How to make ppb level concentration ?

Hi, I've N2 gas cylinder and 100 ppm NH3 gas cylinder. With these two cylinders, I'd like to make a ppb level (1- 100) concentration. Any idea how to do that?

01 February 2021 3,264 2 View

How to export Mass and Stiffness matrices using Ansys Workbench?

Hello, I am trying to export Mass and Stiffness matrices using Ansys Workbench via Modal analysis modular, with APDL commands inserted. However, there is no .matrix file generated. Could anyone...

17 December 2020 1,196 5 View

Best methodology to calculate food footprint in a university campus through students inquiring?

Hello, Considering sustainability and environment negative impacts of animal based products, I would like to calculate food footprint in a Portuguese university campus through students...

05 December 2020 9,098 3 View

Lactophenol Cotton Blue with benzyl alcohol?

In the preparation of a Lactophenol Cotton Blue, can phenol be substituted by benzul alcohol? (Question for some students in a laboratory lacking some reagents.)

03 December 2020 8,621 1 View

Can likert-type statements formulation derive solely from literature review?

28 October 2020 9,951 3 View

What pressures should I choose in a reheated rankine cycle?

09 October 2020 9,117 4 View

What is the best way to evaporate a large volume of aqueous solution quickly?

Let's say I have 100 mL of an aqueous solution and I wish to reduce the volume to 5 - 10 mL. What's my best option? - Rotavap is ruled out because we do not have a vacuum pump that can create...

09 September 2020 2,534 8 View

Will the electric field generate a current in a conductor?

If a conductor (copper wire) is put into an electric filed, will there be a current generated in the conductor (when the two ends of the conductor is closed.) I am thinking there will be only a...

01 September 2020 5,505 3 View

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30 August 2020 2,230 5 View

How to get pure recombinant virus with plaque purification ?

We are working on getting pure desired gene transfected virus. We used YFP fluorescences tags to distinguish the virus with or without gene replaced. Using PCR testing, we always have wild type...

01 August 2020 2,087 1 View

How vaccines of covid 19 work?

Millions ask how vaccines of covid 19 be successful and safe, its here to explain generally how vaccine of pfizer work ,mRNA vaccines teach our cells how to make a protein that will trigger an...

28 February 2021 2,723 4 View

Surprisingly low antibody titers against SASRS-COV-2 RBD in hamsters compared to mice?

21 February 2021 6,958 2 View

Measuring Total immunoglobulin whole-body of fish larvae?

Hi Dear All, I prepared the extract of fish larvae whole body with PBS. Then protein concentration of the whole-body extraction samples determined by the Folin-Ceiocalteu-Phenol method (Lowry...

17 February 2021 1,971 3 View

What is the proper in vitro culturing method to get information about the activation of innate immune cells by VLPs?

Dear All, I am interested in studying the response of immune cells against virus-like particles (VLPs). I used the PBMC in vitro assay and treat it with the VLP using PHA as a positive ctrl while...

16 February 2021 1,337 2 View

Does sds interfere with immunization?

I want to extract a protein from polyacrylamide gel to be used for immunization. I am wondering if I need to run PAGE since sds might interfere with the immunization process. Thank you

10 February 2021 8,568 3 View

Regarding immunology, transmissivity, herd immunity and vaccines in Sars CoV-2?

This is a follow-up on an earlier question regarding mechanistics of vaccines: why current vaccines don't block transmission. In summary, they don't engage mucosal immune cells to produce IgA....

08 February 2021 8,321 3 View

How many times can we immunize mice before hybridoma preparation?

Dear all, Recently I have been working with monoclonal antibody production and I usually Immunize mice for a total of 4 times with the last one being diluted in PBS 3days before fusion...

09 January 2021 9,320 3 View

For How Long do the Antibodies Protect from a Reinfection of Covid-19?

The presence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies confers subsequent immunity in most people for at least six months, a study of healthcare workers in Oxford, UK, has...

31 December 2020 8,973 6 View

Can we used PTOTACs to improves the RNA vaccines immunity period ?

Using targeted degradation of non structural proteins of viral capsid can we lengthen the vaccines effectiveness

21 December 2020 7,200 1 View

Why low antibody response in booster dose?

Dear Folks, We immunized mice with 7kd synthetic peptides. We could not get a very good anti-body titer in first booster dose (second time immunization). However, we got satisfactory antibody...

10 December 2020 5,636 12 View