How to find a correlation between coordinates in a curvilinear coordinate system?

Hello. I have a skewed elliptical coordinate system (I use alternative elliptical coordinates). And I need to determine connections between coordinates in order to fetch a covariance matrix of...

28 February 2021 364 3 View

Failed Chromatograms on HPLC-ESI Orbitrap?

Hello fellow researchers, I recently have a problem with an HPLC coupled to an Orbitrap mass analyzer. I usually use some protein mix to make sure the equipment is ready to separate and read...

09 February 2021 3,595 8 View

Do you know any available open-source data on animal behavior for model validation?

In my research related to monitoring the cow behavior with help of sensors I have a permanent and principal problem with the data for model validation. I tried to find some available open-source...

26 December 2020 8,197 2 View

Do you know of research in communication/media studies using "Activity theory" ?

Hello, For a project which studies how teens deal with social media and their interfaces, I'm interested in so-called "activity theory" (also know as cultural-historical activity theory). I know...

21 October 2020 2,364 4 View

Hello need help on Microtome. Anyone experiencing the blade cutting deeply FFPE tissue block after a few sections of the same tissue?

The blade is set at a clearance angle of 5 degrees at which it has been sectioning very well. In the past few days with no change of blade type or type of wax. The blade has been cutting in too...

20 October 2020 769 5 View

Northern blotting advice?

Hi everyone! Does anybody know about a good website or place to get some guidance on Northern blotting? Also, advice on blotting the RNA ladder?

07 October 2020 739 3 View

Did somebody tried to use the attR1 and attR2 sites without the chloranphenicol resistance gene i.e. AttR1-ccdB-AttR2?

I am trying to design a vector as compact as posible to test DNA transcriptional enhancer and/or repressor activity, I already have a compact bacbone (pICOz vector), minimal promoter, translation...

22 August 2020 1,083 1 View

How to amplify phage DNA (dsDNA) for producing restriction profiles?

Hi everybody! I need to amplify phage DNA so as to be able to produce restriction profiles using different restriction endonucleases. Can anyone recommend which primers should I use? I know random...

06 August 2020 1,194 3 View

Is there any method for tuning Subspace Predictive Controllers (SPC)?

My current research is about SPC and I'm interested in tuning strategies for these types of predictive control approaches. The cost function is on the photo and the tuning parameters are Np...

23 July 2020 1,176 1 View

Some TWIP steels are susceptible to hydrogen-induced failure, but adding up to 2% aluminu improves the situation. What mechanisms explain this phenom?

On the role of aluminum in TWIP steels

22 July 2020 5,670 4 View

Difficulty in cloning of 1kb gene into vector?

I am facing difficulties in cloning a 1kb gene into a vector (pJIT163). I have my gene on interest (GOI) in pUC57 and want to clone in pJIT163 using SalI and BamHI restriction sites. I am getting...

25 February 2021 3,221 7 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

Alternatives to traditional cloning of insert into backbone (dsDNA)?

Hi, I am stuck with a cloning experiment: The insert & backbone(bb) share one compatible end at 3' end(NotI) and one incompatible end at 5' end (XbaI for insert; HindIII for backbone). So i...

16 February 2021 1,664 3 View

Can part of recombinant protein not be expressed?

Hello. I am currently trying to express a recombinant gene with Avitag at the N-terminal. I'm aiming at a final product that looks like this: Avitag-(target protein) The protein I use is already...

14 February 2021 2,039 4 View

Transformation into the Stbl3 chemo competent cells?

03 February 2021 1,111 5 View

What is the best way and technique for serial dilution of bactria to get accurate number of colony ?

Hello I am infecting cells with bacteria in a well and then I am doing serial dilution of this well 1 in 10 and culture the two last dilution on MHA agar I have difficulty in getting accurate...

26 January 2021 9,256 5 View

Good day, I have not been able to amplify the plasmid Frt-hspB1. Somebody could give an advice me?

I acquired the plasmid in Addgene, reconstituted the filter paper where the plasmid comes from with 30 microliters of TE buffer pH 8, immediately afterwards perform the transformation of E.coli...

25 January 2021 2,526 3 View

Has someone used TTC agar overlay method and can help me?

I have tried to use TTC agar overlay method for a few times to identify respiratory-deficient yeast which were affected by EthBr. The problem is that cells which should have stayed white also have...

22 January 2021 585 10 View

Why does the ghost atoms gives error in NICS calculation with wb97xd in gaussian09 ?

In a trial, I am trying to calculate NICS (0 and 1) values for benzene ring using gaussian09. I have placed the ghost atoms at the center, 1A, and 2A above the rings. On using the method/basis...

19 January 2021 3,188 3 View

I am having trouble with cloning my gene. How can I fix this?

16 January 2021 6,566 8 View