Isolation of naive mouse T cells, should I positively select on CD62L after I negatively select?

Does anti-CD62L antibody lead to some form of signaling on the naive T cells?

07 August 2018 2,772 2 View

Why can AF488 and BV510 be used together?

I see that their emission spectrum overlaps entirely, but I've seen this combination being used, apparently successfully.

07 August 2018 4,900 6 View

Can I use anti-CD11c-PE and anti-TCRb-PE in the same staining panel since they are expressed on different cells?

Can I use anti-CD11c-PE and anti-TCRb-PE in the same staining panel since they are expressed on different cells?

06 July 2018 2,055 1 View

Setting voltage for compensation control vs actual samples?

I am newbie to flow cytometry. I use a LSR fortessa with FACSDiva software. When I run compensation controls, I have to set the voltages for each comp control to minimize the histogram overlaps...

11 December 2017 2,749 0 View

Do I need to run compensation controls for the same panel every time?

I am quite new to flow so I was just wandering if I have to do it every time. Seems I can use previous compensation setting.

10 November 2017 3,514 2 View

Not enough cells for FMO control, what's the alternative?

Is there an alternative to FMO controls if you don't have enough cells for FMO controls?

10 November 2017 8,443 3 View

I see "free acid" on HEPES bottle on some brands but not others, what does it mean?

see question

09 October 2017 509 0 View

Do FMO controls need same number of cells as actual samples?

I am flowing a lot of cells per sample

09 October 2017 2,419 3 View

What is the best digestive enzyme solution to digest mouse thymus for single cell suspension?

I want to look at dendritic cells by flow cytometry. I've been using Collagenase IV plus DNase I in blank RPMI1640 media.

06 July 2017 7,123 2 View

Does anyone have experience doing IHC for FFPE mouse ear? How do you keep the tissue from falling apart?

The blocks were cut into 6um sections and let float in 43C water bath before scooping up with microscope slide (time in water approx

31 December 2015 2,683 4 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

What is the characteristic length to determine the Reynolds number for the scattered turbulent fluid flow?

Dear all, I just saw this example in FB on the difference between laminar flow and turbulent flow. The flow from a pipe hits the sink and scattered. The flow from the pipe is characterized as...

02 March 2021 1,999 5 View

How to calculate BREQ 3 questionnaire?

how to calculate BEHAVIOURAL REGULATION IN EXERCISE QUESTIONNAIRE BREQ 3 ,which contain 24 questions and each question has 5 answers (0- Strongly disagree , 1-disagree, 2- Neither agree nor...

02 March 2021 811 3 View

I am interested in medicinal chemistry field, which books are highly recommended to learn from?

I am at the beginner level in drug design and drug discovery, and I am interested to learn more about this field. Which books are highly recommended to start from and gives me all essential...

02 March 2021 8,437 2 View

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

Could any one guide me, to write research proposal for grant? ?

We have one plant, the local people using this for controlling blood sugar, the toxicity and antidiabetic activity of the plant is not reported yet, please guide from whag should be the process ?...

02 March 2021 2,300 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 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

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