How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

Why does sodium metabisulfite generate turbidity when mixing with sodium hydroxide?

When I tried to mix a sodium metabisulfite solution with sodium hydroxide solution, the mixture solution quickly became turbid. Before mixing both were clear solutions. Please help explain the...

03 February 2021 8,075 2 View

Any suggestion for conductive paste for PDMS or Ecoflex for electrode?

Dear colleagues, I am trying to make a sturdy electrode on a flexible polymer substrate (PDMS or Ecoflex). I have used a silver paste, but once cured, it peels off very easily. the cured silver...

14 December 2020 4,236 3 View

Can I autoclave d-mannose?

Hello everyone, I was wondering whether I should autoclave or filter d-mannose solution. In our laboratory, we autoclave glucose separately when we make YPD media for yeast culture. So, I am...

08 October 2020 7,068 1 View

Are there any easy way to test the activity of CYP51?

I'm looking for a relative easy way to test the activity of CYP51. Are there any way that I can measure it without using LC-MS or gas chromatography. A simple absorbance or fluorescence test will...

08 October 2020 6,687 3 View

Can we use HR-ICP-MS to measure As?

Hi there, we have the ICPMS element 2 using argon gas. I am wondering whether we can use element 2 to measure arsenic? Can you please provide more information or papers that I can check? Thanks!

16 August 2020 1,142 3 View

Where to publish systematic review protocol?

I would like to prepare a systematic review protocol. I am wondering about any journals that will publish a protocol without charges from the authors? It does not have to be open access. The topic...

23 July 2020 4,537 8 View

How to perform western blot for Toll-like receptor 3?

I encountered some problem to detect TLR3 for my western. I did not get any bands. After reading a bunch of literature, I am not sure exactly what I did was wrong. I appreciate if anyone has...

19 July 2020 9,402 3 View

How to minimize non-specific binding of eGFP protein to magnetic nanoparticles?

I am working on protein conjugation into nanoparticles. Magnetic nanoparticles were washed with DI water and TBS buffer and then combined with eGFP fused protein for 24 hrs. After removing the...

01 July 2020 8,864 3 View

Where to find recovery rate and death rate of COVID-19?

Some people, even doctors say it's not a serious disease, it's like seasonal flu, which could cause death. Where to find the recovery rate and death rate of COVID-19 in respect of older adults...

16 June 2020 6,546 12 View

Why can't make aluminum nitride film successfully by use sputter?

We use reactive sputtering process to make aluminum nitride film, and want to make c-axis aluminum nitride film on a silicon substrate, but the crystal orientation cannot be seen with...

03 March 2021 7,975 3 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

What is involved in morphological changes of SEM images of a substance?

In the sem analysis of CaCO3 nanaoparticles, the morphology images showed spherical shaped particles but the proposed morphology for these type of nanoparticles is trigonal. I prepared the...

01 March 2021 1,960 4 View

How to check the uv-vis absorption of nanoparticle by surface plasmon resonance?

I try to check the uv-vis absorption of Indium nanoparticle. Now I am measuring in solution, can I measure it in the form of a film?

01 March 2021 930 3 View

How to remove fatty material from plant extract?

The resultant solid was partitioned three times with 250 ml of petroleum ether (40-60/c) to remove any fatty material and evaporated to dryness.

28 February 2021 9,464 2 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

Can water be extracted from Olivine?

I have always been interested in geology and wondered about how unique structures of materials behave in different circumstances. I stumbled upon Olivine, the magnesium iron silicate, and heard...

28 February 2021 7,330 4 View

How does charge on working electrode changes with rising potential?

During performing CV of a GCE or modified GCE, we rise the potential in the first half of the cycle and reduce it in reverse half. During the first half, what is the nature of charge on GCE or...

25 February 2021 7,994 3 View

How to prepare a thin polymer film by post-polymerization/crosslinking?

24 February 2021 2,362 5 View

How to delaminate copper in water-based anodes?

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a way to delaminate copper current collector of water-based anodes in Li-ion batteries without damaging the graphite film. I tried different materials such as HNO3...

24 February 2021 3,785 3 View