Why some samples don't give any peaks in HPLC when the rest does?

Hello everyone, Last week we ran an HPLC assay with bacterial supernatant samples. The metabolites measured were SCFA and I used a dilution factor of 2 for some samples and 7 for others (because...

22 January 2021 8,667 6 View

Can anyone detect DNA damage by qPCR?

Hi, I am trying to determine DNA damage by qPCR. Despite I have treated genomic DNA with UV-B (which is described to induce DNA damage) I could not detect differences in amplification compared to...

11 December 2019 1,833 2 View

How to estimate charge transfer and polarization resistance in a battery?

Hi. I have performed many EIS experiments using a cylindrical battery at different temperatures and state of charge. Some results (near SOC=0) are as the attached figure. How can I find the...

08 July 2019 1,746 2 View

Are there different types of Dansyl Chloride?

I was using Sigma Aldrich Dansyl Chloride (03641) suitable for HPLC derivatization on a method for quantification of hormones, but then I changed it for product (39220) for fluorescence and now I...

24 June 2019 1,484 3 View

E.coli cryopreservation for routine subloning at -20?

I would like to know if there is any protocol or personal experience to cryopreserve chemically competent E.coli cells (for routine subloning) at -20C. The only ultra-freezer that I have access is...

20 December 2018 3,718 3 View

E.coli cryopreservation for routine subloning at -20?

I would like to know if there is any protocol or personal experience to cryopreserve chemically competent E.coli cells (for routine subloning) at -20C. The only ultra-freezer that I have access is...

11 December 2018 1,592 3 View

Is there any standardized training program about how to administer the Fugl-Meyer Assessment scale?

We want to start a new trial on stroke recovery and the clinicians involved are not used to administer the Fugl-Meyer. How to prevent learning effects to maximize intra-rater reliability and...

08 November 2018 3,343 2 View

Loss of internal standard in a LC ESI MS/MS protocol for Gliclazide?

We are performing an LC ESI MS/MS protocol to quantify Gliclazide on plasma samples. We have noticed that the internal standard (Gliclazide D4) has a very high variation compared with gliclazide....

22 July 2018 8,936 4 View

What is half-life of mRNA of Tbet, AHR, and RORc?

01 February 2018 3,654 0 View

Do anyone Know if there is some procedure to perform Lumsdaine and Papel test for unit roots breaks in stata or gretl?

In RATS you perform LPUNIT procedure. I want to know if I can do in other statistical software

27 September 2017 4,208 2 View

I need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles that are in ~100 nm size and do high resolution TEM to look at mesopores. what grids should I use?

Need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles using the TEM. Also, need high resolution TEM images to see the mesoporous structure. Kindly suggest what kind of grids to use. Thanks, Shatadru

02 March 2021 1,787 2 View

Can chitosan alone can act as a reducing agent for Cu(0) nanoparticle sythesis?

[Synthesizing Cu nanoparticles without using chemical reductants]

01 March 2021 8,359 1 View

Adherance of Polyaniline coating over stainless steel?

Is the electropolymerisation of polyaniline coating over stainless steel (SS) via Cyclic voltammetry technique is really adherant? Else how to improve the adhesion of the coating, whether any...

01 March 2021 8,220 2 View

What are the new 2D nanomaterials were used for Silver nanoparticles stabilization?

In the stabilization of AgNPs are vital in current research interest. However, some of the 2D nano-materials like graphene oxide, MoS2, etc... previously used to stabilize it. But still they shown...

01 March 2021 2,207 3 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 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

Can polymer concentrations be calculated based on the number average molecular weight?

Hello, I spin-cast two different polymers onto wafers and measure their height as a function of initial concentration. For polymer A, I have the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) as well as...

28 February 2021 7,882 2 View

Is there a method of determining feed digestibility without the need to re-pellet the feed?

I am aiming to determine the ADC values of a commercial fish feed, but I do not have a steam pelleter or extruder available to me. Ideally, the pellets could be coated with some inert marker....

28 February 2021 7,967 3 View

Distribution of particles in metal matrix?

How would define the "good" and "poor" distribution of particles within the matrix. Is there a quantitative solution to assess the distribution of the particles, which then having denotation of...

28 February 2021 7,397 8 View

What is the density for pva electrospining?

I'm Juan Carlos, a high school student who is working with electropinning, I made an electropinning machine with a 21g needle and a 30kv high voltage source and the distance between my needle is...

28 February 2021 298 3 View