How to convert HIV Copies/mL to IU/mL ?

I am developing HIV Viral Load Detection Assay, in that my Quantitative Standards are in Copies/mL, but I want to convert it to International Unit (IU)/mL as WHO recommendation to give results in...

08 September 2019 2,928 4 View

Problem in HIV RT PCR, every samples and water also coming positive at same time. Can anyone suggest what is the problem.?

I am using primer & Probe concentration 10 uM and using 0.5 uL in 25 uL reaction PCR setup. I have used so many different water but each water coming positive. Its might be primer dimer but...

01 February 2019 4,049 11 View

Which stabilizer we can used to stabilized RT PCR Master Mix?

I have developed RT PCR mastermix , now its required to add stabilizer in it? if yes which stabilizer we can use at which concentration.

11 December 2018 4,533 10 View

Which are the suitable gene target for DNA Extraction Internal control for RT PCR of DNA Virus?

We want Internal Control for DNA RT PCR, which should be act as a DNA extraction control.

05 June 2018 3,586 4 View

What is the best way to design DNA/RNA Extraction control for RT PCR testing?

I want to know the artificial gene or strain which can be use as a DNA/RNA extraction control, and will lead you to RT PCR testing for any viral DNA or RNA.

03 April 2018 5,148 4 View

I am not getting Perfect Sigmoidal curve in RT PCR. Can any one suggest the Possible reasons?

Please suggest possible modifications in experiments.

10 November 2017 221 6 View

Can any one know stabilizer for PCR Master Mix?

I want to stabilize the RT PCR Master Mix at Room Temperature . Please suggest if any one having same experience or some stabilizer i can try.

09 October 2017 4,404 3 View

What is the best way to detect MicroRNA , Sybr Green or Taqman?

10 November 2015 821 8 View

What blocking buffers can I use for a Lateral Flow Immunoassay?

What blocking buffers can I use for a Lateral Flow Immunoassay? (NCM Blocking, after spraying)

06 July 2015 6,638 2 View

Problem in R for generating Heatmap.

i am getting following error in R while generating heatmap. Error in .External.graphics(C_layout, num.rows, num.cols, mat, as.integer(num.figures), : invalid graphics state Please Guide me.

01 February 2015 7,641 3 View

What is your perception on using visual analysis or quantitative approaches to evaluate data from single-case research designs (n of 1 trials)?

Results of single-case research designs (i.e., n-of-1 trials) are often evaluated by visually inspecting the time-series graph and computing quantitative indices. A question our research team is...

03 March 2021 687 1 View

In PRIMER, is it possible to downweight certain taxa in multivariate community datasets to reflect uncertainty around identification??

I have a dataset with about 80 different species. As usual, some species are very easy to identify with certainty whereas others are more difficult, which means that I am less certain of my...

03 March 2021 8,066 4 View

How do I increase the yield of my PCR product?

Hello, We would like to increase the yield of our PCR product. We are running a series of PCR reactions that is targeting ~1.1kb sequence. We begin each reaction with ~400pg of template DNA...

02 March 2021 4,029 3 View

How to calculate BREQ 3 questionnaire?

how to calculate BEHAVIOURAL REGULATION IN EXERCISE QUESTIONNAIRE BREQ 3 ,which contain 24 questions and each question has 5 answers (0- Strongly disagree , 1-disagree, 2- Neither agree nor...

02 March 2021 811 3 View

PACYC PCR not working after several attempts. Would anyone have any suggestions?

So, I have been trying to run a pACYC PCR which will be used later on for a Gibson Assembly. However the PCR is not working. I have already tried gradient PCR and changing extension time; however...

02 March 2021 1,146 2 View

I am interested in medicinal chemistry field, which books are highly recommended to learn from?

I am at the beginner level in drug design and drug discovery, and I am interested to learn more about this field. Which books are highly recommended to start from and gives me all essential...

02 March 2021 8,437 2 View

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

Could any one guide me, to write research proposal for grant? ?

We have one plant, the local people using this for controlling blood sugar, the toxicity and antidiabetic activity of the plant is not reported yet, please guide from whag should be the process ?...

02 March 2021 2,300 1 View

Does anyone know HRM channel in a 2 plex QIAGEN Rotor- Gene Q qPCR can be used as a separate channel?

I am going to have 3 different probes in my qPCR work that I am going to do. But I realized that the machine we have in the lab is a Rotor-Gene Q 2plex HRM Platform, saying it has green, yellow,...

01 March 2021 8,544 1 View

How to calculate the annealing temperature of a primer pair?

I have to amplify a gene and my primers just reached. The Tm for Forward primer is 64.2, and that of reverse primer is 65.5. Can some one suggest how to get the best annealing temperature? Thanks...

01 March 2021 360 7 View