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

Does anyone have a recommendation for yeast reporter gene plasmid/protocol?

Hi, could anyone recommend a plasmid and/or protocol for reporter gene assay in S. cerevisiae? I want to assess the effect of growth conditions on a transcription factor, so I want to clone it`s...

01 March 2021 210 1 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 3 View

Can I use TCA instead of TFA for protein analyis in RP-HPLC?

I am trying to analyze lipase using the reverse phase-HPLC C18 column. In the literature, 0.1 % TFA was and 60% ACN was used. Can I use TCA in place of TFA? If any other methods are available to...

25 February 2021 2,388 3 View

Standard curve shifting over time. How do I stabilise the ELISA?

24 February 2021 1,365 3 View

Can two EC50 values with different hill slopes be compared?

Hello, I fit a classical dose response curve Y=Bottom + (Top-Bottom)/(1+10^((LogEC-X)*HillSlope)) to my data (not related to inhibitors etc). The model I use is purely qualitative but it fits...

23 February 2021 8,155 5 View

Will SARS-CoV-2 Spike be broken into S1 and S2 by denaturing conditions?

Hello, I am performing a western blot of my SARS-CoV-2 Spike-pseudotyped lentiviral particles. I denature my virus by adding concentrated virus to 2X Laemmli buffer at 1:1, then boiling for...

17 February 2021 4,844 4 View

What is the best temperature to coat an ELISA plate?

Hello, I want to control the temperature of my ELISA plate during incubations to get consistent results. In general, what is the best temperature to coat the plate with antibody? I have been...

16 February 2021 2,377 7 View

How can I use Permanova to analyze individual variation with RNA seq transcripts and multiway Anova design?

I have a dataset with 96 individuals and 1496 transcripts of interest. I have analyzed the experiment by multiway ANOVA in the Permanova platform of Primer-E. I am satisfied that I have figured...

13 February 2021 7,217 4 View

How reliable is estimation of copy numbers by absolute qPCR?

Hello, I would like to compare the expression levels of several genes in insects, so I prepared standard curves and estimated copy numbers of each sequence in my samples. But for one of the genes,...

11 February 2021 8,421 13 View

Has anyone tried eBioscience Foxp3 / Transcription Factor Staining Buffer Set with TdTomato+ cells?

Hi all, I stained tdTomato+ cells (PBMCs and Jurkats) with eBioscience Foxp3 / Transcription Factor Staining Buffer Set for the foxp3 and I completely lost the signal of tdTomato. I tried to fix...

10 February 2021 5,863 2 View