I am new to western blot, i want to check nfkappa-b p65 protein in cell, i ran western blot, i have some doubts, regarding my results?

I am checking effect of my compound on breast cancer cells, i ran western blot, i am attaching photo, and i have following questions- 1- i have not used phosphatase inhibitor in sample preparation...

01 February 2020 6,549 3 View

I got diffused bands in western blott? What could be the reason?

I ran western blot, for bax (20kd), 15%gel, 100v , then transfer overnight 40V 4 degree, I am attaching photos ( ponceu/ chemiluminiscence)kindly help me out , why bands get diffused-

01 February 2020 3,050 2 View

Why sometimes mdamb231 cells grows in patterns like rows in-between in few places in flask??

I am new in cell culture techniques, I am maintaing 231mdamb cell lines right now, cells seems healthy and growing well, but I observe in one flask cells are growing in rows inbetween scatterted...

09 October 2019 1,291 5 View

How to distinguish cell debris and contamination?

I am culturing breast cancer cell line, some time I observe high density of tiny dot like structure, I am not able to find out whether its contamination or cell debris.if it is contamination then...

01 February 2019 6,957 1 View

I am facing problem in maintaining breast cancer cell lines?

I am beginner in mammalian cell culture, I am maintaining breast cancer cell line (t47d,mdamb231,mdamb468,mcf7). Cells were going well but suddenly i observed so much cell debris and slightly...

01 February 2019 9,794 4 View

Can we investigate Ic50 of drug without knowing its drug loading capacity in case of drug prepared with polymer?

I have prepared arsenic loaded nanoparticles now m looking forward 4 anticancer properties of this drug but i have nt calculated drug loading capacity yet..can i go straight for mtt assay to know...

11 December 2018 9,689 5 View

I have to calculate encapsulation efficiency of Arsenic loaded PLGA nanoparticles?

07 August 2018 6,297 7 View

I am running sds page first time..without ot protein marker..i have taken 10 ulit (2mg/ml) of bsa protein + 2x loading dye?

After running gel for 2 and half hour at 90v , n staining with cumassie i got more then one band...what might be reason ? I am attaching pic.

07 August 2018 472 5 View

If i have protocols for tissue samples (kidney/liver) viz gsh,SOD,protein can i use them for cell culture(breast cancer cells)???

I have worked on invivo toxicity of liver kidney now i m shifting towards toxicity in mammalian cancer cell line. Can i use protocols i already have?

05 June 2018 9,502 5 View

I need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles that are in ~100 nm size and do high resolution TEM to look at mesopores. what grids should I use?

Need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles using the TEM. Also, need high resolution TEM images to see the mesoporous structure. Kindly suggest what kind of grids to use. Thanks, Shatadru

02 March 2021 1,787 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

Can chitosan alone can act as a reducing agent for Cu(0) nanoparticle sythesis?

[Synthesizing Cu nanoparticles without using chemical reductants]

01 March 2021 8,359 1 View

What are the new 2D nanomaterials were used for Silver nanoparticles stabilization?

In the stabilization of AgNPs are vital in current research interest. However, some of the 2D nano-materials like graphene oxide, MoS2, etc... previously used to stabilize it. But still they shown...

01 March 2021 2,207 3 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

How to check the uv-vis absorption of nanoparticle by surface plasmon resonance?

I try to check the uv-vis absorption of Indium nanoparticle. Now I am measuring in solution, can I measure it in the form of a film?

01 March 2021 930 3 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 can I calculate the rdf of water molecules around 'Na' ions that are closest(adsorbed) to the nanoparticle(solute)?

Hi, I want to calculate the radial distribution function for water molecules around the Na+ ions adsorbed on the surface of a spherical nanoparticle using the gromacs trajectory dynamically? For...

28 February 2021 5,650 1 View

LEDs on Vis Light photo degradation of MB water sol via N doped TiO2 in a mini flume?

Good day to all, I have no experience with light emitting diodes. I am building a glass mini flume to demonstrate the photo degradation of Methylene Blue in water running over self cleaning...

26 February 2021 4,026 5 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