What is the maximum number of reads per one run with NGS?

Does anybody know how many reads are usually generated with Illumina NextSeq? For sequencing plasmid library (100-150 bp per read), for example.

27 September 2020 799 2 View

Hello dear researchers, how do you remove the black foil from the vine nursery?

Hello, how do you remove the black foil from the vine nursery? Attached picture in the file. is there machine way or by hand?

04 September 2020 3,566 2 View

Glioblastoma GL-261 cell line not growing s.c?

Hi has anyone had experiance of GL-261 not growing subcutaneously? I have inoculated 10e6 cells in C57BL/6J female mice and the tumors became palpable after a week cca but have subsequently...

19 February 2020 7,543 2 View

Microplastic extraction from fish guts using soluble filters?

Hi there, I want to isolate microplastic particles from fish guts and water samples. My initial idea was to extract guts from selected specimens and then dissolve the whole guts using 10% KOH...

12 February 2020 4,467 8 View

Why are my glucose levels decreasing very rapidly?

Hello, I'm conducting an IPGTT experiment on WT and KO mice (mice which we have shown to have improved glucose tolerance) and I have a serious issue of glucose levels plummeting after 30-60min....

28 September 2018 962 4 View

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10 December 2015 1,475 1 View

How can I calculate deflection of steel fiber reinforced concrete beams?

How can I calculate deflection of SFRC beams (ordinary and high strength)? Is there ACI or other proposals?

11 May 2015 4,977 14 View

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I need approximately 100 meters of ceramic cord (0,5mm). I need it for attaching extensometer to the tensile specimen when conducting tensile test at elevated temperatures.

10 November 2014 4,572 3 View

What is the best bacterial vector for large inserts (around 50 kb)?

Is it possible to insert 50 Kb of DNA to a bacterial vector and successfully maintain and amplify it in bacteria? If so, what would be the best vector?

12 January 2014 8,832 2 View

Where could I find complete interviews of some convicted Western jihadists?

I am NOT looking for studies on the subject, but actual interviews.

01 January 1970 5,977 2 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 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

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

RIA. How to measure?

When you use RIA, with a control the unknown sample with antibodies, you bare in mind the binding sites of the antibodies. However you still need to measure labelled antigen (radioactive) and not...

28 February 2021 2,133 3 View

Is it possible that Cancer cells could survive in heparinized blood for 48 hours?

Hi everyone, I am just wondering if we incubated 200 microliter of whole blood with 50 microliter of cancer cells(1bout 5000cells) do you think that cancer would survive for 48 hours?

23 February 2021 3,840 3 View

How T cells recognise non-peptide antigens?

This might sound very basic question, but please share with me an explanation of how the T cell is activated when the antigen is not a peptide? What happens? And what are the molecules involved in...

21 February 2021 564 3 View

The PC12 cell line characteristics?

Hello dear scientists, Does the undifferentiated PC12 cell line in terms of chromosome characteristics, proliferation, and drug reactions have the characteristics of cancer cells? Where is it...

21 February 2021 8,945 3 View

What is the minimum number of exosomes/ml to have a good yield of total RNA for Illumina sequencing?

I am using IZON qEV2 columns to isolate exosomes from 100 ml of cancer cell conditioned medium. in NTA analysis I usually see concentration of 2x10^9 particles/ml. But when I proceed with this...

20 February 2021 6,879 3 View

Can the viability assays (ex: MTT/CCK-8) measure cell proliferation? or are they solely viability assays?

I want to conduct a proliferation assay to test a chemotherapy combination on a cancer cell line. At first, I thought about the MTT assay. But now, all sources are saying that these do not measure...

14 February 2021 3,142 7 View