What is suitable temperature at reaction mixture of lipase activity assay?

I use para nitrophenyl palmitate substrate with tris buffer ph 8... i read many temperature for Yellow color of para nitro phenol production.. 37 and 50 and 40 at water bath ... I confused as i...

04 February 2021 9,100 5 View

What is the difference between SEM and TEM and between FTIR and EDX in soil and plant?

If I want to know the changes (for example in plants or soils) as affected by specific substance on nano substance; when I use SEM or TEM and why? As well, when I use FTIR or EDX and why also? Is...

28 January 2021 5,070 9 View

The Akaike information criterion of the random forest model ?

Please, how to calculate the number of model parameters of the random forest model to determine the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) using this following expression: AIC = n * log(MSE) + 2 *...

27 January 2021 816 6 View

Any propositions for scientific journals for AI (machine learning) that do not take time for reviewing, max 3 months for response?

im searching for journals that do not take time for reviewing and response for max of 3 months. Not open access journals.

27 December 2020 1,978 9 View

Rmse in lstm when forecasting time series?

iam working on long memory time series data and i use lstm neural networ to train data and i want to understand how rmse is calculated is it calculated in each iteration separately or in each...

23 December 2020 6,740 4 View

Doping of r-GO?

if the percentage of doping Au into rGO is too small 1~10%, is it not enough to prevent restacking of r-GO in xrd results, rGO peak appeared at 22.2 and also the peaks of gold nanoparticles so...

21 December 2020 6,091 3 View

XRD peaks for gold nanoparticles ?

is the concentration of gold salt that were added will affect on the peaks appeared. i added a very little amount of gold salt to dope graphene oxide and not all the peaks that proved the...

17 December 2020 9,275 3 View

Is it better to normalize Nile red absorbance to Bradford assay or to cell number?

I stained the fat droplet inside the cell using Nile red and read the absorbance by a microplate reader. Which better to do, normalize the Nile red absorbance to Bradford assay or to cell...

12 December 2020 8,036 2 View

I saw sparkles in my samples?

i am trying to dope boron in graphene oxide , and after i take out my samples from the oven i put them in the microwave for 40 sec , and i saw sparkles . and fume also i couldn't understand why

16 November 2020 6,852 5 View

I am looking for efficient texture analysis software for MRI images analysis with free acess?

i am looking for efficient texture analysis software for MRI images analysis with free access?

09 October 2020 3,737 2 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

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

Why do my MCFs not form monolayer?

Hello, I am looking for some expertise on culturing MCF7s. I purchased them from ATCC and I have been following all media and culture conditions. Media is EMEM with 10% FBS and 10ug/mL of...

27 February 2021 3,904 2 View

Is there anyone who experienced with cytotoxic effect of Hoescht 33342 dye?

Is Hoechst toxic to cells? In general, it is known as non-toxic. I am working with dsRED MDA-MB-231 cell line. I applied it for my PDMS-based microfluidic platform, for this reason, I incubated...

26 February 2021 9,119 3 View

Why my agarose gel staining sometimes looks not homogenic but like gradient (see the figure)?

I am worried about this overexposure of the upper part of the gel in the picture. Is it possible that this is the result of too much concentration of ethidium bromide? Why is there such a big...

25 February 2021 8,140 3 View

Markers of mitochondrial activity in FFPE tissues?

Hello everybody, Does someone have any experience with assessing/extimating mitochondrial activity on FFPE tissues? Precisely, no TOM20, ATP5B, etc: we are trying to get an approximative idea of...

24 February 2021 4,618 4 View

Can a Golgi-stained dendritic spines picture processed by Image J be directly used for publication?

24 February 2021 3,348 2 View

Is there an appropriate CD8 antibody for IHC-P for staining human breast cancer tissues?

Hello, We are planning on staining Formalin-fixed paraffin breast cancer tissue sections (FFPE) with CD8 Ab via immunofluorescence (Tissue IF). Based on our existing protocol and imaging...

24 February 2021 9,578 4 View

Reagents for histology slides?

Dear all, I am planning to study histology and want to do that at home. I have only stained a blood smear with Giemsa but now want to try a wider range of animal tissues. What reagents will I...

24 February 2021 5,430 3 View

Are there lab markers/pens resistant to Roti-Histol?

Hi, I'm looking for a pen/marker to write on the smooth, transparent (non-frosted) part of microscopy slides which does not get washed away by alcohols and most importantly Roti-Histol. I want to...

24 February 2021 9,902 5 View