How to evaluate motivation in scholars, teachers and students who work from home during pandemic?

Dear all, What tool can be used to measure motivation in scholars, teachers and students who are in home isolation or work remotely? Any specific tool suitable for all people involved in Academia...

08 December 2020 7,968 10 View

How to replace the liquid blocker?

Dear colleagues, In my immunofluorescence stainigs I use liquid blocker pen, before solution with 0.3% Triton X-100. This helps to avoid dripping of solutions with primary antibodies and Triton...

30 September 2020 9,134 4 View

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06 July 2020 4,133 2 View

How long can one store primers?

Dear colleagues, one year ago we put our liquid primers in a high concentration into a -80 fridge. Can we still use them for the qPCR?

11 May 2020 4,521 16 View

What is an acceptable small sample size to carry out principal component analysis for a rating scale with 16 items???

Hi Can someone tell me what would be an acceptable sample size for principal component analysis for a rating scale with 16 items. Thanks!

30 March 2020 9,756 3 View

How to insert image in introductory text of survey in Opinio?

Hi I need some technical help. I am trying to insert an image in the introduction of a survey in Opinio. I click on 'insert image' button, then I am prompted to paste the url of the desired image,...

28 March 2020 1,543 3 View

How does the Excel work with GRG algorithm?

I'm struggling with my qualification work. Excel methods solve the math problem easy, but I don't catch the idea how he does it. I need to understand it to create the code or just to describe the...

12 March 2020 6,567 6 View

What to do if Fatal error: Atomtype LC3 not found and force field is fine?

When I was simulating my protein, "Fatal error: Atomtype LC3 not found" had occured. I checked my force field atom type and it contains LC3 with correct parameters. Before this error I used...

10 March 2020 2,189 2 View

Has anyone optimized ViromerRED in THP-1, H9, and MCF7 cell lines?

I am currently attempting to optimize ViromerRED transfection in THP-1, H9, and MCF7 cells. Our initial transfections with the first batch was promising, but the new viromer we received doesn't...

15 October 2019 5,053 4 View

Can anybody explain why does the line on gel disappear after 15 cycles of PCR?

We make test PCR to choose optimal quantity of cycles and amount of cDNA for amplification, and there are lines on 9 cycles and 12 cycles (same sample), but the line on 15 cycles disappear (also...

02 April 2019 3,158 7 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

What is the characteristic length to determine the Reynolds number for the scattered turbulent fluid flow?

Dear all, I just saw this example in FB on the difference between laminar flow and turbulent flow. The flow from a pipe hits the sink and scattered. The flow from the pipe is characterized as...

02 March 2021 1,999 5 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View

What could be some reasons why unstimulated monocytes are getting activated?

Im doing PBMC isolation -> CD14+ enrichment using magnetic beads -> stimulation setup. My negative control is just cells in cRPMI but they seem to get activated over and over again.

28 February 2021 7,883 3 View

Is there a deep reason for using the squared modulus of the wave function as the probability density of the existence of the particle?

I think we were all surprised at the first time we got to know quantum mechanics that the squared modulus of the wave function is the probability density of the existence of the particle? The role...

28 February 2021 6,282 9 View

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28 February 2021 9,936 2 View