Would fecal samples stored at -20C for over a year impact metagenomic analysis?

Dear All, I have access to some rodent fecal samples that have been stored at -20C instead of -80C. Anyone have experience with the impact of stowage condition on comparative metagenomic analysis...

01 March 2021 2,512 1 View

What are the pros and cons for mice versus rats?

Hi Everyone, I am designing a pilot study using rodents to assess the effects of simulated space environments (radiation + altered gravity) on microbiome and immune system. I have limited...

24 February 2021 1,825 3 View

What should be the duration of exposure to simulated space environments with Rodents?

Hi, I am currently working on a pilot study to get some data related to the impact of long duration spaceflight to the microbiome and the immune system. I plan to use rats and simulate...

22 February 2021 592 1 View

Any interests in participating to an experiment in space?

Hello, The UN Office of Outer Space Affairs has a program called access to space for all that enables institutions to have hands on expertise related to access to space. There are three elements...

22 February 2021 7,980 3 View

Best novel method to optimize 3D geometry and its fluid?

Do you have any idea what is the best method to optimize 3D geometry and its fluid without linking the code with fluent (or any flow solver) ? In order to find the best 3d geometry and decrease...

10 April 2020 9,321 1 View

How can I claim that a particular As-bearing mineral is present in a soil sample by XRD analysis?

How can I claim that a particular As-bearing mineral is present in a soil sample by XRD analysis? How many and which peaks of the miranal should be matched with XRD pattern of the soil sample?

19 January 2020 3,152 3 View

How to dissolve insulin in high concentration?

Hello, I need to prepare a high concentration solution of insulin (20 mg/mL, i.e. around 520 U/mL). I tried dissolving in 0.001 M HCL (pH 2-3) and the result was a milky turbid solution, slightly...

26 November 2019 5,879 3 View

Is there a way to induce solid gelatin to expand?

I was preparing histological sections from a sample containing solid gelatin, when we started cutting the sections, the gelatin evidently expanded (after wetting the block surface), is there an...

04 November 2018 8,156 6 View

How to compute electric current in comsol corona discharge?

17 July 2018 4,327 4 View

Statistical weight ratio

HiI am simulating nitrogen dc plasma in dc discharge interface of COMSOL. I used database from Phelps for nitrogen cross section. For importing nitrogen database to COMSOL, it needs "statistical...

23 May 2017 1,383 1 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

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

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 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 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

Dapi fluorescence protocol for colon cell lines ?

28 February 2021 2,534 2 View

Does RNAiMAX transfection reagent work in serum free medium?

I diluted siRNA and RNAiMAX in opti-MEM and added to the cells which they were in the growth medium. Is it a right way? or should I culture cells in the opti-MEM medium for a while and not in...

26 February 2021 10,041 3 View

Has anyone had luck using cell lines other than HEK 293 (such as COS1) to package lentivirus?

I am looking to package lentivirus in endothelial cells but I am opposed to using 293 cells due to personal ethics regarding the source. I have done some reading and saw that COS1, COS7, & CHO...

25 February 2021 3,030 1 View

Can I run spearman's correlation on non monotonic data? Is it advisable?

Hi all, I am running a partial correlation analysis on mood data. I want to see if there is a correlation between scores on a novel hypomanic mood scale and existing measures of hypomania - the...

25 February 2021 1,619 3 View