CDNA or genomic DNA for a conventional PCR?

Would it be better to use cDNA or genomic DNA to run a conventional PCR on tissue from a goat?

08 June 2016 8,892 6 View

Where can I find testosterone for cell culture?

28 July 2014 9,510 15 View

Simple phytochemical extraction method for bioassay?

My lab is interested in conducting an insect bioassay on phytochemicals from an uncommonly studied plant species, Silphium integrifolium. We are looking for a simple protocol we can use to...

01 January 1970 7,645 4 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

Does any one know how i can prepare liver tissue with transmission electron microscope with good fixation?

i have problem in preparation of liver tissue with bad cell organelles and how i can adjust osmolarity

03 March 2021 8,890 1 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 3 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

Any specific pipeline or parameter to analyse total transcriptomics study of brain tissue samples?

I have two groups of brain samples, control and treated for example. It was total RNA nova seq sequencing. I tried all the available pipeline like: star+rsem+deseq2, Hista+stringtie+cuffdiff,...

27 February 2021 356 6 View

B-mercaptoethanol (BME) protocol?

Hi everybody, I have been running a multiplex IHC which allow me to stain the same tissue with different markers (Primary Ab + Secondary conjugated Ab) (AF487, AF555, AF647). Since I would like to...

27 February 2021 5,028 2 View

Looking for genomic DNA extraction kits from mouse tissue (centrifuge-based, not spin-column)?

Hello. I am looking to extract genomic DNA from mouse brain and lungs and I need a kit that is not spin-column based because I need to scale up the solution amounts for 400mg tissue (most cap at...

25 February 2021 155 2 View

Has anyone tried to scan fluorescence IHC slides with microarray scanner?

I have an old slide microarray scanner (VIDAR Revolution 4200) and would like to give it a "second life", as IHC scanner array (fluorescence dyes), FISH over tissue or similar. Has anyone tried...

24 February 2021 9,210 1 View

Recommendations on homogenizers for RNA isolation?

I will be performing RNA isolation with frozen lung biopsy samples and am in the market for a tissue homogenizer. I am wanting a homogenizer that will fit in a 1.5ml tube. I was looking at the...

24 February 2021 3,623 3 View

Which microtomy technique do you suggest for thin and delicate root sectioning ?And, how to preserve and process the roots before sectioning?

We have thin roots of from 1 year old different species of plants. We are looking into anatomical details of the roots. What's the best method to preserve and process the roots once they are...

23 February 2021 1,898 1 View