In an eye with Tyndall, does each dot correspond to an individual cell?

When you observe the presence of Tyndall in an inflamed eye: Does each of the small floating dots correspond to an individual cell or to an aggregate of cells? Does a conventional slit lamp have...

27 February 2021 6,326 2 View

What is the exact mechanism of the antimicrobial effect of local anesthetics?

The antimicrobial effect of local anesthetics has been known for more than 50 years, but it still seems to have an unclear mechanism of action. which bacteria? which concentration? etc etc. ....

27 February 2021 4,450 2 View

How to interpret this FTIR spectrum of pyrolyzed hydrochar?

20 February 2021 2,840 3 View

Which statistical test is best to seperate out treatment effects meta-analysis?

I am doing a meta-analysis and am looking for some guidance on which statistical test will help me do the following. I want to understand the effect size a treatment has on a population. There...

16 February 2021 8,033 3 View

Sample preparation for ceramics i.e. iron silicate (fayalite), iron oxides, alumina, spinel mineral (hercynite)?

Recommendations in preparing ceramics for nanoindentation and in the process minimize introducing stresses from sample preparation i.e. polishing stage.

02 February 2021 6,211 3 View

How do I calculate a trend with 3 time points and 3 different groups with a small sample size in a longitudinal study?

Dear colleagues, I am working on an intervention study with 3 different groups of students. One group represents the intervention group and consists of a seminar with a practical phase and...

24 January 2021 8,051 4 View

Best method of removing au/pd coating from a mounted sample without removing the analysed material?

I have performed some SEM imaging on a conductive mounted sample which I also had to au/pd coat (10 seconds - so relatively thin coat). I would like to remove the coating and perform...

07 January 2021 2,490 4 View

PEI DNA in-vivo transfection concentration?

04 January 2021 6,908 7 View

Can XRD analyse a sample prepared for TEM?

I have samples that have been tested at high temperature (1160 and 1180 degrees) however, there are some phases formed that are not being picked up when using Raman. I am wondering if it would be...

03 January 2021 1,338 3 View

Stochastic optimization software?

Hello, I would like to know any experiences about stochastic optimization software or possibility to prepare it in Python for example. I am looking for an optimization process in Revenue...

26 November 2020 856 3 View

Which of the Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunoprotection and why?

I want to know which of the available Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunological response and why

02 March 2021 1,388 3 View

Experimental Design: How deal with pseudreplicates with immunological and clinical-chemical paramaeters?

Hello everybody, I am investigating the influence of a toxinon various clinical-chemical and haematological parameters in fish. I have three treatments (control, low dose, high dose) in my...

24 February 2021 1,243 1 View

Looking for advices and tips to improve the staining and the gating strategy in human blood?

Hi, I am staining a human blood with CD19, CD3,CD14 and CD16. My gating strategy in FlowJo goes like this: - First, I gate a general population SSC-A VS FSC-A => Then gate for single cells, =>...

21 February 2021 5,724 4 View

Can you polarize Jurkat cells into different T helper subsets?

I am wondering if anyone has had success with in vitro polarization (via cytokines) of Jurkat cells. My goal is to understand the affect of a drug on Treg induction and differentiation. I...

12 January 2021 3,606 2 View

Can only the spike protein of the virus provide immunity?

Virology, microbiology, immunology, vaccine

21 December 2020 424 16 View

Can somebody recommend me a decent textbook to learn more about signaling pathways and their mechanistic principles in general?

I studied biochemistry and molecular biology in my bachelors and Immunology in my masters. I never came across a suitable course for general signaling pathways and principles. My interest is...

13 December 2020 5,690 5 View

Is it possible to extract DNA or RNA from paraffinized biopsies ?

My lab have some skin biopsies that were previously conserved in paraffine , and i wanted to know if it is possible to extract DNA or RNA from them.

06 December 2020 7,964 6 View

Could the desmin mutation in myofibrillar myopathy be caused by an infection?

A patient with desminopathy (mutation Thr341Pro DES in a heterozygous state) with the progression of the disease has a decrease in taste and smell, immunosuppression, and an increase in IgA in the...

02 November 2020 5,886 6 View

Whis HLA-A2 TAAs are best for DC pulsation and CD8+ cytotoxic T cell induction?

When looking to establish Ag-specific CD8 cytotoxic T cells with autologous dendritic cells, there are numerous tumor-associated Ags to choose from. Does anybody know which Ags give the best...

27 October 2020 2,068 2 View

Resuspending cell pellet after ficoll centrifugation?

In my current project I am planning to isolate mononuclear cells from peritoneal ascites of cancer patients using ficoll centrifugation. However, following isolation of the mononuclear cell layer,...

26 October 2020 5,966 4 View