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

Quantifying leaking DNA from bacteria - what's the secret?

Hi, all! I need to determine if my treatment causes membrane damage in bacteria (S. aureus and E. cloacae), but I cannot use a fluorescent probe such as PI and similar ones because my compound is...

24 February 2021 2,006 2 View

Please let me know how to remove mycoplasma contamination from cell line?

I am facing a problem in maintaining the cell line of HepG2 and HepG2.2.15. I have used plasmocin Tm treatment (Invivo gen) Cat.#ant-mpt Lot #MPT-41-01 for more than a month. I have also used...

21 February 2021 6,046 4 View

Western blot protein of interest falling at a lower weight than expected?

My protein of interest is DAGLa (115 kDa). We received the antibody for this from another researcher who reliably shows bands at this weight. We do see a light banding at this weight, but the...

11 February 2021 6,009 3 View

Which Journals would you advise to submit a Letter which briefly talks about neurosurgical treatment of neuro-oncological patient during Sars-COV-2?

Possibily not an open access journal which does not add any publishing costs once being accepted. Thank you in advance

09 February 2021 717 6 View

Sample Size for Quasi-Experimental Quants using one-tailed t-test?

Hi, sorry I'm stumped. I'm going to do a study on the leadership styles (using the MLQ Form 5X) of minority women administrators in medical schools. How will I calculate the sample size? Thank...

30 January 2021 2,865 4 View

Can you do Ponceau staining after loading control for Western Blot?

Hello everyone! I forgot to take a picture of my Ponceau stain prior to starting my first round of primary and secondary antibodies. I'm currently doing my loading control now and was wondering...

25 January 2021 757 3 View

What is the correct way to apply a Design effect for sample size calculation when the sampling method is linear systematic random sampling?

When we are doing sampling by means of simple systematic random sampling,how do we calculate the design effect for use during calculation of sample size for our work?

20 January 2021 5,328 3 View

Anybody to help me with Code source for DOUBLE CONCAVE FRICTION PENDULUM BEARINGS Please?

Hello, would you please share the codes for Base Isolation of structures using Double Concave Friction Pendulum Bearings? I am doing a related research but as I am just a beginner in MATLAB, I...

18 January 2021 6,683 1 View

How to generate .dlg files on PyRx?

Hi. I'm using the PyRx version 0.8 and getting the error message: WARNING: Filename mismatch: "2DFN_ADP_CL.maps.fld" :: "..\2DFN_ADP_CL.maps.fld" C:\Program Files (x86)\The Scripps Research...

17 January 2021 843 3 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 3 View

How to make fractions of chloroform extract of plant, using seperating funnel?

28 February 2021 8,466 2 View

How to calculate the fraction metabolized of a drug by an enzyme using clearance(ml/min) values of the metabolite formed?

I am trying to find the fraction metabolized of a drug by CYP and UGT enzymes. I am unable to get the values of fraction metabolized (Fm) directly from the literature. Can we calculate the Fm of a...

21 February 2021 5,379 2 View

How to convert 2D stack images to 3D to obtain surface area of nucleus?

I have 15 slices of the nucleus at different z-heights from confocal imaging. I would like to use these slices to reconstruct the 3D nucleus and ultimately estimate the surface area of the...

20 February 2021 6,967 1 View

Is my GFAP staining in right position?

I was differentiate hESC to astrocyte. In the second week of differentiation, I stained my cell with s100beta and GFAP. I expected that the staining site of GFAP would come from the cytoplasm,...

15 February 2021 8,982 1 View

Has anyone experienced a double band GAPDH in Western Blot?

I am using my GAPDH as a housekeeping protein for my Western Blot. For all the blots I have, my GAPDH was coming out as two bands. Therefore, I am using both bands for my analysis. Has anyone...

11 February 2021 6,376 3 View

How can I calculate volume fraction of MWCNT from a nano hybrid composite ?

I am adding 0.1wt percent MWCNT to glass fiber epoxy composite and want to determine the volume fraction of the MWCNT from this composite but I don't know how to calculate it. can anyone help me...

09 February 2021 8,883 3 View

Fractional derivative users, are you on the same page with me on the validity of the fractional order parameter, say alpha?

Taking a fractional ODE problem as an example. It has come to my attention that if the fractional order parameter is in the interval (0,1], many only presents results for alpha=0.9, 0.99. I saw...

08 February 2021 9,671 3 View

How to model Type 1 collagen structure for finite element analysis ?

I have started a project in which stress distribution in Type 1-collagen scaffold is to be modelled. I am thinking of using finite element analysis to model the structure and the loading...

07 February 2021 5,487 3 View

Do you have any experience with transfection of EBV immortalized B cells with Lipofectamine?

I know that efficiency of transfection for primary B cells is very low with Lipofectamine. But I did not try that for EBV immortalized B cells. Do you have any experience with transfection of EBV...

05 February 2021 4,159 1 View