LPS- free M1 macrophage differentiation?

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Why am I not able to use all VEP programs for the in silico analysis of avpr1b SNP's?

Good day researchers I am busy analysing the predicted effects of certain SNP's in AVPR1b. When using the VEP prediction programs (SIFT, Polyphen, FATHMM, LRT, Provean, Mutation Assessor, and...

28 February 2021 5,197 1 View

Can I use a likert survey for criterion sampling in a qualitative study or would that make it mixed methods?

I am doing a phenomenographic study on the reading experiences of avid v. Neutral v. Non-Readers. If I use a likert survey to criterion sample for participants, does that make it a mixed method...

09 February 2021 8,594 3 View

When is it optimal to choose an OFAT (One factor at a time) design over DOE (design of experiment)?

As a current undergraduate student majoring in Microbiology who is still learning DOE (Design of experiment) on my own, I have heard and read that an OFAT design is considered the most inefficient...

29 January 2021 8,256 3 View

Lighting for open field test behavior assay?

I am currently setting up our lab's behavioral space to run the open field test in rats, and I am trying to figure out how to set up lighting to evenly illuminate the open field chamber (a 90 cm x...

26 January 2021 1,399 3 View

Why is my blot transfer bad now?

I had been having beautiful blot transfers, but in the last few days I have ran into issues where there is high background staining and poor band resolution. The background staining is very...

23 December 2020 670 3 View

How/where to provide a dataset?

If someone has collected a large useful dataset that could be useful to social science research, gender research, a specific industry sector in business, and possibly business students or those...

05 October 2020 9,236 6 View

Does amelanotic B16-F10 cells give rise to black toumour nodles when injected in mice?

I am culturing B16-F10 cells in RPMI as these cells tend to die when cultured in DMEM high glucose. When cultured in RPMI, cells are amelanotic. If I inject these amelanotic cells in vivo (i.v.),...

02 September 2020 3,524 1 View

Why do 293T cells starts dying after lentiviral transfection?

I have a lentiviral transfection protocol on 293T cells that has been working for years, but for the past few months, my 293T cells starts de-attaching from the plate. I finally figured out it was...

16 August 2020 6,647 3 View

Any ideas on where to look to for organization theory that speaks to why people join organizations?

I am studying place attachment. Place attachment is usually examined by looking at place and the emotional connection individuals have with place. However, I am interested in learning about how...

11 June 2020 9,483 7 View

What are some of your favorite mixed-methods studies related to environmental management and citizen science/stewardship?

I'd like to learn more about interesting environmental management and citizen science/stewardship studies that combine both quantitative and qualitative methods.

25 May 2020 4,994 1 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Which polarizers are usually used to measure the birefringence of zebrafish muscles?

I already found several publications on that topic, however, the specifications for the used filters are often missing. Some more specific information than "fish is placed between to polarizing...

23 February 2021 1,934 1 View

How to calculate the Atomic Polar Tensor using DFT ?

Dear friends, I am a beginner at DFT calculation. I have done a structure optimization using DFT- B3LYP/6-31G*, Nevertheless, I don't know How to calculate the Atomic Polar Tensor (APT) in...

17 February 2021 9,082 3 View

Macrophages in culture not growing/ dying or detaching . Why ?

Hello, I am an undergraduate student doing my dissertation, where I isolate PBMCs from leucocyte cones in order to plate monocytes and allow for macrophage differentiation. Although the numbers...

09 February 2021 5,334 8 View

Rat Macrophage Markers for Flow Cytometry?

Hello, I'm trying to identify good putative macrophage markers for flow cytometry in rats.

04 February 2021 3,913 4 View

Can anyone help me with doing resorption pit assay on biomaterials for 28 days?

I culture RAW 264.7 cells on my samples and differentiate them to osteoclasts with RANKL. I want to do resorption pit assay by culturing cells for 28 days. My problem is that the macrophages keep...

01 February 2021 6,746 2 View

What M1 and M2 markers can I use for flow cytometry ?

Hi, I'm a student and I'm doing an internship. I need to asses the M1 and M2 populations of a culture using flow cytometry. From my researches, I know that this is subject to some controversy, as...

26 January 2021 299 3 View

Should I make 2 helical antennas? One for 2.4 GHz and another for 5.8 GHz?

Should I make 2 antennas, one for 2.4 GHz and one for 5.8 GHz? How should I approach the problem if I want to design the antennas which cover 400 and 900 MHz and 2.4 and 5.8 GHz? All together in...

26 January 2021 906 3 View

What are the validation parameters for RAW BLUE macrophages 264.7?

Currently, I am working with RAW BLUE cell lines to check the SEAP expression on addition of TLR ligands? Method developed for different TLR ligands. How experiments can design for validations?...

24 January 2021 589 2 View

SPSS - PLUM: Shall I introduce binary variables as covariates?

I am doing an analysis of interaction effects, using PLUM in SPSS. My question is if the binary variables, that i have constructed to analyze the interaction effects, should be introduced as...

17 January 2021 8,217 4 View