What to do with absence of fluorescence label in Fucci2a mouse-derived fibroblast culture?

Dear all, I have harvested fibroblast cells from R26p-Fucci2 mouse embryos (mouse line as described in this paper: https://dev.biologists.org/content/140/1/237) and cultured them on plastic,...

17 February 2021 3,368 2 View

(Scale request) Anyone has the Malay version of Eating Attitude Test-26/40 (EAT-26/40)?

Dear Researchers, My research team is conducting a eating disorder related research in Malaysia and we would like to use the Malay translated version of EAT26/40. I have tried to email the...

24 January 2021 8,925 2 View

Difficult to silence gene?

I have been trying to silence a gene of interest but I could not get silencing efficiencies beyond 50% My method of detection is via RT-qPCR and samples were extracted 48hrs post transfection. Are...

09 January 2021 3,404 4 View

There are prominent crystal formation in my cell culture dish, what are the possible causes and how to get rid of them?

17 December 2020 3,093 4 View

What corporate social responsibilities do social media companies have in relation to the use of psychographic profiling in advertising ?

What are the responsibilities of CSR ? What social media companies have done to protect the privacy or information of their users ?

12 October 2020 433 5 View

May I know is Triple Negative cell line MDA-MB-468 is auto fluorescence ?

I am doing immunofluorescence using MDA-MB-468 cell to determine ICAM-1 and E-cadherin with Santa Cruz Biotechnology ICAM-1 (G-5) mouse anti-human (Primary antibody), Santa Cruz Biotechnology...

27 August 2020 1,641 4 View

Can anti-Fas (anti-CD95) be used to prepare apoptotic cancer cell as antigens for DC to present antigen?

Researchers usually used irradiation (such as x-ray) to induce cancer cell apoptosis to prepare available antigens for DC to uptake that present the antigen to T cells. Can other apoptotic methods...

26 August 2020 5,445 4 View

How to generat a ASCII format data in GIS?

Dear you all: Recently i met with such a problem: i tryed to generate a ascii format buffer in gis, but i failed because it's headers are different from the research data. Failed result are shown...

11 August 2020 5,040 3 View

Removal of dead cells before harvesting for Proteomics?

Dear all, I am culturing some suspension cell lines. I am planning to perform proteomics (LC-MS/MS) experiments on them. Unlike adherent cells (viable cells are adhering to the substrate and...

03 March 2020 2,329 3 View

Enrichment of AHA-tagged proteins: Should I use DBCO- or Alkyne-based methods?

Dear colleagues, I would like to seek your kind advice on click chemistry enrichment of azidohomoalanine (AGA)-tagged proteins. From literature, I learned that there are 2 main avenues, either...

18 February 2020 8,725 2 View

Covid 19 Pandemic ' impact on digital transformation?

Covid 19 Pandemic and digital transformation

22 February 2021 3,351 5 View

What are the best cations for preparing competent cells, Ca2+ or Mg2+?

I have been reading various articles and most state that treatment with CaCl2 produces higher efficiency of transformation than MgCl2. Can anyone explain why Ca2+ is better than Mg2+ at...

16 February 2021 8,519 5 View

Is the logarithmic transformation a necessary step in time series analysis ?

Hello, I'm checking if the log-tranformation of time series data is a necessary step; We all know the aim of such transformation, but in every study (in time series analysis) we found the authors...

15 February 2021 5,655 14 View

How much amount of DNA (ligation mix) should I use for transformation?

Hi Fellow Scientists! I am trying to clone my 300 bp insert into a 6 kb vector. I run a few different ligation reactions using (1:3 vector: insert molar ratios) 10, 20,30, and 40 ng/ul vector...

15 February 2021 9,563 6 View

How to produce huge amount of protoplasts from Fusarium graminearum?

Hi, all I am using some protocol for protoplast production from Fusarium graminearum (Fg), but I need them in a huge amount. Sometimes the protocol worked well but most of the time failed....

14 February 2021 2,286 4 View

How to measure 50uL of cells?

Hello, I am planning to do a transformation, and on the protocol it says "Scrape a 50 ml volume of yeast from the YPAD plate using a sterile inoculating loop or sterile toothpick". But I can...

14 February 2021 6,247 3 View

Mixed ANOVA with some normal and some non-normal data?

I am looking to run a 2x5 Mixed ANOVA to examine Sensory Processing Sensitivity in Highly Sensitive People (HSP) and Non_HSP. My Between-Subjects factor is HSP and Non-HSP. All participants tested...

11 February 2021 1,445 6 View

What could be the cause to have an E.coli DH10B transformed with pUC18 to grow in MKL + ampicillin but is not LAC+?

Hello everyone, I did a transformation of E. coli DH10B using pUC18 plasmid. The bacterias did grow on MKL medium with ampicillin but the colonies showed a white/pink colour and the medium was...

08 February 2021 9,720 3 View

After transformation of Dh5alpha competent cells I found a cloudy white ppt before plating. Can anyone explain this?

After transformation of Dh5alpha cells by heat shock I grew them at 37 in 200microlitre Terrific Broth (because I had it at hand) and then before plating I found cloudy white ppt in the cell...

03 February 2021 7,867 3 View

Can you suggest some plant transformation vectors that I can use for the expression of GFP/YFP-tagged protein of my interest?

I want to generate stable Arabidopsis transgenic lines expressing my protein of interest fused with GFP/YFP under the control of its native promoter. I want this for localization studies. Please...

23 January 2021 2,790 3 View