IF troubleshooting: looking at an intracellular protein that localizes to the cell's and how to reduce increase in signal due to cell ruffles?

I am currently trying to stain for PI3KBeta in MDA-MB-231 cells. My current issue is that 1) beta stains all over the cell and 2) there is an increase in signal at the edge of the cell and this...

24 February 2021 8,582 1 View

How to delete a copy of a paper, and how to delete a co-author's name?

I mistakenly uploaded a copy of the same paper and entered my alternative name. How to delete them out? (I couldn't navigate to the right buttons to do it. So from where to where is what I don't...

07 January 2021 7,694 6 View

How can Meta-Analysis be applied to the Life cycle assessment (LCA) of Wastewater treatment Plants (WWTPs)?

I am new into the meta-analysis concept. Having done a little reading and watched videos on YouTube, I understand there are different kinds of meta-analysis. And the type of summary statistics or...

29 December 2020 3,677 3 View

Best Way to Preserve Nitrifying Bacteria in Liquid Culture?

I have a heterogeneous culture of nitrifying bacteria that was originally isolated from the field. It has been kept alive for several months in a bioreactor. I want to pull some of this...

18 December 2020 5,411 4 View

HPLC data show negative peak on the blanks, please can I solve the problem?

09 November 2020 5,884 5 View

Any molecular beacon producing company to recommend ?

Hello, For one of my projects I would like to test a Live RNA imaging using molecular beacons such as in this paper : Molecular Beacon-based Detection and Isolation of Working-ty... As we...

28 October 2020 9,457 2 View

MsaClustalW() Take ages. What to do ?

Hello, I'm new to the bioinformatics world and would like a feedback on which MSA tool to use. I want to find a consensus sequence in about 18000 sequences (from marine biology samples) from...

19 October 2020 2,607 2 View

What is the best way to store PBMC after isolation?

So I need to store these for 4 weeks at least, before I do a Dyna bead negative T cell isolation on it. What should I store it in FBS? or DMSO and at 4 degrees? or is -20 not good for the cells?

26 July 2020 2,339 3 View

Best way to preserve non-sporulating bacteria?

What is the best way to preserve non-sporulating bacteria for further study?

20 May 2020 5,532 5 View

Best way to preserve heterogeneous culture of non-sporulating bacteria?

I have a culture of heterogeneous bacteria that will NOT form endospores. This bacteria was originally isolated in nature and is a complex culture of multiple species. I want to be able to...

20 May 2020 8,369 1 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

What are the pros and cons for mice versus rats?

Hi Everyone, I am designing a pilot study using rodents to assess the effects of simulated space environments (radiation + altered gravity) on microbiome and immune system. I have limited...

24 February 2021 1,825 3 View

What should be the duration of exposure to simulated space environments with Rodents?

Hi, I am currently working on a pilot study to get some data related to the impact of long duration spaceflight to the microbiome and the immune system. I plan to use rats and simulate...

22 February 2021 592 1 View

How can you tell if your organotypic slice culture is healthy ?

I'm working on organotypic cerebellar slice cultures from postnatal rats and I'm not sure how to tell if the slices are healthy at any given point. I know there should be a lot of microglial...

15 February 2021 2,830 2 View

Why daily dexamethasone given to rats fed high fat/fructose/salt cause very high mortality rate?

rats were given daily dexamethasone in drinking water corresponding to 0.5 mg/kg or 2 mg/kg. These rats are simultaneously fed 25% fat, 3% salt in diet and 10% fructose in drinking water but...

15 February 2021 7,634 2 View

Can anyone suggest a way to dissolve insulin which is for rat/mouse injection?

We are trying to inject insulin to rat or mouse, but the insulin we've got is powder, and there are many ways for dissolve, like in saline, PBS, DMSO, or in Tris-HCl, can anyone give us a...

13 February 2021 8,426 10 View

How do I fix tissue rolling while cutting frozen rat brain section with a cryostat?

I am cutting rat brain sections at 20um at -20C. The tissue is cutting nicely out of the O.C.T solution, but I can not get a decent section to adhere to the slide. I have included an image.

09 February 2021 1,345 5 View

Rat Macrophage Markers for Flow Cytometry?

Hello, I'm trying to identify good putative macrophage markers for flow cytometry in rats.

04 February 2021 3,913 4 View

Does anyone know how to isolation of high-purity myenteric plexus from adult rat gastrointestinal tract for further biochemical investigation?

I would like to isolate myenteric plexus from the rats small intestine and then isolate certains components of ENS (enteric nervous system) by biochemical tests.

04 February 2021 6,068 2 View

How to do rat bone Immunofluorescence, Please suggest?

Hello, I have been trying to do a rat bone Immunofluorescence histology study. But not able to find a successful protocol till now, Any suggestions? Rat bone: Decalcifies Embedding: Cryo

26 January 2021 4,165 3 View