Why doesn't my RNA loading look uniform?

I am running formaldehyde-agarose gel electrophoresis to perform non-radioactive northern blotting. I know northern blotting is a very old story now, however, I am trying to study different...

21 September 2020 8,153 4 View

How to design "A Tunable RF Front-End With Narrowband Antennas for Mobile Devices" ?

I don't know how to design the architecture using the PCB board and how to test the fabricated prototype ? can you help me out of this issue?

17 December 2019 9,068 4 View

Between Julia and MATLAB, which would be the most efficient for a discontinuous Galerkin FEM code?

I need to simulate a 2-D problem with DGFEM. I have been advised to use C/C++ for a code that delivers quick and efficient results, however, I am not very comfortable with them, and my base code...

16 December 2019 7,001 5 View

Can total energy Vs k-mesh increase to higher values in DFT-VASP?

I am performing DFT calculations on halide perovskites using VASP code. I began my calculations on CsPbI3 where I took 6.2 Angstrom as lattice parameter and built the cubic structure in VESTA....

16 September 2018 9,316 6 View

Can you please suggest a good bioinformatics textbook/guide for gaining expertise on multiple sequence alignments?

Hello all, I am looking for recommendations on a good bioinformatics textbook/guide which helps me gain sound background knowledge on multiple sequence alignments. A part of my research is to...

31 October 2017 1,582 3 View

96 well plate procedure for TPC and TFC?

31 January 2017 2,927 4 View

How can I minimize the air bubbles during a western blot wet transfer?

Hello everyone, I am right now facing the issue of air bubbles during the western blot wet transfer method. It is so frustrating that some silly air bubbles mess up the whole results. This is what...

20 March 2015 6,082 27 View

How can I induce DNA damage using Temozolomide?

Hi all, I am currently studying activation of PARP after inducing DNA damage. The method I follow is: 1) exposing tumor cells (HCT116, HeLa cells) and MEFs (WT and S12) to DNA damaging agent...

01 March 2015 3,311 3 View

Can anyone explain to me about tagged western blotting?

I am curious about the tagged western blotting, where, proteins are probed on a nitrocellulose/PVDF membrane with HIS-tag/GST-tag primary antibody initially, and later with a corresponding...

01 March 2015 6,492 3 View

What is the BRCA status of the colon cancer cell line HCT116?

I am trying to put together the BRCA and p53 status of various cell lines like HeLa, WT/S12 MEFs, HCC1937, MDAM231, MCF7, HCT116. I was able to get the statuses of every other cell line, but just...

30 November 2014 2,838 3 View

Buffer to disrupt platelet alpha granules for PF4 quantification?

Hello! I want to quantify by ELISA the secreted (from platelets poor plasma) and the non-secreted (from platelet lysate) PF4 before and after TRAP stimulation. I will use the ELISA from R&D...

03 March 2021 1,499 2 View

How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

I want to do a parameter study of a aixsymmetric cylinder in Abaqus. I want to create several jobs where I get the stresses for 3 different points in my model. These points are defined. I wrote a...

01 March 2021 10,078 1 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

01 March 2021 9,911 3 View

How relevant is Mini slump cone?

for all the rheology researchers, my question is, how relevant is a mini slump cone (smaller than a standard 50 cent rheometer). currently based on testing, the thickness of slumped material is...

26 February 2021 3,668 1 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

25 February 2021 6,760 1 View

How to reduce residual stresses in MD simulation?

I am working on a preparation of representative polymeric structures of some popular polymers, such as polyimide or PTFE for MD simulation, during which a single nitrogen or oxygen atom will be...

24 February 2021 8,105 3 View

Suggestions for occupational stress surveys?

I am currently writing a masters thesis on reasons for occupational stress in the early childhood classroom, and want to include a short survey assessing participants work-related stress levels. I...

24 February 2021 8,678 2 View

How can we add reinforced thermoplastics with granules in injection molding machine?

I need to make an injection molding machine in which short fibers are to be introduced. Short fiber length and material properties are to be determined and also the material strength are to be...

22 February 2021 4,290 1 View

The most suitable method to calculate the stress intensity factor in the presence of contact between the crack lips?

I'm trying to study cracked structures under a compressive load taking into account contact between the crack lips. I would like to know if the method of extrapolation by displacement remains...

21 February 2021 8,694 4 View

How to assign two different material/section properties in Abaqus(UMAT)?

Hi everyone, I am conducting a non-linear multi-layer pavement structure analysis which is a stress-dependent. So far, I am able to define the nonlinearity for one soil layer for its resilient...

11 February 2021 9,607 3 View