Share a copy of RaFD Dataset?

I tried to get this dataset from the original link but no one approved my requests for weeks. Can someone share with me a private link to use? You can send it to my institutional email:...

14 February 2021 1,908 1 View

Help with Amyloid beta detection protocol (western-blotting)?

Hi everyone, I am a first year PhD student working on amyloidosis. I would like some tips and tricks to crack efficiently my current nightmare, i.e. the western blotting of the Amyloid beta and...

11 February 2021 2,513 3 View

Does viral RNA extraction from nasopharyngeal swabs require pre-centrifugation with supernatant collection?

06 February 2021 323 3 View

Aspen plus (hydrometallurgy set-up) & reactions solid-liquid ?

I have to simulate a hydrometallurgical process where there are the following phases: - leaching (solid-liquid reactions) - cementation (solid-liquid reactions) - electrowinning (energy ) -...

30 January 2021 9,225 3 View

How to prediction non-visible parts of microscopic pictures?

Dear all, I like to ask if someone has experience with evaluating pictures towards the prediction of non-visible parts. I have confocal-laser-scanning microscopic pictures of yeast cells and want...

28 December 2020 4,309 11 View

Coronal or Sagittal mouse brain sections to visualise vessels?

Hello, I am a first year PhD student and I am working on Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). I would like to investigate the presence of my proteins of interest in a CAA/Alzheimer's disease mouse...

05 December 2020 907 3 View

What is the cleanest / best way to handle different software dependencies / configurations?

Dear RG users, I noticed that several toolboxes developed for python are compatible with some specific releases and not with others and in general there is a precise set of tools defining the...

30 November 2020 4,545 5 View

Why maximum allowable limits for toxic metals or heavy metals in agricultural soils vary among countries and institutions?

For example, the maximum allowable limit for USEPA in agricultural soils are very low when compared to Tanzania's maximum allowable limits see figure below. Does this can affect the management...

23 November 2020 5,052 10 View

What is the best way to get organoids of the same size?

I would like to get organoids of the same size. We filter organoids using a 100 um filter and then pass that filtrate through a 40 um filter followed by flipping the 40 um filter. Then we wash the...

22 November 2020 9,391 3 View

How to match Matplotlib color mapping in a R ggscatter plot (or ggplot)?

I created this shinyapp and am having a hard time seeing the image I thought I was...

13 October 2020 223 2 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Does anyone have a recommendation for yeast reporter gene plasmid/protocol?

Hi, could anyone recommend a plasmid and/or protocol for reporter gene assay in S. cerevisiae? I want to assess the effect of growth conditions on a transcription factor, so I want to clone it`s...

01 March 2021 210 1 View

What are the countries most affected by extreme rainfall as a result of climate change?

Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all associated to climate change, have increased wildfires. Decreasing water supplies, declined agricultural yields, health impacts in cities owing to...

01 March 2021 7,168 9 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 cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Why might my GFP tag be dissociating from my plasmid after transfection?

I have a set of stably transfected cell lines all transfected with plasmids containing GFP tags on the C terminus. During a western blot using anti-GFP antibody, one of my plasmids has dissociated...

01 March 2021 9,310 4 View

How to accurately quantify chitin?

Hi all, I have been working on the quantification of chitin in insect samples and feed for a while but I can notice that the quantification methods (e.g. exposure to HCl, NaOH, and weighing sample...

01 March 2021 1,843 2 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

Expression cloning by using cDNA,do I need to modify the cDNA first?

I am going to have a expression cloning of mammalian gene by using shuttle plasmid to transforming the E.coli However I don't know I should only inserting the Coding sequence ,or I can...

28 February 2021 5,440 3 View