Can you help me with pharmacopoeia procedure 3.2.1 on arsenic determination?

Hi to all I am writing you in order to get more information about the procedure 3.2.1 on Arsenic determination in glass containers for pharmaceutical use. In the monograph, at the paragraph...

05 June 2018 1,229 3 View

How do you overcome the following issues with S and Os ICP-OES?

hi to all, i'm experiencing several issues with detection of elements such as sulfur and osmium at icp-oes. in particular, i work with an Agilent ICP, and at each analysis, i have to analyse these...

08 September 2017 5,321 3 View

Is it possible to infere from isoelectric point the superficial pH?

hi to all, i would like to estimate the superficial pH on spherical particles having dimension of nanometers. since the surface is regular and omogeneusly coated, i was wandering if could i infere...

02 March 2016 8,923 2 View

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02 March 2016 8,187 4 View

How can I stop protein induction?

hi to all, i was wandering if it is enough to pellet cells (e.coli) from the protein induction medium containing iptg and resuspend them in a new medium without inductor to stop the protein...

01 February 2016 3,521 3 View

Is it possible to co-trasform E.Coli bl21 de3 gold with two iptg inducible plasmids?

hi to all, i was wandering if it is possible to transform bl21 de3 cells with two plasmids. the aim is to espress 2 proteins at once. the two plasmids are both iptg inducible, and ampicillin...

01 February 2016 2,988 8 View

Is it strictly necessary the chloramphenicol in LB agar plates for pLysS cells, or the ampicillin is enough?

If I add chloramphenicol only in the overnight liquid culture, is ok? should the chloramphenicol be present also during the induction of the protein? thank you

31 December 2015 1,109 3 View

Could the OD_600 of a bacterial culture be a clue of protein expression?

hi to all, i have noticed that if i incubate two parallel bacterial cultures in the same conditions ( one where i add IPTG for protein induction and another in which I don't add anything) the OD...

31 December 2015 935 7 View

Can glucose polymers be used by E.Coli as carbon Source?

Hi to all, I'm wondering if glucose polymers such cyclodextrins, glycogen and more complex polymers, are metabolized by E.Coli. Thank you

09 October 2015 2,677 4 View

How can I dock a 4Fe-4S cluster into a protein?

hi to all, I'm trying to dock a 4Fe-4S cluster into a protein using the Haddock web-tool. I suppose that the protein I'm using coordinates the cluster by means of specific residues, that I have...

05 June 2015 5,853 0 View

How to compare different concentrations of nanoparticles for characterization from ICP-MS?

I took measurements of different concentrations of 15 nm and 5 nm Au nano particle solutions. I'm trying to determine which concentration I measured gives the best reading overall. I also...

02 March 2021 7,626 1 View

What are the new 2D nanomaterials were used for Silver nanoparticles stabilization?

In the stabilization of AgNPs are vital in current research interest. However, some of the 2D nano-materials like graphene oxide, MoS2, etc... previously used to stabilize it. But still they shown...

01 March 2021 2,207 3 View

Interested to stain mice tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, anybody has a protocol to recommend?

Interested to stain mice brain tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, appreciate if anyone willing to offer me some guidance or suggestions! Thank you!

28 February 2021 3,951 2 View

B-mercaptoethanol (BME) protocol?

Hi everybody, I have been running a multiplex IHC which allow me to stain the same tissue with different markers (Primary Ab + Secondary conjugated Ab) (AF487, AF555, AF647). Since I would like to...

27 February 2021 5,028 2 View

Why do my MCFs not form monolayer?

Hello, I am looking for some expertise on culturing MCF7s. I purchased them from ATCC and I have been following all media and culture conditions. Media is EMEM with 10% FBS and 10ug/mL of...

27 February 2021 3,904 2 View

Is there anyone who experienced with cytotoxic effect of Hoescht 33342 dye?

Is Hoechst toxic to cells? In general, it is known as non-toxic. I am working with dsRED MDA-MB-231 cell line. I applied it for my PDMS-based microfluidic platform, for this reason, I incubated...

26 February 2021 9,119 3 View

Will a 10xHis-tag prevent anti-MBP from binding to MBP?

I have a protein with a 10xHis-MBP tag on the N-terminus. I'm fairly certain I am expressing my protein, but I'm not getting a signal on my western blot. Is there a possibility that the 10xHis tag...

25 February 2021 8,404 3 View

Why my agarose gel staining sometimes looks not homogenic but like gradient (see the figure)?

I am worried about this overexposure of the upper part of the gel in the picture. Is it possible that this is the result of too much concentration of ethidium bromide? Why is there such a big...

25 February 2021 8,140 3 View

Why there are two peaks while using the mie plot of Silver nanoparticle?

Hi, I am trying to learn the theoretical modelling of silver nanoparticle using the Mie scattering theory. After that, I discovered a software named Mieplot developed by Philip Laven, where it...

25 February 2021 7,493 6 View

What's the concentration recommend for recombinant protein use in western blotting?

I'm currently working having problem with the concentration for recombinant protein use in western blot, the one been used is Recombinant Human CD19 Fc Chimera Protein-rndsystem which does not...

24 February 2021 8,514 3 View