How can I detect IL-1B by Western blot?

Hello Everyone, I know IL-1B is a soluble protein. So how to extract it from the supernatant? Please advice. Thanks!

05 January 2021 7,349 5 View

Is it possible to identify/classify rubber using satellite imagery with machine learning?

As of now, I am trying to explore the potential of using high/very high-resolution satellite imagery with machine learning (ML) to identify or map forest cover (e.g. rubber). As a newbie in this...

17 November 2020 7,187 3 View

Are there any EEG facilities for hire?

I need to run a quick EEG experiment. I don't want to spend time and money to set my own lab. I wonder if there exist EEG labs that can run an experiment for me for a fee?

10 September 2020 5,492 3 View

How do you report undetermined Ct values?

I have knocked down a gene of interest using siRNA and am using qRT-PCR to confirm reduced expression. All samples treated with non-specific siRNA have Ct values around 35, but all samples...

29 July 2020 8,198 3 View

Use of spherical silver?

Where is silver in spherical shape used other than for solar cell electrodes? Most of the silver in electronics seems to be flake. Is this statement accurate?

24 May 2020 7,604 3 View

What is the state of the art method in Multi instances image classificaiton in CNN ?

I would like to ask about the state of the art of learning from a bag of images labeled with one label. What are the architectures of CNN that handle several images having only one label to do...

17 February 2020 7,881 3 View

Insect Population Counting and Studying Traps - recommend a good book or source for info on?

Hi, I'm looking for an entomologist that can recommend a good book on the trapping of insects for study. Thanks

30 January 2020 2,710 2 View

IHC: Monocyte vs Macrophage?

How would you distinguish peripheral monocytes from tissue macrophages with IHC? Specifically, I am interested in looking at rodent brain tissue. Any help is appreciated! Thanks, Dan

07 October 2019 2,683 3 View

Where can I find data on urban land cover in the UK from the 1960s?

I'm modelling insect populations over time (1968 - present) in the UK at over 500 sites. I have detected a decline in sites that are mainly suburban (based on 500m radii using the CEH Land Cover...

02 September 2019 535 3 View

The problem of rolling window regressions?

The applications of regressions and estimations on rolling windows such rolling causality and rolling VECM are very popular in the literature of economics and finance, especially in income-money...

01 April 2019 1,722 2 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

Uncertianiny in using dry or wet basis in mixing a sediment with fuel oil?

Hello I'm currently working on a topic related to studying the anaerobic biodegradation of TPH in marine sediments. In this work, sediment should be mixed with fuel oil to a concentration of 20 g...

24 February 2021 9,839 3 View

Standard curve shifting over time. How do I stabilise the ELISA?

24 February 2021 1,365 3 View

How can I selectively dry etch Ti on a polymer substrate?

24 February 2021 5,378 1 View

How to reduce static electricity of powder after lyophilization?

I am working on synthesizing and then purifying peptides using the SPPS system. After purification of the peptide, the peptide powder is obtained using a freeze dryer. When measuring the powder,...

22 February 2021 10,099 5 View

Plant research: Watering uniformity/consistency. How important is it?

Trying to gather insight from an unresolved discussion with a colleague here, and either the available literature surrounding this topic and/or my keywords in search of are lacking. Context:...

21 February 2021 6,389 3 View

How does a freeze dryer destruct your solid sample?

Several times I lost my sample during freeze drying. There was no solid or powder in the vial after freeze drying. I'm sure sample contained solute because i took its NMR spectrum. I covered the...

15 February 2021 6,749 2 View

Can i use the " weight moisture" ( humidite ponderale in French) of plants to describe their efficiency in using water?

Weight moisture is : water content/ dry weight , if for example it is 4 it means that this plant have for each 1gam of dry mass 4 grams of water. can i use this to interpret the plant use of...

14 February 2021 5,784 1 View

Peptide precipitation as pre-step for acid hydrolysis for amino acid analysis?

I'm currently experiencing problems during acid hydrolysis for total amino acid analysis as my first samples contain high amounts of sugar (I get too low results back). I therefore had the idea to...

14 February 2021 6,049 3 View

Why (111) peak of ZeoliteX changes depending on dry or wet?

09 February 2021 6,307 3 View