Is there an antibody available yet for phospho-Sestrin2?

I was wondering if there was an antibody available yet (commercially) for phospho-sestrin2 (Thr 232, Ser249 or Ser279). According to the paper attached Sestrin2 should be able to get...

08 September 2016 6,945 2 View

Any advice on the increase in blood leucine after a meal?

Does anyone have good reference papers looking at the increase in leucine concentration after a standard meal (leucine gavage) in humans and mice?

09 October 2015 433 2 View

What is the best antibody for human-mouse HIF-2a detection?

I've tried the novus #NB100-122, got a lot of (aspecific) bands.

06 July 2014 5,695 9 View

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06 July 2014 8,065 1 View

Does a specific HIF-2a inhibitor exist?

Pharmacological, not siRNA or others.

06 July 2014 6,620 2 View

Can anyone help with MCT1 and 4 quantification on human samples by western blot?

We want to measure MCT1 and 4 on human muscle samples by the use of western blot. On which exact kDa appears the band? Is this a little higher than the expected 42 kDa (eg 49). Information is much...

04 May 2014 5,134 0 View

Contamination of TRIzol by plastic - any thoughts?

We recently put a couple of ML of TRIzol in plastic tubes. RNA extraction afterwards yielded contaminated RNA, indicated by a >2,4 260/280 ratio. Is it possible that the storage of TRIzol in...

03 April 2014 3,425 1 View

Electrophoresis - breaking glass cover plates. Any suggestions?

We are doing Western Blots with home made gels. The problem we are having since a couple of months is that the glass cover plates regularly break when gel-electrophoresis is finished. We use a...

07 August 2013 7,000 6 View

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05 June 2013 1,345 1 View

Does the time between the making of a home-made (10%) gel and the actual loading of the gel influence the resolution of the bands?

I normally let the gel harden overnight, but is this necessary? Can I, for example, prepare the gel in the morning and load it with proteins in the afternoon?

03 April 2013 2,787 2 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

How to repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View

What analysis to choose with a large neste dataset and clearly skewed or kurtotic distributions?

Hello! I have a dataset of n=3000 nested within 8 countries with approximately 200 or 400 responses in each country. I originally planned to perform multilevel modelling with 4 dependent variables...

02 March 2021 6,865 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

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

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

How to plot the probability paper of Gumbel distribution using R programing?

In R-studio, there are many commands of Gumbel package. Arguments are also different. I`m asking about the alpha parameter of the Copula which must be greater than 1. If this is the one used to...

25 February 2021 5,229 3 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

What are the pros and cons for mice versus rats?

Hi Everyone, I am designing a pilot study using rodents to assess the effects of simulated space environments (radiation + altered gravity) on microbiome and immune system. I have limited...

24 February 2021 1,825 3 View

Is it harmful to breed for Cre Homozygosity initially?

Hello, I am currently using a Cas9 knock in system that will be expressed in the liver. To do so STOP codon fl/fl Cas9 KI mice were bred with Albumin-Cre mice to generate heterozgous pups, that...

24 February 2021 5,759 3 View