I need a tested RNA dot blot protocol!

I am doing RNA dot blot experiment to probe epitranscriptomic changes in brain tissue. I am not getting good signal with total RNA. I doubt my denaturation step as I am heating my samples at 95...

06 July 2017 9,436 1 View

Does reverse transcription of circular RNA yields a circular DNA with random hexamers?

I have seen many papers performing divergent PCR to detect the circular RNA products. I am not sure if the reverse transcription of circular RNA yields circular DNA with random hexamers.

05 June 2017 9,438 0 View

Why do I get a contamination in my H1 cells?

I am working on H1 human embryonic stem cells and culturing them on matrigel coated plates. On the second day of passage, I could see the media appearing cloudy and plate looks grainy with a lot...

06 July 2015 3,586 8 View

Any suggestion on a problem in sub-culturing H1 human embryonic stem cells with feeder free culture conditions?

I am working on H1 cells, I am sub-culturing in 10 cm dish coated with matrigel at 1:10 split ratio of confluent cells. I am having this frequent problem of cells not getting colonized on 3rd of...

05 June 2015 6,906 2 View

Does anyone have a composition of manually made TRIZOL reagent that worked well?

I am trying to isolate RNA from THP1 cell line using manually made TRIZOL reagent, I am getting good intact RNA but along with it I am getting huge DNA contamination. So I want to somehow minimise...

07 August 2014 5,036 8 View

Which is the most reliable method for quantification of gene expression data in qPCR experiment?

There are many methods for quantification of gene expression (fold change calculations) through real time PCR such as Pfaffl method, delta ct method, standard curve method. So I want to know which...

07 August 2014 2,115 4 View

What is the best reference gene for normalising the expression level of a given gene of interest in qPCR experiment?

07 August 2014 5,032 7 View

How does the interaction between eRF3 and PABP stabilize mRNA during translation termination?

mRNA stabilization as a result of translation termination.

10 November 2013 7,737 2 View

How does the interaction of exon junction complex (EJC) and Upf proteins with translation termination factors lead to mRNA decay?

I want to know the reason why interactions between translation termination factors and EJCs lead to mRNA decay during NMD.

10 November 2013 6,120 0 View

What is the utility of real time PCR over northern blot?

Utility of real time pcr over northern blotting

10 November 2013 6,143 3 View

MD MOE RMSD

How to calculate the RMSD values for a MD simulation using MOE?

07 August 2021 0 0 View

MD MOE RMSD

How to calculate the RMSD values for a MD simulation using MOE?

07 August 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

How to repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

Does anyone know HRM channel in a 2 plex QIAGEN Rotor- Gene Q qPCR can be used as a separate channel?

I am going to have 3 different probes in my qPCR work that I am going to do. But I realized that the machine we have in the lab is a Rotor-Gene Q 2plex HRM Platform, saying it has green, yellow,...

01 March 2021 8,544 1 View