Is it possible to remove the cells from a tissue and keep only the extracellular matrix for proteomics?

Hello! I would like to know if there is a way to flush/remove all the cells out of a tissue and keep only the extracellular matrix, in order to analyse its composition using e.g. proteomics....

14 February 2021 1,602 4 View

MHC Rabbit Genome Annotation? Domain annotation of each MHC Rabbit Gene?

I want to find a database(s) or a method where I can find and bulk download all the rabbit MHC genes and domain annotation. In humans using Ensembl, all MHC genes have names and domains but in...

28 January 2021 7,722 2 View

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Hello, I am using Coulomb 3.3. When I try to use the option "Build input from CMT or focal mech. data" I have the next errors: Unrecognized function or variable 'deg2utm'. Error in distance2...

18 January 2021 4,487 4 View

What fluorescent dye can be used in fixed cells for membrane imaging?

07 January 2021 4,802 2 View

QUANTUM INFORMATION: Why a Toffoli gate can be used to obtain any permutation gate?

Hi, i am sudying some quantum computer science and I am really struggling to find an explanation to the question done above. Any kind of help would be wonderfull. Greets.

09 November 2020 4,657 3 View

How to dye the spider gland of a spider to see in fluorescence (488nm)?

I want to use a fluorescence microscope to observe in situ the venom gland of a cleared spider using a 488 nm laser. Any recommendation on what dye to use that would be particularly attached to...

14 October 2020 3,986 10 View

How do you extract DNA from buccal swabs submerged in 70% ethanol using Qiagen DNeasy Blood and Tissue Kit?

Hi, I collected buccal swabs (cotton and foam) from nestlings and adult birds and stored the swabs in 70% ethanol. There are few different protocols on the web but I am wondering if anyone has a...

11 October 2020 6,103 3 View

Has anyone found a way to reliably stain microglia in postmortem frozen brain tissue?

Antibody based approaches aren't working as well as for other cell types, even IBA1 isn't working that well. Does anyone know of a histological/chromogenic stain for microglia? Or any other way?...

13 September 2020 5,927 3 View

Why doesn't my dbRDA show all the environmental variables considered?

I am performing a db-RDA in R using the package Vegan and the function capscale. I have taken into account 24 environmental factors but the program only considerate 7 of this factors. I have 54...

26 August 2020 919 6 View

Tips on reconstitution of lyophilized material with a small volume?

Has anyone got any advice on how to reconstitute lyophilized material, contained in a 3mL glass vial, through an igloo cap, with only 125uL dilution buffer? I find that the volume is so small that...

21 August 2020 4,347 3 View

I need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles that are in ~100 nm size and do high resolution TEM to look at mesopores. what grids should I use?

Need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles using the TEM. Also, need high resolution TEM images to see the mesoporous structure. Kindly suggest what kind of grids to use. Thanks, Shatadru

02 March 2021 1,787 2 View

What pH condition required to coat APTES on silica coated Fe3O4?

It's a hydrolysis reaction, which may produce by either acid or base-catalyzed reaction. so can anybody help me with this, which condition is suitable for this reaction?

26 February 2021 1,760 8 View

My silica gel column dried can I somehoe save the trapped matter?

I tried to separate my substance from a protein in a sillica gel column. By mistake, it dried and cracked. Can I save the trapped substance? Can I repack it ,or at least elute all of the trapped...

22 February 2021 1,789 3 View

Amorphous silica XRD peak at around 10 degree?

21 February 2021 3,417 5 View

Reaction condition to convert NH2 to COOH?

I need to couple Dopamine by NH2 end to silica nanoparticles coated by PEG-NH2, but first i need to convert the PEG-NH2 to COOH by using succinic anhydrous ... can you suggest a reaction condition ?

13 February 2021 2,768 4 View

Extraction of DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel?

Hi everybody, can anybody suggest how to extract DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel (in my case, mosquitoes)? Does anybody know a commericial kit which does that or a particular...

10 February 2021 3,392 4 View

What is the type or grade of ethanol used in SOL-GEL?

I'm preparing materials that will be use in SOL-GEL to produce silica gel, I will use Tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) as precursor, and ethanol as solvent , but when I search to buy ethanol, the...

01 February 2021 5,153 4 View

What is the most efficient way to generate amorphous silica in LAMMPS?

I would like to generate multiple large samples of amorphous silica in LAMMPS. Currently I am generating it by beginning with a lattice of silicon and oxygen atoms and using a melting and...

28 January 2021 6,128 4 View

How best can one separate n-hexane-soluble fraction of plant extract that binds strongly to silica gel columns and what are the possible compounds?

I wanted to elute n-hexane-soluble fraction of a plant extract in a silica gel column using different proportions of dichloromethane/n-hexane. The bands separated visibly initially but moved only...

18 January 2021 9,270 3 View

Is there any special rule to find out possible room-temperature stable silicates' chemical composition, if not crystal structure itself?

Suppose one needs to find out room-temperature stable silicates chemical composition of a particular cation, suppose magnesium. Is there any rule to estimate which stoichiometric values of metal...

13 January 2021 7,385 4 View