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17 February 2021 4,217 3 View

Which CGRP I could use to treat murine cells in vitro?

Does anyone worked with CGRP on mice. I m stuck with which the product good to use. I found Sigma products are good but Sigma has a lot of CGRP products and papers didnt mention the code or cat#...

16 February 2021 8,344 2 View

Why do cells die after adding MTT dye?

I was doing MTT assay, and in the last day before adding the MTT; the cells looked good (or so I think), but after aspiration of the drug and addition of MTT dye I noticed that most cells seemed...

07 February 2021 3,846 4 View

How do I get spectral power distribution (SPD) of my photoluminescence sample to calculate chromaticity coordinates?

Hi, I have photoluminescence samples which I already characterized and from that I already obtained the steady-state photoluminescence (SSPL) property. I want to draw CIE chromaticity diagram to...

24 January 2021 7,770 1 View

How can I stain 3d printed cells in hydrogel without damaging the gel?

I tried staining my cells in a gel using standard protocols with 4PF% for fixation and triton-X or saponin for permeabilization but the gel always gets damaged throughout the steps, and at the end...

17 January 2021 4,170 1 View

How can I explain the rats' behavior in the open field test, if the induced rats stayed in the center area without movement?

I have worked on an animal model to induce fibromyalgia syndrome in rats when I tried to express data of open field test, I found that normal rats had moved fast after putting them in the central...

31 December 2020 7,736 3 View

How can one synthesize the Inverted Core-Shell Particles (ICS)?

Dear RG colleagues, how can one synthesize the inverted core-shell particles (ICS) from a polymer and a Nano-metal oxide? Where the polymer is a core and the metal oxide is a shell. Under which...

01 December 2020 9,895 2 View

Why do I get low absorbance in MTT assay?

I have been trying to do MTT assay using HCT-116 cells but I have been getting very low absorbance readings (absorbance is usually 0.25 and below) even though iam seeding 30,000 cell/ well. I have...

16 November 2020 3,588 3 View

What do you think the percentage of educational lost by students in courses where labs and workshops are necessary?

During the current pandemic, most educational institutions all over the world were forced to on-line education which led students to be away from practice applications such as labs and workshops....

30 October 2020 3,254 16 View

What is the relationship (equation) between node transmission range and node density in wsn?

I am simulating routing protocol in wsn the orginal simulation was based on 802.11 mac and physical layer and I am using 802.15.4 as you know the transmission range in 802.15.4 is less, which...

20 August 2020 8,888 2 View

Chlorinated organic formation in odor control scrubbers using hypochlorite?

I'm involved in a study of odor control technologies for municipal wastewater treatment plant. One of the control options involves a chemical 2-stage (acid/alkaline) packed bed scrubber. The...

03 March 2021 3,661 2 View

What solvent can I used for Paal Knorr reaction between 6-amino hexanoic acid and 2.5 hexanedione?

I am try to make the Paal Knorr reaction between 2.5 hexnedione and 6-amino hexanoic acid, my problem is type of solvent to use, because 6-hexaminohexanoic acid is soluble in water but I am not...

02 March 2021 4,443 2 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 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

Ester cleavage conditions?

Hi all, I need to cleave the ester in Ethyl 2-amino-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate to make the carboxylic acid and retrieve the product from solution to use in downstream applications of linking to...

01 March 2021 8,766 3 View

I need to accelerate corrosion in steel parts that are used in a salt-water environment. Is there a technique for doing so?

I have a structure that employs d-ring swiveling tie-downs that corrode during use and become "frozen". I have sample swivel assemblies that I wish to corrode to see if I can free them using one...

01 March 2021 3,739 3 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

How to remove DCU and HOBT from my reaction?

I am doing a acid and a chiral amino alcohol reaction using DCC and HOBT in DCM or THF? Can anyone suggest me how to remove DCU and HOBT from a reaction mixture??

28 February 2021 2,153 1 View

What is the most common number of epitopes in an multi-epitope Vaccine?

hi everyone, I'm interested in the field of vaccine design specifically multi-epitope cancer vaccines , I want to know if there is a minimum and maximum number of epitopes we could use in a...

27 February 2021 3,882 3 View