Help needed: How to map AA, AG, and GG genotypes on to polymorphism information?

Dear Colleagues, I am new to genes and genotyping and I need help. I am trying to figure our how AA, AG, and GG genotypes map on to A1 for DRD2/ANKK1 Taq1A polymorphism(rs1800497) and Val or MET...

02 February 2021 3,861 3 View

Can anyone explain why my starters are amplifying sequence from human genome instead of HPV16?

Hello, I'm working on primers from the publication: Okodo M, Okayama K, Teruya K, Sasagawa T. Uniplex E6/E7 PCR method detecting E6 or E7 genes in 39 human papillomavirus types. J Med Virol....

24 January 2021 7,636 3 View

Mounted sample stained with organic dyes (eg Alexa647) for superresolution?

I am looking for a way to prepare a mounted bio sample for testing superresolution methods, such as fixed cell culture. So far, most protocols I found for Alexa647 and other dyes require liquid...

12 January 2021 6,040 3 View

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04 January 2021 3,293 1 View

Can I add or delete studies from systematic review during revision stage of paper publication?

I have conducted a systematic review and one of the reviewers had mentioned about missing out on some good studies from the sample. on the surface the study is on a different topic but after an...

21 December 2020 573 4 View

What is the glucose content in Cellic CTec2?

Hi, I've determined the glucose content in Cellic CTec2 enzyme blend and it is 12-14 mg per 100 mg of enzyme blend. Could anyone share with me your results so I can compare it with mine?

08 December 2020 6,312 3 View

Paper authorship for students?

I had a few students help me with a simple but time-consuming task. The data they helped with will be used in a scientific paper. The students are part of the Student Research Program (SRP) at my...

11 October 2020 4,514 12 View

What is in common household dust?

Hi there, I am an undergraduate student in the UK and started to work on my dissertation, my subject is around common household dust. However, I can't seem to find any articles on basic and...

08 October 2020 6,838 1 View

I could not find a publication that fits the idea of evaporation together with DPD. Any suggestions?

I did find some papers that incorporate the two ideas together but I could not follow the research methodology. The simulation results were remarkable but not self explanatory. I tried to follow...

20 September 2020 5,354 4 View

How can I find out the molecular weight of acid chloride?

Dear all,, I am working on fatty acid chloride. So I wanted to find out the molecular weight of fatty acid chloride? So it is possible to find out using GPC or GCMS or there is any tritiometric...

06 September 2020 5,139 6 View

How two melting peaks in DSC of polypropylene can be merged into one crystallization peak?

The figure shows DSC cooling (blue) and 2nd heating (green) curves (step: 10 K/min) for a commercial sample supplied as Atactic Polypropylene (APP). The heating curve illustrates two major...

03 March 2021 5,857 3 View

What is the best way to keep an anaerobic chamber anoxic in the absence of hydrogen?

I'm a graduate student who works with an anaerobe, so I often work in an anaerobic chamber. I've been working on an assay that involves the steady-state of the quinone/ quinol pool. Anoxic...

03 March 2021 2,971 1 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Which fluorescent dye to use for measuring total ROS production?

Is DCFDA appropriate for measuring total ROS production, or can it only detect certain types of ROS? If I want to measure total ROS production, which dye should I use?

01 March 2021 9,447 3 View

What do I do with DLS peaks that are from the buffer?

I'm looking at the aggregation of my protein sample using DLS. Unfortunately, my buffer (20mM HEPES) also results in a set of peaks. These are at approximately 1 and 1000 d.nm. The lowest peak...

01 March 2021 9,015 2 View

Gas sensor response and recovery time independant of flow rate and chamber volume?

I am trying to obtain the response and recovery times for my gas sensor device. It appears the the response/recovery times are primarily dependant on the flow rate of the gas I inject into the...

26 February 2021 1,511 3 View

What information can be had from raman at higher wavenumber?

i have recorded raman spectra of strontium oxide thin film. the spectra were recorded in the range 400 to 4000 cm-1. i have reference to peaks upto 1000cm-1. but i couldn't find literature for...

26 February 2021 2,499 1 View

How to use measure capacitance change in COMSOL time dependent study ?

I want to measure change of capacitance due to relative displacement between two parallel plates in COMSOL. Distance between two plates changes with time. So I'm using a time dependent study but...

26 February 2021 8,567 3 View

Can anyone share his experience regards Smoothing in origin?

I am working on TiO2 composite material and the results of XRD have a lot of small/junk peaks and while I apply a smooth filter in Origin then the other characteristics peaks disappear so anyone...

26 February 2021 8,183 3 View

How to model Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) process in Homer software?

Hi everyone How to model Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) process in Homer software?

25 February 2021 4,075 1 View