What mechanism is involved when chitosan is coated on magnetic nanoparticles?

Hello! I am currently working on coating of chitosan on magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles. I am wondering how this coating process happened? i.e. through what mechanism that chitosan can be coated on...

13 January 2021 5,657 5 View

How to reduce background noise when testing cholesterol level in rat serum?

l've got rat serum samples with different background (from pink to yellow) and l'm trying to test total cholesterol, HDL and triglyceride in mice serum. l'm worried that the background noise...

14 November 2020 6,628 3 View

Is rotary evaporator a must before going through TPC, TFC and DPPH assay?

I am doing an optimization of ginger extract using doe software, firstly I extract the ground ginger with 20ml solvents of 60%, 70% and 80% ethanol using the ultrasound water bath in different...

23 October 2020 3,268 10 View

Failure in using Gene Pulser Xcell (Biorad) ?

02 October 2020 8,642 1 View

How to make the peak fitting better in TOPAS Rieltveld Refinement ?

Hi I am doing TOPAS Rieltveld Refinement by JEdit on PbTiO3-based perovskite solid solution found that my peak fitting is not that good. I got Rwp 4.584%, Rexp 0.825%, Rp 2.780, and GOF 5.560....

01 October 2020 1,981 5 View

How to quickly know the new research area landscape and find a research gap in this new area?

As a Ph.D. candidate who enters a new research area that differs from the research topic in the master period (e.g. shift form crop breeding to soil ecology), how to quickly know the new research...

23 September 2020 8,131 5 View

Is construction or real estate sector a pillar industry of the national economy?

Is construction or real estate sector a pillar industry of the national economy? The Chinese government once declared real estate sector as a pillar industry of the national economy in 2003. And...

02 July 2020 1,085 2 View

HEK-293t cell detach but still alive during killing curve set up?

Hi there, I'm trying to build a killing curve for HEK-293T towards hygromycin B for the following transfection experiment. I plated the cell at 1.3X10^5 cell/well in the 24 well plates the night...

30 June 2020 7,368 1 View

DNA absorbance test on SpectraMax Microplate Reader, why A260/A280 false?

Hi guys. Here is the problem: Using an SpectraMax Microplate Reader for DNA absorbance test, there is one problem that the A260/A280 is always wrong, sometimes half plate wrong and sometime,...

29 March 2020 5,972 3 View

What do chitosan-coated nanoparticles look like?

Hello! It is my first time to try to coat chitosan onto Fe3O4 nanoparticles. I am wondering what form of the chitosan-coated iron nanoparticles I should expect? After washing and drying, should...

28 January 2020 6,418 4 View

How to repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View

What element is driving the different slop in the low frequency tail?

My study consists simple corrosion inhibitors in salty brine. Right now I just fit my circuit with randles with CPE. Just wondering how the slop can given more info of the experiment. Or any...

01 March 2021 6,474 3 View

What program can I use to caclulate dipole moment efficiently and without the need of excessive computation?

Hi, I am a third year chemistry undergrad doing my group project in which I need to predict the HPLC retention time of 20 aromatic molecules. to do this we require the chemical properties of these...

24 February 2021 1,384 3 View

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

Can I use a protein-devoid condition as my negative control in ELISA?

Hello, I am running a sandwich-type ELISA where I am trying to inhibit a protein-protein interaction using small molecules. For each experiment, I determine my Z' (Z-prime) to determine the...

23 February 2021 7,429 1 View

Did anyone perform CD107a degranulation assay without the use of inhibitors like monensin?

I am planning to perform a degranulation assay using CD107a antibody. Some resources suggest to use inhibitors like monensin to inhibit the intracellular traficking and acidification of the...

21 February 2021 6,260 3 View

Phenol-pH graphic?

We want to use phenol pH graphic to measure the pH of mediums before and after inhibitor application to cells. We have phenol absorbence values at 460, 560 and 720 nm wavelength. When we measure...

20 February 2021 7,700 3 View

Which way will be better to give OGT inhibitors doses through intravenous or orally for pregnant female rats and concentration suggestion?

I'm planning to use ST078925 OGT inhibitor from TimTec (OGT-O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) transferase) for female rats.

16 February 2021 7,850 2 View

Are cloud points able to identify tree species?

Hello Dears My goal is to classify dense forest tree species using drone images. Is it possible to classify dense cloud points? If yes, in what way and in what software? Thankful

15 February 2021 3,475 3 View

How long does it take to design and validate transition state analogue inhibitors?

Hi, I'm asking from the point of view of designing a research plan: How long (approximately) can it take to determine the transition state structure of an enzyme substrate using kinetic isotope...

14 February 2021 2,610 1 View