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How to preform densitometry on SDS-page bands?

I ran a SDS-page of a bacterial lysate and I want to quantify protein concentration in a specific band. I was thinking of using a standards ladder or make some standards are different...

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Collaboration needed for LCMS/MS based untargeted metabolomics approach with multivariate analysis of Fermented Rice beverages?

Fermented beverages are very important drinks for some community as they consume daily with huge quantity, are traditionally believed as pharmacological and medicinal property along with...

16 June 2024 7,235 0 View

How can I get to the parent molecule name by inputting the MS fragments values?

I did GCMS/MS, LCMS of my sample of interest. I got Mass fragments in ionization process. Now facing issues to get the parent molecules name/formula. Due to complexity of sample (its a mixture of...

01 June 2024 1,056 4 View

How to extract exact acceleration time history given in a research paper ?

please share the sources to download them

17 April 2024 5,244 0 View

I got a low percentage of similarity (Below 80 %) for fungi by 18S rRNA mol. identification, Is there any need to repeat the process for crosscheck?

Do I need to repeat the process or can I go for morphological/ Biochemical tests for fungi identification?

21 March 2024 5,153 1 View

What is the difference between sequence identity and percent identity?

Hello, I have come across a paper where it is stated that Sequence identity between these two proteins is ~36%. I performed BLAST and in the summary section, it is stated that that percent...

16 January 2024 1,478 2 View

Dock apoprotein with cofator Mg?

Hello, I am working on a protein that belongs to NUDIX family hydrolases and therefore requires Mg ion as a cofactor. But the protein that I have downloaded from PDB is an apoprotein. I want to...

11 January 2024 8,105 2 View

What are all possible reasons for the no peak in X-Ray Diffraction of antharacene thin films?

The presence or absence of sharp peaks in the diffraction graph of pure anthracene derivative versus thin films can be influenced by various factors. what are some potential reasons for the...

26 December 2023 1,176 1 View

How to confirmed the nanodiamonds using raman? how to distinguish carbon dots and nanodiamond?

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18 December 2023 5,690 1 View

How to generate decoys for validation of generated pharmacophore hypothesis?

Dear all, I have developed a pharmacophore hypothesis using receptor cavity since my protein has no co-crystallized ligand. I , now, aim to validate it using a set of actives and decoys. I tried...

30 November 2023 1,424 0 View

Geotechnical Engineering (Proceedings of the ICE) time review?

Hello everyone, I recently submitted an article to Geotechnical Engineering (Proceedings of the ICE), and the current status has been listed as "EiC Pre-assessment: Ready" for the past 20 days. I...

10 August 2024 6,493 1 View

How does grain and grain boundary affect the ceramic when studying its dielectric properties?

I am not able to get good literature and the physics behind how first these grains and grain boundaries arises out of no where when we make a pellet to study its dielectric properties and then how...

07 August 2024 5,177 3 View

Why do i have a weak plasma and no coating during rf sputtering?

I have been getting a low plasma and no coating while doing rf sputtering of copper doped ZnS using a power of 140 watts and at pressure of 6.5x10-3 Mb.

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Could dyes amplify the spectrum of light to a specific wavelength?

I am interested to know the behavior of dyes toward light. Specifically, Blue dyes re-emit the spectrum, especially from the green zone (known as principal in LED lamps, and blue dyes are known...

05 August 2024 3,290 1 View

Why is the molecule's orientation with an electric field affect polarizability?

Why is the molecule's orientation with an electric field affect polarizability? Electrons are diffuse enough to be independent with respect to orientation and effect of electric field on...

03 August 2024 7,843 1 View

What are some signs that an ECM is overfitting the Nyquist plot?

What can you look for to know that the circuit model being used is overfitting the data. How do you know when overfitting is occurring?

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What should a Mechanical Engineering PhD scholar focus on during their PhD to enhance their chances of securing a postdoctoral position?

29 July 2024 7,714 4 View

May I know the exact Quartile of the journal- Advanced Engineering Materials (Wiley) for material science category?

In some data sources it has been grouped in Q1 and some shows it is Q2.

29 July 2024 4,227 2 View

Addition of EDTA during the synthesis of copper nanoparticles to prevent it from being oxidized?

I've attempted to use this method to synthesize copper nanoparticles. Copper nanoparticles can be synthesised using a variety of precursor materials. CuSO4, distilled water, NaOH, and EDTA are...

28 July 2024 8,027 3 View

Ternary in Electrical Engineering?

Dear Research Community I would like to invite Elctrical Engineering specialists to solve problems related to Ternary Algebra or tripple sets I have an algorithm that places in relation three...

28 July 2024 5,771 2 View