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

Binary Logistic Generalized Linear Mixed model in SPSS. Is it doable?

I want to analyses the proportion of swimming sperm of three species of fish in two salinities. To analyse the proportion of swimming sperm in a Generalized Linear Model, I would use a Binary...

03 March 2021 2,297 3 View

Looking for Materials with high thermal expansion coefficient and high temperature resistance?

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

Guidelines for survey (question type) analysis?

Hi. Please tell me what guidelines should i need to follow for questionaries' type research work in India. It is not hospital based work, we are conduction basic institutional based qualitative...

03 March 2021 2,037 3 View

What are the values needed for gabor filter's parameter for cifar10 data?

Hi, I implemented a code to gabor filter cifar10 data but the images after being filtered and stacked are not clear like the original images. I think the problem is in the way I am using the...

03 March 2021 6,317 1 View

Can we block unwanted images during the x-ray prediction?

i am try to classify the x-ray images. During classification , can i block unwanted images (except x-ray image).

03 March 2021 7,100 1 View

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03 March 2021 5,360 2 View

What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

Sample dilution for quantitative analysis using ELISA?

If the detection range is in ng/ml but the reference range is in ug/ml for a molecule or protein in serum or plasma .how to dilute and what is the initial volume to be taken for quantitative analysis

02 March 2021 7,670 3 View

The procedure compute?

02 March 2021 5,204 3 View

Is there a method of determining feed digestibility without the need to re-pellet the feed?

I am aiming to determine the ADC values of a commercial fish feed, but I do not have a steam pelleter or extruder available to me. Ideally, the pellets could be coated with some inert marker....

28 February 2021 7,967 3 View

Is is possible to pole with corona poling pellets of the sample material instead of thin films?

As it is highly probable that pellets will have a higher degree of air gaps and voids than thin films, is it possible to pole the samples with corona poling nevertheless? Or is there the...

24 February 2021 1,349 1 View

What to do with absence of fluorescence label in Fucci2a mouse-derived fibroblast culture?

Dear all, I have harvested fibroblast cells from R26p-Fucci2 mouse embryos (mouse line as described in this paper: https://dev.biologists.org/content/140/1/237) and cultured them on plastic,...

17 February 2021 3,368 2 View

Why are my western blot bands so distorted?

Hi guys I'm out of ideas here please help! I've never had consistent problem like this doing westerns before and I can't figure it out. The condition used: - First 4 lanes have 50ug protein in...

04 February 2021 2,297 3 View

Can we coat the pellet with graphite spray in place of silver paste for making electrical contact to measure the thermoelectric properties?

I want to coat the pellet because without electrical contact (may be due to the high resistance of the pellet), the V-I plot is not coming in the ZEM-3 instrument. I want to measure electrical...

24 January 2021 836 2 View

Control in microstructure with growth inhibitor?

Dear researchers, I wish to understand the role of grain growth inhibitor in controlling the microstructure of the ceramic pellet. How it controls the growth? Also, I wish to know the grain...

15 January 2021 3,859 3 View

How to make sure that ultrasonic lysis of E.coli is done completely?

What's the criteria of comolete lysis of E.coli when breaking them using ultrasonic? What phenomena can help to determine if the cell are broken completely? From smell, transparence of the lysis...

07 January 2021 1,911 3 View

How do I know if my E.coli cells are fully lysed from sonication ?

Hi everyone, I am doing protein expression via E.coli. I am required to lyse the e.coli cells via sonication to obtain cell lysate. I normally sonicate 1L cell pellet suspended in salt buffer at...

22 December 2020 9,675 7 View

Blow extrusion of PLA with the HDPE non rotary die. Is it possible?

Hello, I managed to run a small blown extrusion line, head diameter 70mm / screw 45mm. The machine is to be used for extrusion of sleeves from 200 to 500mm wide. Unfortunately, I have a draw...

13 December 2020 2,824 5 View

Does freezing treated cell pellet at -80C damages them?

Hello, I hope you are all doing well. I have a question regarding my treated cells group. I plan to do western blot and qRT-PCR for my treated cells. However, to save time, I would like to...

06 December 2020 1,390 5 View