Cruz sc-8002) antibody in immunostaining ?

Santa Cruz now recommends this new antibody (F-10) but I can't find a publication using this reference. I'm working on human et non human primate hypothalamus and so far, it doesn't work. Is...

02 March 2021 10,003 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

Does anyone know an alternative product for cardiac Troponin T antibody for Immunofluorescence (Thermo # MA512960)?

We have been using Thermo Fisher anti-cardiac Troponin T antibody for immunofluorescence staining in FFPE mouse heart sections but it was recently discontinued. The literature shows it to be the...

01 March 2021 4,937 1 View

IHC on mouse liver hepatocytes?

Can anyone help me choose primary antibodies for mouse liver hepatocytes and also in conjunction Cd8 cells. Also Cd3 cells. I want to look at hepatocytes and adjacent immune cells in mice with...

01 March 2021 6,953 1 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View

How to avoid ulcers in s.c. injected tumors ?

Recently, we have injected s.c. B16F10 tumor cells in BL/6 mice. At around 12-15th day some animals showed ulcerations in tumors , with a big hole in the middle (it looks like a volcano). We have...

01 March 2021 9,938 3 View

How does an antibody have full intact antibody + half antibody?

Hello, I was just wondering how does a antibody have full intact antibody + half antibody? Is it because of the drug conjugation?

28 February 2021 1,577 1 View

Interested to stain mice tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, anybody has a protocol to recommend?

Interested to stain mice brain tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, appreciate if anyone willing to offer me some guidance or suggestions! Thank you!

28 February 2021 3,951 2 View