What is the nutrient requirements for E.coli BL21 CodonPlu RIPL strain growing in M9 medium?

Hello. I want to isotopically label the my protein, and I express it in BL21 RIPL using M9 minimal media. It grows extremely slow. I inoculate the colony from a fresh M9 plate into 5ml M9 medium...

17 February 2021 2,852 2 View

Do you have experience of second round PCR amplification issue?

When 1st-round PCR amplification was finished , I could get a clear expected band, but the amount was very low, so I cut the band and run second-round PCR with same condition, it didn't work, I...

21 January 2021 888 4 View

Can someone recommend me a classic book of liquid crystals?

I am currently into liquid crystals and have no related background. Can someone tell me which book is the most instructive one to learn basics of liquid crystals? I am more interested in different...

22 November 2020 4,362 6 View

How does the influence of metal ions on the fluorescence intensity of a compound?

We found an interesting phenomenon that metal ions could not influence the fluorescence of a compound when the compound was dispersed in solvent. However, the fluorescence of the compound was...

31 October 2020 6,568 3 View

Is K-silicate gel a porous material?

I coated a stone surface with K-siilcate. Apparently, it does noe seal the surface since the water penetrae the stone easily and the absorption coefficient does not change too much. However, the...

05 October 2020 3,435 5 View

Fluent how to draw a graph of coordinate changes over time?

When simulating waves, it is necessary to detect the coordinate change at a certain point of the wave surface, but there is no in fluent.

04 October 2020 1,541 1 View

How to quickly know the new research area landscape and find a research gap in this new area?

As a Ph.D. candidate who enters a new research area that differs from the research topic in the master period (e.g. shift form crop breeding to soil ecology), how to quickly know the new research...

23 September 2020 8,131 5 View

How to build epoxy model in GAFF for Lammps?

Dear all, I am a beginner in Molecular Dynamics. I build a pre-reaction epoxy model using Materials Studio and plan to perform the cross-linking procedure using Lammps. However, the msi2lmp tool...

26 August 2020 7,697 1 View

How to detect brown pigments generated in red wine aging process ?

During aging or storage, the concentration of monomeric anthocyanins decreases rapidly, while low level of polymeric anthocyanins generates, and the color of wine turns brick-red gradually. In...

17 July 2020 6,032 4 View

How to define the particle agglomeration in composite materials or foundry alloys and measure its size distribution quantitatively?

28 June 2020 7,614 3 View

How to code open-ended questions in SPSS?

Hello all, In SPSS I am going to code 2 open-ended questions. I have already read all the answers and I made a list of the most important categories to which I can code the answers. This question...

02 March 2021 1,757 4 View

Discrete Phase model (DPM) particle break-up has particle size limits during particle tracking?

Hello, I am currently working on simulating water droplet partciles in a closed room. When I use uniform particles, without "particle break-up", I can carry out the simulation without any problem....

02 March 2021 3,053 2 View

Joint behaviour in Abaqus is not captured well?

I am working on roof joint and trying to simulate the behaviour in Abaqus. I am successful in running the model but the final graph does not follow the experimental curve in the negative direction...

01 March 2021 6,661 3 View

Can we distinguish the type of free fluid inside the pelvic and abdominal cavities whether blood or serous fluid using the ultrasound?

during ultrasound examination of acute abdomen, sometimes we see free fluid , can we know the type of fluid ,whether blood or not , using ultrasound only? if yes , what are the sonographic...

01 March 2021 7,476 4 View

Distribution of particles in metal matrix?

How would define the "good" and "poor" distribution of particles within the matrix. Is there a quantitative solution to assess the distribution of the particles, which then having denotation of...

28 February 2021 7,397 8 View

How to eliminate Steady state error from Reinforcement learning genetic algorithm code?

The following code (see 1st 2 images attached) is used to produce PID controller values that are designed to control the system (G). The code finds the PID controller values (noted as k) by using...

28 February 2021 6,560 14 View

Is there a deep reason for using the squared modulus of the wave function as the probability density of the existence of the particle?

I think we were all surprised at the first time we got to know quantum mechanics that the squared modulus of the wave function is the probability density of the existence of the particle? The role...

28 February 2021 6,282 9 View

How can we simulate an hyperelastic-viscoelastic behavor with Ansys APDL?

I am working on modeling and simulation of biomecanical material behaviour, I have succeded on simulating skin using anisotropic hyperelastic material, on APDL and in our lab's finite element...

28 February 2021 552 3 View

How to calculate Ligand-active site distance in a ligand-protein complex from MD simulation?

I have run a MD simulation of a ligand-protein complex in GROMACS using CHARMM forcefield. Reviewer has asked me to calculate Ligand-activesite distance and binding free energy of ligand with...

27 February 2021 4,703 1 View

High aspect ratio hexahedral mesh optimization solver?

I am interested in evaluating mesh optimization solvers that converge to high aspect ratio unstructured hexahedral grids. In other words, I am interested in a solver that optimizes warpage,...

26 February 2021 7,279 2 View