Does anyone have ever found a spontaneous expression of mast cells in Sash mice?

Hi all, I am working with Sash mice and in one of my experiments I saw two Sash mice that was double stained to cKIT and FCeRI. I was wondering if during time the cKit mutation can be lost? Does...

20 September 2020 6,876 2 View

How do I quantify capsular polysaccharide in bacteria?

Hi. Is there a reliable protocol / method / kit for quantification of capsular polysaccharide in Acinetobacter baumannii or any other bacteria for that matter? preferably without the use of...

25 September 2019 7,303 3 View

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25 June 2019 498 2 View

Immunofluorescence - can I use a conjugated antibody and a primary not-conjugated different antibody - both from the same host species?

Has anyone ever tried to stain 2 different proteins in a single sample, while they both originate from he same species (1 of them conjugated though)? I have 1 primary antibody (host: mouse)...

06 May 2019 6,551 6 View

My-La cell line

hey, I would like to buy My-La cells, and I'm not sure which one should I buy. I saw in the literature that there is malignant and non-malignant My-La cells, I'm looking for the malignant...

17 February 2016 4,972 3 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

Interested to stain mice tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, anybody has a protocol to recommend?

Interested to stain mice brain tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, appreciate if anyone willing to offer me some guidance or suggestions! Thank you!

28 February 2021 3,951 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

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28 February 2021 9,936 2 View