When is it unnecessary to change organisational culture?

As a former management practitioner, I recall a generally accepted view that changing organisational culture is difficult, so you should only attempt it if the organisational change that you are...

27 February 2021 2,595 8 View

Can I use a protein-devoid condition as my negative control in ELISA?

Hello, I am running a sandwich-type ELISA where I am trying to inhibit a protein-protein interaction using small molecules. For each experiment, I determine my Z' (Z-prime) to determine the...

23 February 2021 7,429 1 View

Will SARS-CoV-2 Spike be broken into S1 and S2 by denaturing conditions?

Hello, I am performing a western blot of my SARS-CoV-2 Spike-pseudotyped lentiviral particles. I denature my virus by adding concentrated virus to 2X Laemmli buffer at 1:1, then boiling for...

17 February 2021 4,844 4 View

What is the best temperature to coat an ELISA plate?

Hello, I want to control the temperature of my ELISA plate during incubations to get consistent results. In general, what is the best temperature to coat the plate with antibody? I have been...

16 February 2021 2,377 7 View

SPSS - Merging files by ID numbers that contain letters?

Hi, I'm trying to merge files from a data base of 20 files, each containing about 4000 subjects. Unfortunately the ID numbers are actually a combination of numbers and letters (e.g., b1458219)....

15 February 2021 5,833 3 View

How would I go about getting an expert review on the interview questions for the dissertation?

Good Evening, My name is David Marshall and I am Doctor of Management Student at Colorado Technical University Online. I just recently received approval from the IRB to start data collection on...

08 February 2021 346 7 View

How can I quantify the color of a solution?

I know colorimetry has been the standard way by way of measuring the concentration of a particular compound (solute) in a colored solution (solvent or measure quantities of a particular compound...

08 February 2021 2,673 1 View

ACE2 Blotted as a double band?

Hello, I have recently run a western of Vero cells for ACE2. I detected ACE2 at the correct size, but it presents as a double band. The sample was prepared by lysing cells in 1X Laemmli...

07 February 2021 6,973 3 View

SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Western Bands?

Hello, I am western blotting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein from lentiviral using an antibody against S1. To prepare samples, I mixed concentrated lentivirus 1:1 with 2X Laemmli buffer and boiled...

07 February 2021 3,643 4 View

How does DMSO percentage affect ELISA?

Hello, In my sandwich-type ELISA which is testing for small molecule inhibition of a protein-protein interaction, it seems that DMSO percentage and dilution protocol are important. I...

31 January 2021 6,771 1 View

Good morning research fellows, Has anyone worked with senna alata plant extract on any kind of fish?

Literatures on the piscicidal effect of sennaa alata is scanty. if you have any related litrature either in the bark, leaves or roots used as treatment to any aquatic organism please kindly help...

28 February 2021 9,138 2 View

Where i will get the Desmodium and Napier grass seeds?

26 February 2021 975 4 View

Is there an ideal incubation time of RGO-modified SPCE before subsequent use, i.e., electrochemical characterization or further modification?

I notice that upon washing and air-drying of my RGO/SPCE surface and characterizing again via DPV, the current response towards ferricyanide probe significantly decreases. My worry is that the...

22 February 2021 5,324 3 View

Is it possible to use maize mature seed to do transformation for maize transgenic study?

Almost all research reports which i ever seen work on Early mature embryo for Agrobacterium mediated maize transformation. In other grass families like rice, we can use mature seed and what do...

17 February 2021 1,434 13 View

How to sterilise maize seeds in the lab?

What is the most effective protocol to sterilise maize seeds in the lab? We have tried few common procedures but with no luck (still get fungus contamination on agar plates): 1)10% sodium...

19 November 2020 602 15 View

Do scalar-tensor-vector gravity theories violate the Bekenstein-Hawking area law to compute the entropy of black holes?

I am looking for the thermodynamics of the cosmological black hole in scalar-tensor-vector gravity theories. I know how should I write and find the thermodynamical quantities and equations for...

26 September 2020 6,383 3 View

How to sample maize leaves and transporting them for specific leaf area measurements?

Dear RG community, I would like to sample (cut-off) maize leaves in the field and transport them to the lab for SLA (specific leaf area) measurements. After a brief literature review, I could not...

18 August 2020 6,079 4 View

Can anyone please suggest me how to convert gene ids to gene names of maize?

I have a tabular file containing two columns of gene id and expression counts, I need to convert gene ids to gene name by software? I can't do it manually by going to NCBI as I have a large number...

03 August 2020 3,512 3 View

Do you think Golden Rice will alleviate hunger and malnutrition, especially in developing countries?

Golden Rice is a GMO rice plant that was modified to produce beta-carotene (provitamin A) in its grain. It was invented by the German scientists Prof. I. Potrykus (ETH) and Prof. P. Beyer (Univ...

20 June 2020 8,154 54 View

Why organic fertilizers are mostly more effective in light texture soils (sandy and loam) than heavy textural soils (clay)?

In my recent study, I have found a pronounced effect of vermicompost on increasing grain yield of maize on sandy and loam textural soils as compared to clay textural soils.

01 June 2020 6,098 13 View