How long can agarose embedded tissues be kept?

I am embedding PFA fixed tissues in low melting point agarose prior to sectioning and I am wondering how long can these can be kept whilst maintaining tissue integrity and fluorescent signal?...

14 February 2021 6,688 3 View

Do you know a good FGFR4 antibody for PDX IHC?

Dear all, I've tried many FGFR4 antibodies I saw in the literature but some of them are not useful for IHC and some are only useful for patients slides not for PDX. Do you know a FGFR4 antibody...

14 February 2021 900 0 View

Has annyone try to reuse EveryBlot Blocking Buffer (Bio-rad) for fluorescence western blotting?

Hello to every one, Our lab has recently switched our western blot technique from chemiluminescence to fluorescence. Therefore, we have to optimize the blocking buffer. We have successfully try...

05 February 2021 7,886 1 View

How to use the bioluminescent ATP assay kit?

I need to do a mitochondrial ATP quantification assay in insects and for this, I have a bioluminescent ATP assay kit but I don't have a protocol yet. I'd like to know if you have some kind of...

24 January 2021 3,655 3 View

Does anyone know how to get a scopus or sciencedirect report of the trends in recent years on a specific research topic?

I am trying to obtain a trend report on a specific issue at your instigation in recent years

28 December 2020 848 2 View

Sophie Germain Prize?

26 December 2020 9,273 6 View

Can the content of my research section be shown on the front page?

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26 December 2020 9,690 3 View

How do you transmit and evaluate ethics and moral values in you teaching activity?

Ethics and moral values have always being an essential part of teaching and scientific research. How do you teach and evaluate these essential subjects in your daily interaction with students?

23 December 2020 5,058 7 View

Can I use the images of Collection 1 Level 2 Landsat 5 TM / Landsat 8 OLI to perform vegetation indices right away?

I'm aware that in order to perform any vegetation index like NDVI, SAVI or OSAVI you need to do some atmospheric, radiometric and terrain corrections. I'm pretty sure that Level 2 images from...

21 December 2020 4,088 3 View

Jellyfish as food?

We are investigating the acceptance of jellyfish-based food dishes in Latin America. If you are interested in the topic, please fill out the anonymous survey at the following link. Thanks in...

06 December 2020 4,266 2 View

How can I measure MMP-1 protein activity or protein level from liver tissue?

Instead of checking only the mRNA level, I want to check the active protein level of MMP-1 in Liver tissue from mice. How can I do that?

03 March 2021 1,763 2 View

Does any one know how i can prepare liver tissue with transmission electron microscope with good fixation?

i have problem in preparation of liver tissue with bad cell organelles and how i can adjust osmolarity

03 March 2021 8,890 1 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

Interested to stain mice tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, anybody has a protocol to recommend?

Interested to stain mice brain tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, appreciate if anyone willing to offer me some guidance or suggestions! Thank you!

28 February 2021 3,951 2 View

Dapi fluorescence protocol for colon cell lines ?

28 February 2021 2,534 2 View

Any specific pipeline or parameter to analyse total transcriptomics study of brain tissue samples?

I have two groups of brain samples, control and treated for example. It was total RNA nova seq sequencing. I tried all the available pipeline like: star+rsem+deseq2, Hista+stringtie+cuffdiff,...

27 February 2021 356 6 View

B-mercaptoethanol (BME) protocol?

Hi everybody, I have been running a multiplex IHC which allow me to stain the same tissue with different markers (Primary Ab + Secondary conjugated Ab) (AF487, AF555, AF647). Since I would like to...

27 February 2021 5,028 2 View

Looking for genomic DNA extraction kits from mouse tissue (centrifuge-based, not spin-column)?

Hello. I am looking to extract genomic DNA from mouse brain and lungs and I need a kit that is not spin-column based because I need to scale up the solution amounts for 400mg tissue (most cap at...

25 February 2021 155 2 View

What are the pros and cons for mice versus rats?

Hi Everyone, I am designing a pilot study using rodents to assess the effects of simulated space environments (radiation + altered gravity) on microbiome and immune system. I have limited...

24 February 2021 1,825 3 View

Has anyone tried to scan fluorescence IHC slides with microarray scanner?

I have an old slide microarray scanner (VIDAR Revolution 4200) and would like to give it a "second life", as IHC scanner array (fluorescence dyes), FISH over tissue or similar. Has anyone tried...

24 February 2021 9,210 1 View