Should lysis buffer be fully removed or should some be left behind during DNA digestion?

I've been having issue with extracting/precipitating DNA from mouse tail pieces and am unsure if the lysis buffer I use could be the problem. After digesting for 2 hours with lysis buffer and...

04 February 2021 1,364 1 View

How do you prevent excessive foaming of organic-matter-rich soils during H2O2 digestion?

My samples are very high in organic matter, and even small amounts of H2O2 cause the samples to foam up 4-5 times the beaker volume, spilling onto the lab bench. Is there anything that can be done...

17 January 2021 8,784 3 View

How to dissociate and culture retinal cells from mouse eyes?

We have a transgenic mouse line in the laboratory from which we are looking to culture retinal cells from. Our experiments indicate we might be able to produce stable cultures from these cells...

03 January 2021 7,200 6 View

Does it matter if antibodies are monoclonal or polyclonal for Quantitative Western Blots?

Hello helpful people, I am planning a quantitative western blot experiment and have the choice between a polyclonal and monoclonal antibody. I have never done western blots personally. Does...

11 November 2020 780 4 View

How to determine fluorescence quantum yield for photoswitchable/photochromic compounds?

How to determine FQY for photoswitchable compounds? I found most related publications didnt mention, or just said that they used "Absolute quantum yield spectrometer." I think such technique...

31 October 2020 8,002 5 View

Will intron-mediated enhancement of gene expression affect downstream of a fusion protein?

Hello everyone! I'm currently trying to increase the expression of my fusion protein in a C. elegans animal model. After reading papers, I found two possible methods to try: (1) codon-optimization...

29 September 2020 490 2 View

Should we include 2 clinically correlated variables (Correlation constant = 0.8) in the same Multi-linear regression model?

I am currently studying the effect of atrophy of a muscle on the clinical outcome of joint injury. There is actually another muscle that was previously well established to have an effect on...

06 September 2020 9,986 7 View

What could be an explanation for making plants in their growth development appear fake growth rings?

As plants grow in their development, they undergo many changes either due to climate change or other environmental issues that affect plants but I want to know how false growth rings form and why...

16 December 2019 1,615 5 View

Primers for amplifying Lactadherin?

Has anyone had previous success in amplifying Lactadherin from the addgene construct below? https://www.addgene.org/46830/ I'm looking at the sequence and it seems that the starting sequence of...

11 October 2019 1,158 3 View

Is there a straight forward way to modify the amine of an amino acid?

It's been a while since I've thought a ton about synthetic organic chemistry, so please for give my naivete. For example, say I wanted to add an R group to the amine group on glycine. I believe...

24 August 2019 10,011 3 View

How to analyze a particular region of my simulation box in GROMACS?

Hi, I am using GROMACS 5.1.4 to simulate water in contact with a surface. I am only interested to calculate some properties of water near the surface. Let's say at a distance of x nm from the...

03 March 2021 9,989 2 View

How to get onecolumn document from standard IEEE ACCESS LateX template?

I have prepared a manuscript in IEEE Latex template, but for some purpose, I need to prepare a word file as well (detailed format is not required). Compared to two column .tex file, one column...

02 March 2021 1,830 3 View

How can the modification of garden soil cause global warming?

Hello, I am working on a soil project and I found a primary research article that tests how the modification of agricultural soil can cause global warming, using a thermal collector, however I...

02 March 2021 7,161 3 View

Does anyone know how to plot my station to a section plot on Ocean Data View (ODV)?

I made a vertical section plot with WOA .nc file on ODV, and now I want to plot my stations (csv. file) in it. Does anyone know how to import my points to the section? They are two different...

01 March 2021 3,610 1 View

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server?

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server? What is your suggestion?

01 March 2021 3,422 3 View

Does anyone know to clarify these changes?

01 March 2021 1,290 2 View

Can Virtual Servers (remote dekstop manager) run heavy ANSYS Fluent CFD simulation ?

I have a virtual machine. My host Pc specs are not that good thats why i went for virtual servers. so basically my host pc has 8gb of ram with nvidia quadro k2200 4Gb DDR5 GPU ,processor intel...

01 March 2021 8,415 1 View

What is the most suitable server for predicting protein structures in bacteria?

I have used the i-Tasser several times, however it has been unavailable for several days. I tried the swiss-model, but the output was not very pleasant due to the model used. Is there any other...

28 February 2021 4,521 3 View

How can I convert .vesta file to a .cif file?

I've used the "export data" option in Vesta software to convert my unit cell into a cif file however when I use that cif in atomsk it shows error such as "can't read the position of atom 0". If I...

28 February 2021 4,966 3 View

How can we use a hybrid element in Abaqus Dynamic/Explicit for impressible materials?

Hi, all! How can we use a hybrid element in Abaqus Dynamic/Explicit for impressible materials? I have not find the choice for explicit element in Abaqus CAE. I am wondering whether it is possible...

25 February 2021 9,936 2 View