When is it unnecessary to change organisational culture?

As a former management practitioner, I recall a generally accepted view that changing organisational culture is difficult, so you should only attempt it if the organisational change that you are...

27 February 2021 2,595 8 View

Can I use a protein-devoid condition as my negative control in ELISA?

Hello, I am running a sandwich-type ELISA where I am trying to inhibit a protein-protein interaction using small molecules. For each experiment, I determine my Z' (Z-prime) to determine the...

23 February 2021 7,429 1 View

Will SARS-CoV-2 Spike be broken into S1 and S2 by denaturing conditions?

Hello, I am performing a western blot of my SARS-CoV-2 Spike-pseudotyped lentiviral particles. I denature my virus by adding concentrated virus to 2X Laemmli buffer at 1:1, then boiling for...

17 February 2021 4,844 4 View

What is the best temperature to coat an ELISA plate?

Hello, I want to control the temperature of my ELISA plate during incubations to get consistent results. In general, what is the best temperature to coat the plate with antibody? I have been...

16 February 2021 2,377 7 View

SPSS - Merging files by ID numbers that contain letters?

Hi, I'm trying to merge files from a data base of 20 files, each containing about 4000 subjects. Unfortunately the ID numbers are actually a combination of numbers and letters (e.g., b1458219)....

15 February 2021 5,833 3 View

How would I go about getting an expert review on the interview questions for the dissertation?

Good Evening, My name is David Marshall and I am Doctor of Management Student at Colorado Technical University Online. I just recently received approval from the IRB to start data collection on...

08 February 2021 346 7 View

How can I quantify the color of a solution?

I know colorimetry has been the standard way by way of measuring the concentration of a particular compound (solute) in a colored solution (solvent or measure quantities of a particular compound...

08 February 2021 2,673 1 View

ACE2 Blotted as a double band?

Hello, I have recently run a western of Vero cells for ACE2. I detected ACE2 at the correct size, but it presents as a double band. The sample was prepared by lysing cells in 1X Laemmli...

07 February 2021 6,973 3 View

SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Western Bands?

Hello, I am western blotting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein from lentiviral using an antibody against S1. To prepare samples, I mixed concentrated lentivirus 1:1 with 2X Laemmli buffer and boiled...

07 February 2021 3,643 4 View

How does DMSO percentage affect ELISA?

Hello, In my sandwich-type ELISA which is testing for small molecule inhibition of a protein-protein interaction, it seems that DMSO percentage and dilution protocol are important. I...

31 January 2021 6,771 1 View

Heat exchanger with liquid Nitrogen as coolant?

I want to cool Natural Gas from 195 Kelvin to 138 Klevin in a heat exchanger by using liquid nitrogen as the coolant medium. When entering the heat exchanger, the liquid nitrogen will have a...

01 March 2021 6,450 5 View

How the wettability of rock sample can be changed by ageing in pure hydrocarbon oils only?

I want to do wettability analysis of hydrocarbon oil (octane)/rock/surfactant solution system. but to do the analysis first I have to make rock surface oil-wet. Since hydrocarbon oil does not have...

27 February 2021 5,383 3 View

What are the patterns of human behavior that lead to COVID-19 infections?

Does data from contact tracing help in establishing patterns of behavior and social interactions that lead to infections? There are cases here in the Philippines where patients have no travel...

25 February 2021 9,002 13 View

How to measure angle between laser travel path and machine axis in Laser Measurement system?

25 February 2021 1,987 3 View

How to get/count refractive index in gasses?

20 February 2021 8,202 6 View

How to make Fast Green FCF from powder?

Hi everyone We need Fast Green to electroporate plasmid into mice embryos, therefore we simply need it to see some color in the liquid we are electroporating so that electroporation is more...

07 February 2021 1,671 2 View

How to eradicate the deteriorated contact resistance in the electrical or electronic devices, like SCR or contactor' pin cable ?

Through years operation, some of the devices' pins connection gradually become worse and finally burn out due to the high temperature at the connection point. We can check out these risk points...

04 February 2021 7,401 5 View

Is it possible to find out the wettability and contact angle of water on the rough or corrugated substrate?

First of all, whether it is possible to identify the presence of water and its amount on the Silicon substrate by using only FT-IR spectroscopy. Can ATR-FTIR spectroscopy find out the wettability...

03 February 2021 9,085 4 View

Which is the best software for the simulation of tribological properties of materials?

I want to simulate the tribological properties of solids, liquids, and fluids, please suggest good software.

02 February 2021 3,947 3 View

Does anybody work with CoolLED in fluorescence microscopy?

I have trouble with exciting wavelengths higher than 460 nm while e.g. ex with 405 nm works. Filtercubes are correc, as I used them with my old xenon lamp before... I work on axiovert200M and with...

25 January 2021 5,201 2 View