Can I use acetic acid with an ELITE WAX Perkin Elmer column for Gas Chromatography?

Hi! I would want to know if I can use acetic acid with an ELITE WAX Perkin Elmer column for Gas Chromatography. This column has a polyethylene glycol phase, but I can't find the manual to check...

22 February 2021 730 2 View

MVN, how to conciliate contradictory results from Multivariate normality and Multivariate outliers test?

Dear colleagues, I'm working with Path analyses in lavaan and MVN packages. There are some results that for me are confusing and features from the MVN that I do not know how to set. My dataset is...

18 February 2021 190 3 View

Where can I find a reliable and updated methodology related with the design of spiral heat exchangers?

I need to design an spiral heat exchanger, buy I don't know what reference or bibliography (preferably a book) should I consult in order to get an updated and reliable methodology related with...

14 February 2021 7,910 3 View

RWP1 growing in RPMI medium?

Hello everyone, Has anyone try to culture the normal prostate RWPE-1 cell line in RPMI medium supplemented with foetal bovine serum? There's some articles available but neither describe details...

08 February 2021 6,455 1 View

Can anyone recommend me a NMR Handbook?

Hi, I've been searching for a NMR Handbook with 29Si chemical shifts information but I can't find one. Also I've tried to find an online database with that kind of info but I have no lucky. Can...

02 February 2021 307 3 View

Which aqueous solution should I test to make positive NPs stable to get mayor zeta potential +40 mV?

Hi, I need to find the correct media to make my positive charge NPs stable in an aqueous media. I have tried different solutions at different pH but the zeta potential does not increase more than...

21 January 2021 6,490 6 View

How can I estimate and plot Logarithmic Error Bars (in Excel, preferably)?

Dear Dr.colleagues, I am currently plotting the dynamics of an infection in Excel. For each sampling day, I plotted the mean infection load of the population, using the standard error for the...

07 January 2021 2,069 3 View

Does anyone have experience using High Molecular Weight DNA Extraction Kits for extracting DNA from plant leaves?

Hi there, I'm looking for a High Molecular Plant DNA Extraction Kit for subsequent Nanopore sequencing. Does anyone have experience using commercially available kits? Any...

03 January 2021 9,487 4 View

Is GPD 2021 an official and real event?

I was invited to this conference organized by the Hazel pharmaceutical group in Prague 2021. I want to know if the event is real and if any other collage in the pharmacology/ drug discovery area...

25 December 2020 4,407 3 View

Jellyfish as food?

We are investigating the acceptance of jellyfish-based food dishes in Latin America. If you are interested in the topic, please fill out the anonymous survey at the following link. Thanks in...

06 December 2020 4,266 2 View

Gel electrophoresis result for total RNA samples, 1.5 Agarose gel was used, How to improve the integrity of RNA?

Gel electrophoresis, RNA degradation, RNA extraction from fresh tissue

02 March 2021 5,433 5 View

Problem with shRNA transfection. Why are only two plates getting contaminated instead of all?

I transfected my LNCaP-WT cells with 3 shRNA plus their NTC two weeks ago and split two puromycin selected cell plates on Friday last week(Feb 26). I checked for GFP in the cells, and they all...

28 February 2021 4,949 3 View

Any specific pipeline or parameter to analyse total transcriptomics study of brain tissue samples?

I have two groups of brain samples, control and treated for example. It was total RNA nova seq sequencing. I tried all the available pipeline like: star+rsem+deseq2, Hista+stringtie+cuffdiff,...

27 February 2021 356 6 View

Why is the efficiency of viral mRNA electroporation in PBMC low?

Hello, I have been struggling with the electroporation of PBMC with HIV-I mRNA. Although the quality of the RNA generated is good, and the handling of the cells in meticulous, the frequency of...

27 February 2021 9,233 3 View

What is the best concentration of cDNA to be used for qPCR?

I have synthesised cDNA from 500ng/ul of RNA. The concentration of the cDNA Is about 5000ng/ul. Should I dilute my cDNA or just use it as it is for my qPCR? I usually use 2ul of cDNA for a 20ul...

24 February 2021 8,618 3 View

Recommendations on homogenizers for RNA isolation?

I will be performing RNA isolation with frozen lung biopsy samples and am in the market for a tissue homogenizer. I am wanting a homogenizer that will fit in a 1.5ml tube. I was looking at the...

24 February 2021 3,623 3 View

RNA-seq DEGs downstream analysis and reporting in literature?

I used EdgeR to get the list of DEGs (differentially expressed genes) from my liver RNA-seq experiment. I have done the gene overrepresentation and GSEA based pathway analysis. I am currently...

23 February 2021 8,969 1 View

Is it efficient to do liquid biopsy to investigate the gene expressions of the tumor?

To do liquid biopsy and look for specific gene expressions there are so many published papers. Thera are different protocols and procedures used to isolate circulating cell free RNA or mRNA from...

23 February 2021 7,326 5 View

RNA degraded after good nanodrop readings?

23 February 2021 8,850 2 View

Which microtomy technique do you suggest for thin and delicate root sectioning ?And, how to preserve and process the roots before sectioning?

We have thin roots of from 1 year old different species of plants. We are looking into anatomical details of the roots. What's the best method to preserve and process the roots once they are...

23 February 2021 1,898 1 View