How can we perform the skin sampling from psoriasis-like mice model for immunohistochemistry?

Hello everyone ! I am willing to sample the mouse skin for immunohistochemistry analysis from the mouse having psoriasis-like symptoms in dorsal skin layer. Could you please help me how should I...

07 August 2017 4,066 1 View

Could you please suggest me for protein quantification using nanodrop 2000c?

I was using Bradfords reagent for protein quantification in microplate reader. The problem I faced was I got variations in house keeping gene. The pity is that some sample even did not...

08 September 2016 6,826 1 View

How can we determine the phenotype of activated microglia through its morphology?

Hello ! I am working on microglia phenotype study following focal cerebral ischemic challenge in mice. Through the analysis of different biochemical markers (by qPCR, and western blot) we can...

08 September 2016 2,879 9 View

Is it okay to use water while diluting cDNA or primers?

Previously we used to use RNAse free water (DEPC water) for all genetic experiments that is RNA extraction, cDNA synthesis, semi-PCR or RT-PCR. Recently we use DEPC water only for RNA work. For...

03 April 2016 3,781 5 View

Could you please suggest me the mounting medium/solution for cells ?

I am using VECTA SHELD mounting solution to mount my cells growing in coverslips. I wish to fix my cells using fixative solution and for that I have to use another mounting solution. And moreover,...

03 April 2016 9,588 2 View

Could you please let me know the size and length of monofilament for tMCAo induction in C57/BL6 male mice of 8 weeks?

I am currently using CD-1 mice of 7 week age for MCAo purpose and I am about to perform the tMCAo in C57/BL6 mice. Could you please let me know the mono-filament size (diameter) for MCAo and I...

02 March 2016 1,208 7 View

Does all experimental interventions are neuroprotective following stroke?

Could you please provide me some article which showed improvement of neurological deficit without change in infarct volume or vice versa after drug treatment flowing stroke induction in rodents.

02 March 2016 7,036 3 View

Have you ever experienced the mismatching between infarct volume and neurological score following MCAo ?

01 February 2016 7,414 2 View

What would be the best marker for microglia in cerebral ischemia ?

We are using iba1 as the marker for the activation and proliferation study of microglia following focal cerebral ischemia. However iba1 stains both macrophages and microglia thus creating...

09 October 2015 2,506 8 View

How do I dilute DAPI solution (from stock) for immuno-fluorescence assay?

I have DAPI stock solution in DMSO (5 mg/ml) and need it for the use in immuno-fluorescence (IF) assay (mouse brain section). Generally we use 1:10,000 ration of DAPI with PBS in IF assay. At this...

07 August 2015 6,725 5 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

How to increase a model accuracy ?

dear community, my model is based feature extraction from non stationary signals using discrete Wavelet Transform and then using statistical features then machine learning classifiers in order to...

03 March 2021 6,994 5 View

Does anyone know how to plot my station to a section plot on Ocean Data View (ODV)?

I made a vertical section plot with WOA .nc file on ODV, and now I want to plot my stations (csv. file) in it. Does anyone know how to import my points to the section? They are two different...

01 March 2021 3,610 1 View

Does anyone know an alternative product for cardiac Troponin T antibody for Immunofluorescence (Thermo # MA512960)?

We have been using Thermo Fisher anti-cardiac Troponin T antibody for immunofluorescence staining in FFPE mouse heart sections but it was recently discontinued. The literature shows it to be the...

01 March 2021 4,937 1 View

Why might my GFP tag be dissociating from my plasmid after transfection?

I have a set of stably transfected cell lines all transfected with plasmids containing GFP tags on the C terminus. During a western blot using anti-GFP antibody, one of my plasmids has dissociated...

01 March 2021 9,310 4 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 3 View

How to assign different material properties to each element in Abaqus ?

Hello, I am writing a python script to generate my model and write the input file. The problem is I have 1000 elements in my mesh and I want to assign different material properties to each...

01 March 2021 9,511 3 View

What is the most suitable server for predicting protein structures in bacteria?

I have used the i-Tasser several times, however it has been unavailable for several days. I tried the swiss-model, but the output was not very pleasant due to the model used. Is there any other...

28 February 2021 4,521 3 View

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View