Indole 3 propionic acid supplement to mice?

08 September 2017 2,980 3 View

Chemical Ageing Mediators in Mice?

I am interested to carryout ageing research using mice as the tool. We have genetic knockouts for the protein of interest. I am curious to know if there are any ways (chemically or...

10 November 2016 3,540 2 View

Endothelium Derived Hyperpolarization Factors and significance?

I am interested to know if EDHF a primordial factor for relaxation? What are the physiological relevance and sources?Does EDHF observed in Conduit artery provides any significant impact in...

03 April 2016 956 15 View

Are soluble proteins active or inactive?

I am curious to know whether soluble proteins are active in circulation? or they become active after entering the extracellular space? I know it varies from protein to protein but would like to...

31 December 2015 8,763 1 View

Are soluble proteins active or inactive?

I am curious to know whether soluble proteins are active in circulation? or they become active after entering the extracellular space? I know it varies from protein to protein but would like to...

31 December 2015 9,749 4 View

Can the inguinal lymph nodes be pooled for FACS analysis in mice? Is it acceptable?

I am planning to analyse the T-cell population in lymph nodes. Is it okay that I could pool the 2 inguinal lymph nodes after euthanizing the mice and then stain and analyze? Or do I have to do...

10 November 2015 6,266 4 View

Any advice on the peritoneal macrophage death observed the next day?

04 May 2015 8,642 4 View

Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) Murine.

How long should VSMC's murine be starved to study the switch on of mediators like erk1/2 phospo etc.? I tried twenty-four hours, but there were no major changes.

01 February 2013 5,558 0 View

Custom media ordering?

I am interested to buy custom media for my cell culture. Any recommendation about vendors for Universities in Canada? Thanks

01 January 1970 8,021 2 View

Cardiomyocyte phenotype in mouse

Recently, i got intrigued in mouse cardiomycytes - i am curious to know the different cardimyocyte phenotypes that exist in mouse heart (2-3months old) - Are there specific markers for...

01 January 1970 7,719 0 View

Which of the Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunoprotection and why?

I want to know which of the available Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunological response and why

02 March 2021 1,388 3 View

Experimental Design: How deal with pseudreplicates with immunological and clinical-chemical paramaeters?

Hello everybody, I am investigating the influence of a toxinon various clinical-chemical and haematological parameters in fish. I have three treatments (control, low dose, high dose) in my...

24 February 2021 1,243 1 View

Looking for advices and tips to improve the staining and the gating strategy in human blood?

Hi, I am staining a human blood with CD19, CD3,CD14 and CD16. My gating strategy in FlowJo goes like this: - First, I gate a general population SSC-A VS FSC-A => Then gate for single cells, =>...

21 February 2021 5,724 4 View

Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency & NSAIDs - is this combination harmless ?

G6PD deficiency is quite common in our anesthesia practice in the middle east. Intraop/postop analgesia in them is an issue here. Many websites/books give contrasting advise with former advocating...

10 February 2021 4,817 3 View

Does euthanasia by CO2 inhalation cause NF-kB activation in mouse heart or body in general?

I was wondering if euthanizing mice by carbon dioxide inhalation would cause activation of NF-kB inflammatory response?

26 January 2021 4,096 2 View

Translating two biomarkers to the same scale??

Hello researchers, I was wondering if anyone had experience in the following: I would like to translate two separate continuous biomarkers (A and B), that are mechanistically linked to each...

25 January 2021 2,107 3 View

Can you polarize Jurkat cells into different T helper subsets?

I am wondering if anyone has had success with in vitro polarization (via cytokines) of Jurkat cells. My goal is to understand the affect of a drug on Treg induction and differentiation. I...

12 January 2021 3,606 2 View

Can only the spike protein of the virus provide immunity?

Virology, microbiology, immunology, vaccine

21 December 2020 424 16 View

Can somebody recommend me a decent textbook to learn more about signaling pathways and their mechanistic principles in general?

I studied biochemistry and molecular biology in my bachelors and Immunology in my masters. I never came across a suitable course for general signaling pathways and principles. My interest is...

13 December 2020 5,690 5 View

How will DeepMind AlphaFold2 solution of the core problem of protein structure prediction from sequence impact biology and biophysics?

AF2 may most strongly impact experimental determination of protein structure by multiple methods with possible benefits and negative impacts over time. Some areas may need to quickly pivot or...

13 December 2020 6,026 5 View