Which is the best the detector in HPLC for test cananbinoids?

In the HPLC, we can use differents detector methods to quantify the cannabinoid content from the flowers of Cannabis sativa. Most populars detectors are: 1. UV 2. Diodo Array Detector 3. Mass...

19 September 2019 459 3 View

BD CBA cytokine kit assay use with BDFACSDiva and Flowjo?

Does anyone know if the CBA cytokine assay offered by BDbiosciences is compatible to run with BDFACSDiva software on a flow cytometer (vs the BDFACSSuite software that is recommended in the user...

15 January 2019 5,663 5 View

What is the best way to convert Multiband sequence DICOMs into Nifti?

Normally for functional images in the past I've used Xiangrui Li's Matlab script or mricron's dcm2nii but this is the first time I am working with Multiband data and have been running into...

12 April 2018 5,553 3 View

When performing multicolor flow cytometry can one use several different color panels in one experiment?

So let's say I have 3 samples and I am interested in testing different fluorophore-conjugated antibodies against certain antigens by using 12 different colors. Howeveer, aach sample only has 10...

05 April 2018 4,083 2 View

Why do I get fluctuating peak areas?

I carried out an experiment aimed at confirming the presence of aspirin and to quantify the abundance of asprin using standard addition. And using HPLC instrumentation. From the result, the...

05 April 2018 5,916 6 View

ELISA assays: Negative results for known positives?

I am testing insoluble homogenates diluted to 0.25M guanidine HCL. Standards for every kit tested work beautifully (standards also in guanidine HCL dilution. The samples are from human gene KI...

22 January 2018 8,822 2 View

Is there a formula in computing the retention factor values of lichen substances for the solvent dichloromethane?

I am currently working on the identification of lichen substances (secondary metabolites) of manglicolous lichens and I only used thin layer chromatography. The solvent I used is dichloromethane....

06 October 2017 7,939 1 View

When staining targets from 2 different species for flow cytometry, can you use 2 different primary Abs against different species in the same sample?

(if you staining for a mouse target and human target within one mouse (ex, chimera), can this be stained in the same tissue sample? Or should samples be stained separately?)

09 August 2017 7,149 2 View

Can anyone explain why I get a lower effect estimate using two-stage logistic analyses compared to straightforward logistic regression?

I am using a two-stage approach (whereby admissions to hospital are nested within patients) to account for multiple admissions of individual patients during a study period. Intuitively it makes...

21 September 2016 8,379 4 View

Are there available ID keys to marine epiphytes associated with seagrasses?

16 August 2016 395 1 View

Difficulty in cloning of 1kb gene into vector?

I am facing difficulties in cloning a 1kb gene into a vector (pJIT163). I have my gene on interest (GOI) in pUC57 and want to clone in pJIT163 using SalI and BamHI restriction sites. I am getting...

25 February 2021 3,221 7 View

Problem with ligating 2.8 kb insert into 8.5 kb plasmid?

I am trying to clone 2 copies of the same mammalian gene into the pSF-CMV-Ub-Puro Ascl (contains HindIII, KpnI and NheI cut sites) plasmid. This is what the final product is supposed to look like...

24 February 2021 6,310 3 View

Why cloning of gene into pCAMBIA1304 vector is unsuccessful?

I have tried to clone a specific gene into pCAMBIA1304 vector. But all the attempts failed. I used ligation kit from both Promega Corporation and Takara Bio. However, there was one time I used...

04 February 2021 525 1 View

How can I solve this problem with agarose gel DNA purification of bigger (1-4kb) fragments ?

Hi everyone, I perform a PCR + Restriction Digestion (single cut, same at both sides) over a metagenomic library. After that, I am trying to purifiy DNA fragments between 1-4kbp long from the...

24 January 2021 2,190 5 View

I am having trouble with cloning my gene. How can I fix this?

16 January 2021 6,566 8 View

How is linear form of plasmid circularized?

Hi all, I'm working on transforming E. coli with plasmid in a mixture of linear and circular form. What happened to the linear form once uptake? Do cells ligate them directly? Or cell DNase...

13 January 2021 8,336 4 View

Is it possible to ligate two restriction ends those have no complementary bases?

In my lab,we are trying to construct a control plasmid. So we have to remove the insert gene which has two restriction ends:one is XhoI and other one is Hind III.So after double digestion we want...

01 January 2021 3,271 4 View

A light for the oxford nanopore rapid attachment chemistry. Does anyone know how this works?

Some Oxford Nanopore kits have Primers with 5 ' modification that provide ligation to adapters without the need for ligases (ligase-free method), as in 16S barcoding kits. Does anyone know what...

21 December 2020 8,612 3 View

How to make sure self-ligation of a linear plasmid?

I want to ligate a linear 1.7kbp plasmid with the EcoRI sites at two sides, but when I use the quick ligase kit from NEB to test the ligation efficiency it is hard to ligate it. Is there anyone...

08 December 2020 3,442 3 View

What's the optimal ratio for pENTR D-TOPO cloning?

Hello, I have been trying to ligate a 1.4kb insert in the pENTR D-TOPO plasmid using different molar ratios like 1:1, 2:1, and 3:1 (recommended by NEB) , but every time no colonies are seen. Only...

07 December 2020 3,052 5 View