How to simulate enzymatic hydrolyis of sucrose in a CSTR coupled with ultrafiltration membrane with comsol?

Dear all, I am trying to simulate the enzymatic hydrolysis of sucrose with invertase in CSTR in Comsol. The reaction pathway is such that Sucrose + Water -> Fructose + Glucose. It is desired...

27 January 2021 2,525 4 View

For DNA purification, what is the difference between purifying magnetic beads and column?

Hi! I noticed that mostly the single cell assay use AMPure beads (magnetic) instead of purifying column. But both function through a DNA affinity coating, just on surface in beads and on membrane...

27 January 2021 9,043 5 View

How to design an Ultrafiltration membrane for a CSTR?

Dear all, I am designing an Ultrafiltration (UF) membrane coupled with a CSTR. It is desired to utilized a dead end stirred reactor. The main purpose is to separate the enzyme used from the final...

27 January 2021 7,924 1 View

Any stable dye to color acrylamide hydrogel beads?

Hi! We are generating hydrogel beads(50-60um) using microfluidics as single-cell beads. To simply all the experiments (especially the centrifuge), I am looking for a dye. The dye should be stable...

14 January 2021 4,383 8 View

How to cut dsDNA chain with Uracil-DNA Glycosylase at the point of dU in room temperature?

18 December 2020 6,908 3 View

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18 December 2020 2,575 4 View

How to immobolise streptavidin to polyacrylamide using EDC/NHS?

Hi! We are aiming to bind streptavidin to polyacrylamide surface. The EDC/NHS method bounced on me as a common method, utilizing the -NH2 of polyacrylamide and -COOH of streptavidin. Is there any...

17 December 2020 7,944 2 View

How to bind streptavidin to the surface of acrylamide?

We are fabricating acrylamide beads as probe substrate. How can we make streptavidin bind to the surface of the acrylamide? Thanks!

09 December 2020 8,141 7 View

Is there any endonuclease that reserve human DNA sequence?

We are designing a nucleotide probe for human gene. We need to then cut off the probe from the substrate. Yet the photocleavable space is tooooo expensive. We are thinking to use an endonuclease....

07 December 2020 5,828 3 View

Is there any cheap spacer on nucleotide (other than photocleavable) that can be cut off chemically?

07 December 2020 1,730 2 View

How to avoid ATP degradation while performing ATP assay?

I am using the ATP Assay Kit (Colorimetric/Fluorometric) (ab83355) for measuring intracellular ATP from treated cell lines. Although my standards are wokring fine when using the fluorometric...

15 February 2021 3,746 4 View

Is there a way to tell based on appearance which protein crystal should diffract the best?

I have had unheard of success with protein crystallography lately from a super successful protein expression and purification batch. I have attained a lately reproducible vast amount of crystals...

09 February 2021 5,155 5 View

How to get the insoluble fraction of PK digestion for mitochondria?

I am trying to check for some proteins if they are located in the inner or outer mitochondria membrane after treating the cells with a neurotoxin. I am using PK to digest the mitochondria, but I...

27 January 2021 5,145 2 View

Where did Mitoprot software go (download version)?

Hi all! I've been using local copy of Mitoprot software for prediction of gene localization. https://ihg.gsf.de/ihg/mitoprot.html I've updated my laptop and now need to download Mitoprot again,...

18 January 2021 4,368 3 View

Can I use saponin to permeabilize cell to measure mitochondrial respiration?

Saponin and digitonin both can permeabilize cells. However, based on many respiration assay protocols I read, saponin is used for tissue permeabilization and digitonin is used for cell...

11 January 2021 2,151 3 View

How can I selectively repress glucocorticoid receptor translocation to the mitochondria in primary cell lines without altering nuclear GR signaling?

How can I selectively repress glucocorticoid receptor translocation to the mitochondria in primary cell lines without altering nuclear GR signaling? Any thoughts on applicable small molecules to...

06 January 2021 4,324 2 View

Why do I keep obtaining the same secondary PCR band along with the specific product band?

Hello everyone! I need to amplify a specific DNA fragment in order to do Sanger sequencing for the detection of a point mutation in human patients. The fragment is in an exon of my gene of...

25 December 2020 1,805 3 View

Could anyone tell me any molecular biology company that sequences mitochondrial genome?

I'm looking for a company to sequence the complete mitochondrial genome of some species of fish.

14 December 2020 3,154 3 View

How will DeepMind AlphaFold2 solution of the core problem of protein structure prediction from sequence impact biology and biophysics?

AF2 may most strongly impact experimental determination of protein structure by multiple methods with possible benefits and negative impacts over time. Some areas may need to quickly pivot or...

13 December 2020 6,026 5 View

Is it correct to expect the same quantitative result between SDS-PAGE and BN-PAGE analysis performed on the same sample?

Please, can anyone please help me with this issue? By BN-PAGE and western blot on DDM-solubilized mitochondria, isolated from cultured cells, I found that in treated cells the amount of CV...

05 December 2020 7,696 2 View