How can I measure MMP-1 protein activity or protein level from liver tissue?

Instead of checking only the mRNA level, I want to check the active protein level of MMP-1 in Liver tissue from mice. How can I do that?

03 March 2021 1,763 2 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

Looking for Materials with high thermal expansion coefficient and high temperature resistance?

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

Guidelines for survey (question type) analysis?

Hi. Please tell me what guidelines should i need to follow for questionaries' type research work in India. It is not hospital based work, we are conduction basic institutional based qualitative...

03 March 2021 2,037 3 View

What are the values needed for gabor filter's parameter for cifar10 data?

Hi, I implemented a code to gabor filter cifar10 data but the images after being filtered and stacked are not clear like the original images. I think the problem is in the way I am using the...

03 March 2021 6,317 1 View

Can we block unwanted images during the x-ray prediction?

i am try to classify the x-ray images. During classification , can i block unwanted images (except x-ray image).

03 March 2021 7,100 1 View

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03 March 2021 5,360 2 View

What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

Sample dilution for quantitative analysis using ELISA?

If the detection range is in ng/ml but the reference range is in ug/ml for a molecule or protein in serum or plasma .how to dilute and what is the initial volume to be taken for quantitative analysis

02 March 2021 7,670 3 View

The procedure compute?

02 March 2021 5,204 3 View

How to manage western blot for proteomics data validation?

Hi Everyone, I am a bigginer in western blotting and I am trying to use it for validation of my proteomics data. I have: two regulated proteins with molecular mass of 40 and 73 kDa one control...

23 February 2021 6,671 4 View

I can detect my protein but the encoding DNA sequence has stop codons within. Should I ignore the stop codons?

I constructed a synthetic DNA library (scFv, VH-VL orientation) with a 3' reporter and 8x histag. I cloned and expressed this gene following which I performed an ELISA. The ELISA results suggested...

19 February 2021 7,006 5 View

(western blot) can methanol damage my antibody signal?

I accidentally rinsed with methanol after adding my primary antibody to my membrane. I noticed after ~10 seconds and immediately replaced it with PBST (3x15 min washes). Will my antibody signal be...

12 February 2021 5,824 3 View

What is the reason, we got both test and control band on LFA in negative sample?

I am working on Lateral flow assay for virus detection by carbon conjugated polyclonal antibody. We got a high intense band in both test and control line on LFA in negative sample used as buffer....

11 February 2021 6,558 2 View

For PC-3 cell line. How long before irradiation do I have to synchronize my cells to G0/G1?

I am trying to do a clonogenic assay for PC-3 after irradiation. I have to synchronize my cells by serum starvation but there's a optimal time I have to do that before irradiation. been looking in...

09 February 2021 9,480 1 View

Background and spots in Western Blot membrane?

Do you know why my membrane looks like this? I did this western for Anti-hnRNP D/AUF1 antibody ab50692, as primary antibody in 1:1000 overnight at 4c and Anti-rabbit IgG HRP linked antibody...

07 February 2021 5,591 4 View

During an anti-His capture ELISA has anyone had issues with histidine residues from secondary antibodies non-specifically binding?

Hi, Hope you can help. Currently been running some sandwich ELISA assays where I coat with anti-His, block and then capture His-tag protein and then sera and then anti-bovine monoclonal...

07 February 2021 7,101 1 View

How do I keep my prefixed (PFA) frozen tissue sections from lifting off the slide?

I'm trying to stain mouse lung tissue IHC-IF I fix in 4% PFA overnight immediately upon harvesting tissues Then dehydrate/cryoprotect in sucrose gradients 15% to 30% Then freeze in OCT media...

06 February 2021 2,336 3 View

Antibody dilution for IHQ in OCT frozen tissue is more similar to IHC in Paraffin-embedded samples or to Immunocytochemistry?

31 January 2021 8,678 3 View

Can i re-incubate a WB membrane with a higher solution of the previously used 1ry ab?

I've incubated my western-blot membrane with both primary and secondary antibodies and i just realized at the end that i've used a lower concentration of my primary antibody for my loading control...

27 January 2021 1,034 3 View