How can I measure MMP-1 protein activity or protein level from liver tissue?

Instead of checking only the mRNA level, I want to check the active protein level of MMP-1 in Liver tissue from mice. How can I do that?

03 March 2021 1,763 2 View

Binary Logistic Generalized Linear Mixed model in SPSS. Is it doable?

I want to analyses the proportion of swimming sperm of three species of fish in two salinities. To analyse the proportion of swimming sperm in a Generalized Linear Model, I would use a Binary...

03 March 2021 2,297 3 View

Looking for Materials with high thermal expansion coefficient and high temperature resistance?

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

Guidelines for survey (question type) analysis?

Hi. Please tell me what guidelines should i need to follow for questionaries' type research work in India. It is not hospital based work, we are conduction basic institutional based qualitative...

03 March 2021 2,037 3 View

What are the values needed for gabor filter's parameter for cifar10 data?

Hi, I implemented a code to gabor filter cifar10 data but the images after being filtered and stacked are not clear like the original images. I think the problem is in the way I am using the...

03 March 2021 6,317 1 View

Can we block unwanted images during the x-ray prediction?

i am try to classify the x-ray images. During classification , can i block unwanted images (except x-ray image).

03 March 2021 7,100 1 View

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03 March 2021 5,360 2 View

In PRIMER, is it possible to downweight certain taxa in multivariate community datasets to reflect uncertainty around identification??

I have a dataset with about 80 different species. As usual, some species are very easy to identify with certainty whereas others are more difficult, which means that I am less certain of my...

03 March 2021 8,066 4 View

What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

Sample dilution for quantitative analysis using ELISA?

If the detection range is in ng/ml but the reference range is in ug/ml for a molecule or protein in serum or plasma .how to dilute and what is the initial volume to be taken for quantitative analysis

02 March 2021 7,670 3 View

How optimize the Size Exclusion Chromatography?

Hello! I'll do a size exclusion chromatography, but I only have an open column, and I'll perform the peptide extraction from yeast, using buffer lysis (sodium phosphate 50 mM/NaCl 30 mM/DNAse and...

01 March 2021 2,215 2 View

Phosphate buffer with different pH conditions: HCl or NaH2PO4?

Hi all, I just encountered this dogma; when adjusting pH of phosphate buffers, I've been using HCl/NaOH to in/decrease pH of buffers and recently I was told that HCl/NaOH can't be used to adjust...

08 February 2021 9,070 5 View

Why FTIR can not detect bases of nucleic acid in extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)?

I characterized functional groups of EPS using FTIR. Goups of sugars and proteins (e.g., -OH, amide, -COOH) as well as phosphate group of nucleic acid were readily detected. However, peaks of...

05 February 2021 4,405 1 View

Why sometimes current- voltage plot in chemiresistors/ FET does not pass through the origin?

I am trying to measure resistance from I-V curve from a chemiresistor/ FET sensor with a keithly sourcemeter. The substrate is soaked/ wet with protein and phosphate buffer only. But the I-V line...

24 January 2021 8,009 3 View

How to make a 100mM potassium phosphate buffer at pH 2.5?

Do I just need to add my basic and acidic potassium phosphates to get the lowest pH achieved by mixing those (I think it is around pH 5.8), and then lower the pH further through addition of HCl?...

06 January 2021 7,231 2 View

Can total phosphate (TP) in soil be determined with UV-Vis Spectrophotometer?

Dear All, I would like to know if total phosphate (TP) and total nitrogen (TN) in soil can be determined with UV-Vis spectrophotometer or not. If somebody knows the method, I would like to get...

03 January 2021 7,662 6 View

In ELISA should we use p-nitrophenyl phosphate (pNPP) substrate mixed in distilled water or we should mix it in Diethanolamine buffer?

We are performing an ELISA experiment to determine the binding of Complement antibodies against P. aeruginosa. We have pNPP substrate (Thermo Scientific cat # 34045) instead of pNPP tablets. We...

22 December 2020 2,020 3 View

How can we calculate the concentration of nanoparticles in a solution ?

1- Absorption of 1 cc of a nm solution of 20 gold particles at 530 nm equals one. Calculate the extinction coefficient of these nanoparticles (consider the light path length of 1 cm). If we were...

30 November 2020 9,274 1 View

Is there any technique to reduce carbonate precentage in bone sample (bovine hydroxyapatite)?

Dear colleagues, I am a researcher working with bovine hydroxyapatite. I want to reduce the percentage of carbonate on the sample. Is there any suggested techniques for this? I am measured the...

19 November 2020 3,828 3 View

How to prepare 0.03M phosphate buffer pH:4.0?

I want to prepare mobile phase has to be adjusted to pH 4 with o.03M phosphate buffer Can anyone help me to prepare phosphate buffer solution of 0,03M using pH of 4 ? waiting for your favorable...

18 November 2020 210 3 View