How do I determine the degree of polymerization of PEG 400 based on NMR integration?

Hello, I am working on the photocatalytic degradation of PEG 400. I would like to know if it's possible to determine the degree on polymerization based on NMR integration, or by the MW of the...

02 March 2021 6,186 3 View

How to use the results of Co-IP for protein quantitative difference calculation?

I did a Co-IP MS with two samples and got the LFQ data from MaxQuant, and I wanted to normalize it by an internal reference protein. After I divide the LFQ of the other protein by the LFQ of the...

18 January 2021 5,419 4 View

Does anybody have the recipe for making a home made R electroporation buffer for Neon transfection systems?

I tried the recipes below in two cells lines: 1.DPBS 2.DPBS+MgCl2(1mM) 3.DPBS+Sucrose(250mM) 4.DPBS+MgCl2(1mM)+Sucrose(250mM) 5.R Buffer (Neon) the results showed that R buffer is the best one in...

06 January 2021 6,776 1 View

How to Draw Crystal Structure from powder XRD?

Hi, I would appreciate if anyone can recommend on the process of drawing crystal structure from observed powder xrd diffractogram and if there is any suggested software to work on.

05 January 2021 3,517 3 View

Why mass flowrates of atoms at the inlet and outlet of a reactor are not conserved (CFD with chemical reactions, species model - eddy dissipation)?

Hi, guys. Thanks for reading this question. I am modeling a reactor (steady, RANS). CH3OH and O2 go into the reactor via inlet (a jet). After reactions, species leave the computational domain...

08 December 2020 7,362 13 View

How to transform this implicit FDTD iteration equation into the matrix equation?

11 October 2020 9,042 1 View

What is the best way to evaporate a large volume of aqueous solution quickly?

Let's say I have 100 mL of an aqueous solution and I wish to reduce the volume to 5 - 10 mL. What's my best option? - Rotavap is ruled out because we do not have a vacuum pump that can create...

09 September 2020 2,534 8 View

Bugs in mouse genotyping?

Hi, I am genotyping newly constructed trangenic mice knocking down target gene. I have got F1 generation from F0. And DNA examination indicates that the target DNA fragment has been excised. The...

27 April 2020 5,450 3 View

Will there be a large temperature gradient in the cross-section of a steel member under fire?

I have been working on the behaviors of steel structures at evaluated temperatures. We all know that heat can be easily transferred through steel. So, in real cases, will there be a large...

19 March 2020 1,748 5 View

Does anybody know how to draw a pie chart with multiple layers?

I found this graph from literature and it's an excellent way to illustrate similar types of ideas in my opinion. I would like to draw this type of graph in my work but I couldn't find the proper...

14 February 2020 5,933 2 View

Does the pressure(-600 mmHg) affects pH?

When I conducted the degassing experiment using decompression under anaerobic condition(and I used ferrous based chelating agent), the oxidized ferric were observerd. So, could you tell me the...

03 March 2021 4,892 5 View

How do I increase the yield of my PCR product?

Hello, We would like to increase the yield of our PCR product. We are running a series of PCR reactions that is targeting ~1.1kb sequence. We begin each reaction with ~400pg of template DNA...

02 March 2021 4,029 3 View

PACYC PCR not working after several attempts. Would anyone have any suggestions?

So, I have been trying to run a pACYC PCR which will be used later on for a Gibson Assembly. However the PCR is not working. I have already tried gradient PCR and changing extension time; however...

02 March 2021 1,146 2 View

Which fluorescent dye to use for measuring total ROS production?

Is DCFDA appropriate for measuring total ROS production, or can it only detect certain types of ROS? If I want to measure total ROS production, which dye should I use?

01 March 2021 9,447 3 View

How to address this issue in the analysis of Real-Time PCR results?

To dear Researchers, I was analyzing a series of concentration for estimation of Real-Time PCR efficiency. The concentration was 1:10. I used MS-excel to evaluate Slope. The result of slope was -8...

01 March 2021 8,683 4 View

Runs of nucleotides in Sanger sequencing?

I performed site directed mutagenesis, transformation, and then I sent out plasmids for Sanger sequencing and found out that there is extension of DNA just before the stop codon. I am not sure...

27 February 2021 547 3 View

Which database would give me this list of chemical components?

Dear colleagues: I would like to know if anyone knows of a database that gives me the parameters pH, K, K, Mg, P, C, N, Zn, Cu, Ni and Cd of common foods. I find a lot of information of proteins,...

26 February 2021 5,525 3 View

Can thermal cycler machines be problematic during PCR?

Hi, my question is about the heating of thermal cycler machines and I hope some of you had experienced a similar thing previously. There are two thermal cycler machines in the lab(BioRad) and for...

26 February 2021 4,777 4 View

Calculating volume of DNA required from DNA concentration?

Hi I am a bit confused. They are asking me to find out the volume of DNA required in ul (a total of 30-100 ng for genomic DNA) from the DNA concentration in the nanodrop reading which was 404.8...

26 February 2021 5,029 2 View

Why is NH4OH added in heavy metals limit test?

The limit test I'm referring to is USP method II. In this procedure you need to dropwise add 6N of NH4OH to the sample until it the pH is alkali. After that you need to dilute and add HOAc until...

23 February 2021 2,049 3 View