Protein-aptamer gel electrophoresis help, please??

Hi, I have problems with running gel electrophoresis. I have tried agarose gel electrophoresis and native PAGE. I have two proteins, which have molecular weights of ~30kDa and ~180kDa and two...

03 March 2021 4,275 4 View

Is iron oxide (rust) a problem in DNA extractions?

Hello, I just started extracting DNA from some spiders, using 5-mm ball bearings to grind the specimens in a tissue mill. I had ordered the ball bearings on Amazon, and thought it was a good idea...

21 July 2020 2,271 6 View

Comparing two variables to one variable- is this possible in SPSS?

In a quantitative study, three variables-- I am comparing two variables (self-concept & well being) with another variable (intent to leave profession). I am predicting to see a positive...

05 May 2020 6,362 3 View

Is there a human gut microbiome database that shows normal variability as well as pathological vs normal ranges for specific microbes?

When a diagnostic lab furnishes normal ranges for certain microbes, is there any place to compare their ranges to what scientists are discovering is normal variability or adaptations? Is there a...

29 December 2019 4,771 2 View

Is it imperative in psychology research to state the null hypothesis?

I have had feedback from a reviewer that I need to restate my hypotheses as null hypotheses. My supervisor disagrees with this suggestion. Having done a bit of digging, I found Szucs &...

12 December 2019 1,447 4 View

Stereochemistry Check for Peptides?

Hello researchers, Is PROCHECK the correct tool to check the stereochemical quality of small peptides? My peptide of interest: polypeptide with 16 alanine residues. Many thanks, Neena

28 October 2019 4,653 2 View

I have a GST tagged fusion protein in soluble phase will it have folded?

Normally this protein EIF4E is expressed untagged and expresses in inclusion bodies that are refolded through dialysis, but its very long winded and likes to precipitate during dialysis resulting...

11 June 2019 622 3 View

I am in the process of recruiting participants for my PhD using IPA and am now re-thinking the data collection design. Can you give me any advice?

28 April 2019 8,737 4 View

Approx. how much IL10 do activated T cells secrete after 48 hours in culture?

My students are culturing mixed mouse splenocytes in culture for 48 hours with anti-CD3/28. We are then going to analyse for the presence of Tregs and measure IL10 secretion by ELISA. In order to...

20 March 2019 5,857 3 View

Pymol or mdrun on Gromacs for energy minimization?

Hello researchers, I was wondering what is the difference between energy minimization on Pymol versus using mdrun module on Gromacs MD package. Is it just more forcefield options on gromacs?...

03 February 2019 2,676 4 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

How do you write a simplified C block code of this average-current control on PSIM?

This is a Buck (step-down) Converter and I am new to this program. I need to program with simplified C block and I actually don't know what to do. Can anyone show me how to do this? Or at least...

02 March 2021 8,233 1 View

Do you know good and user-friendly programs to measure plant quantitative traits?

For my research i will need to measure plant quantitative traits (especially leaves area and roots length, but would be nice to add some more information). I recently discovered...

01 March 2021 5,035 2 View

What test should I use to compare two or three means, if data is not normally distributed but sample size is > 30 in each group?

I personally feel this as a most confusing question. As per my understanding, if sample size is > 30, and sample is skewed, we can still use paramteric approach, as it will follow Z...

01 March 2021 1,587 6 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

Is it possible to set a breakpoint at a specific DYNAMIC instruction using the GNU Debugger (GDB)?

Using GDB, it is straightforward to debug and monitor a target program by setting a break-point at a specific instruction, since the instruction addresses are known. However, we have two...

24 February 2021 1,598 2 View

Implementation of chance-constrained optimization problem via scenario approach?

23 February 2021 7,826 2 View

I am looking for a simple software program to model 3D chemical bonds. The purpose is to generate high-quality graphical abstracts. Any suggestion?

Hello everyone: I am looking for a simple software program to model chemical bonds. The purpose is to generate a high-quality graphical abstract for a top leading journal in the field of...

23 February 2021 8,012 3 View

Can I use FLEXBAR to detect and remove barcodes out of my short reads without demultiplexing ?

Hello, I have demultiplexed my short reads and I have removed the Illumina adapter left in the sequences and now I need to remove the barcodes used by the sequencing centre from my reads. I have...

22 February 2021 9,873 3 View

Any interests in participating to an experiment in space?

Hello, The UN Office of Outer Space Affairs has a program called access to space for all that enables institutions to have hands on expertise related to access to space. There are three elements...

22 February 2021 7,980 3 View