What to do with absence of fluorescence label in Fucci2a mouse-derived fibroblast culture?

Dear all, I have harvested fibroblast cells from R26p-Fucci2 mouse embryos (mouse line as described in this paper: https://dev.biologists.org/content/140/1/237) and cultured them on plastic,...

17 February 2021 3,368 2 View

Alpha and dense granules in platelets not visible in Transmission Electron Microscopy?

I am trying to visualize alpha and dense granules in platelets. However, it seems like the granules were not stained well. Is there any way I can improve my staining technique to obtain better...

04 February 2021 5,925 9 View

(Scale request) Anyone has the Malay version of Eating Attitude Test-26/40 (EAT-26/40)?

Dear Researchers, My research team is conducting a eating disorder related research in Malaysia and we would like to use the Malay translated version of EAT26/40. I have tried to email the...

24 January 2021 8,925 2 View

Difficult to silence gene?

I have been trying to silence a gene of interest but I could not get silencing efficiencies beyond 50% My method of detection is via RT-qPCR and samples were extracted 48hrs post transfection. Are...

09 January 2021 3,404 4 View

There are prominent crystal formation in my cell culture dish, what are the possible causes and how to get rid of them?

17 December 2020 3,093 4 View

Does anyone have suggestion on how to sterilise high Mw polyethylene oxide (PEO) to be used for cell cultures?

I am trying to sterilise high molecular weight polyethylene oxide (~400,000 Da) in DMEM for culturing bmMSCs. I have done online search for relevant information, but most studies were using PEG...

25 November 2020 3,134 8 View

What corporate social responsibilities do social media companies have in relation to the use of psychographic profiling in advertising ?

What are the responsibilities of CSR ? What social media companies have done to protect the privacy or information of their users ?

12 October 2020 433 5 View

May I know is Triple Negative cell line MDA-MB-468 is auto fluorescence ?

I am doing immunofluorescence using MDA-MB-468 cell to determine ICAM-1 and E-cadherin with Santa Cruz Biotechnology ICAM-1 (G-5) mouse anti-human (Primary antibody), Santa Cruz Biotechnology...

27 August 2020 1,641 4 View

Can anti-Fas (anti-CD95) be used to prepare apoptotic cancer cell as antigens for DC to present antigen?

Researchers usually used irradiation (such as x-ray) to induce cancer cell apoptosis to prepare available antigens for DC to uptake that present the antigen to T cells. Can other apoptotic methods...

26 August 2020 5,445 4 View

How to generat a ASCII format data in GIS?

Dear you all: Recently i met with such a problem: i tryed to generate a ascii format buffer in gis, but i failed because it's headers are different from the research data. Failed result are shown...

11 August 2020 5,040 3 View

Why does blocking with my immunogenic peptide cause nuclear fluorescence in ICC?

Hi all, I am validating a polyclonal antibody raised against human ANT4, through WB and ICC. In most of my controls, the antibody shows very little off-target binding, but when I pre-incubate the...

03 March 2021 5,999 3 View

Irradiation data for JAPAN?

Hi, Could you help me to get the latest (2019, 2020) solar resource data for a particular site in JAPAN? PV GIS and NSRDB data are not in reach to JAPAN, I'm looking for some other database for...

03 March 2021 961 3 View

Chlorinated organic formation in odor control scrubbers using hypochlorite?

I'm involved in a study of odor control technologies for municipal wastewater treatment plant. One of the control options involves a chemical 2-stage (acid/alkaline) packed bed scrubber. The...

03 March 2021 3,661 2 View

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

Help request in CST microwave?

im working now on TPV solar cells and metamaterials and i realy need our help in CST microwave i have a tpv cell simulation and i want to extract particullarly the absorbtion of only the active...

02 March 2021 2,246 2 View

Ester cleavage conditions?

Hi all, I need to cleave the ester in Ethyl 2-amino-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate to make the carboxylic acid and retrieve the product from solution to use in downstream applications of linking to...

01 March 2021 8,766 3 View

Anyone found any research papers on solar furnace design calculations (for solar concentration)?

I am thinking about working on solar furnace with heliostats that concentrate sunlight and heat molten salt, but currently no luck with research. Not a lot of papers based on the subject. (check...

01 March 2021 5,023 5 View

Which fluorescent dye to use for measuring total ROS production?

Is DCFDA appropriate for measuring total ROS production, or can it only detect certain types of ROS? If I want to measure total ROS production, which dye should I use?

01 March 2021 9,447 3 View

How to size battery banks?

I am designing a small grid connected solar PV power-plant. As the battery's capacity is specified in Ah and demand in kWh. What is the best way to size the battery bank? I have battery price in...

28 February 2021 1,638 3 View