How to successfully revive cells stored at -80 degree C for a year?

I am working on C6 cells along with other neuronal cell lines. We have preserved the cells in 90%FBS and 10% DMSO solution. We are reviving the cells after a year and cells are either not binding...

18 February 2021 4,499 1 View

I am desigining UWB antenna with ecllipse shaped patch on HFSS.Why gain is coming negative ?

I am attaching my design and result of Gains.S11 parameter is less than -10dB from 3.1 to 9.8 Ghz.Z11 magnitude also lies between 40 -60 ohm for this range .Still gain is negative. Pls help

29 January 2021 4,334 3 View

What are charge states -/0 and 0/+ of Carbon at Nitrogen site?

What is differentiate between these two states? And what's the reason for formation of these charge states?

26 January 2021 6,937 3 View

What causes defect peak broadening?

Say we observe yellow and blue luminescence in GaN, and these defect peaks are always broader than the BE peak. What factors contribute to defect peak broadening? Please help me list out such...

25 January 2021 1,733 3 View

What is the ACTUAL COST OF A PUBLICATION??

Hi. It's 2021 January. Recently, I got to know that Elsevier has converted around 160 journals into some "Transformative Journals" and follow the recommendations under "Plan S"...

19 January 2021 9,985 2 View

In microbiology to do plating is there any need to sterile the DI water also?

In microbiology to do plating, is there any need to sterile the DI water also?

22 December 2020 3,288 1 View

What is the method to prepare input spreadsheets (for nodes & edges tables) from Scopus database, for conducting different network analyses in Gephi?

I am planning to compile a systematic literature review. I have downloaded .csv file of a collection of papers and their respective bibliometric information (authors' names and affiliations, year...

10 November 2020 8,455 3 View

Correct statistical data analysis?

Hi there, I do not have a solid understanding of the statistics - I am seeking advice regarding the correct data analysis. I am helping my colleague to analyze the oxidative stability of oil....

18 October 2020 1,355 6 View

Do we need to take IRB approval for quantitative research paper?

Is IRB Approval necessary for writing a research paper on marketing based on quantitative research?

11 October 2020 3,618 5 View

Minimum data for applying the statistical analyisis?

Minimum data for applying the statistical analysis? can we apply the stats in 20 data or not

11 October 2020 3,623 4 View

In PRIMER, is it possible to downweight certain taxa in multivariate community datasets to reflect uncertainty around identification??

I have a dataset with about 80 different species. As usual, some species are very easy to identify with certainty whereas others are more difficult, which means that I am less certain of my...

03 March 2021 8,066 4 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 is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

How to calculate the annealing temperature of a primer pair?

I have to amplify a gene and my primers just reached. The Tm for Forward primer is 64.2, and that of reverse primer is 65.5. Can some one suggest how to get the best annealing temperature? Thanks...

01 March 2021 360 7 View

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Does anyone have the experience of using Taq Man probes in the QIAGEN Rotar- Gene qPCR machine?

01 March 2021 5,311 1 View

Anybody with an idea on how do design specific primers for detecting tomato resistance genes tm-1, TM-2 and Tm2^2?

I am trying to identify these 3 genes among some tomato cultivar collections and after aligning some sequences from NCBI, I couldn't find unique sequences to target for specific primers. There...

28 February 2021 606 3 View

What is the ideal efficiency for a qPCR?

hello everyone, I need to do standard curves for my qPCR, what is the ideal efficiency range? I tried a primer (Mglu2 receptor) that gave an efficiency of 90.2%. Is it accepted?

28 February 2021 1,254 3 View

MiRNA qpcr problem?

Dear All, mirna primer showing some problem in the melting curve? any idea why? As attached is the melting curve. The forward sequence is obtained from miRBase and reverse primer is universal.

28 February 2021 5,008 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

Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

Hi everyone, Illumina provides a list of primers to amplify with high taxonomic coverage the ITS1 region for further fungal sequencing, but I cannot find the exact amount necessary of each...

25 February 2021 6,969 3 View