Slower migration on SDS-page in complex sample?

Hi all, Is it possible that the migration of my protein is delayed due to the complexity of the sample? When I run a western blot with 1) a protein extract from locust tissue and 2) hemolymph...

03 June 2019 9,926 10 View

Secondary antibody gives same signal as primary?

Hi, After immunoprecipitation and elution, I check the eluate with western blot. If I incubate the blot ONLY with secondary antibody, it gives the same signal as incubatin with primary &...

15 January 2019 3,876 4 View

Western blot on immunoprecipitation eluate detects related protein?

Hello, So, first I perform immunoprecipitation. The eluate is then subjected to immunoblot analysis using an antibody against a related protein (equal size) and gives a band. How sure am I the...

13 November 2018 5,368 7 View

How to separate a complex fluid in a vesicular and non vesicular part

Hello, Is it possible to separate a complex fluid in a vesicular part (containing vesicles / exosomes) and a non - vesicular part, containing other proteins? Many thanks!

28 June 2017 5,515 3 View

Hemolymph extraction pupa stage?

18 October 2016 4,507 2 View

Is there an efficient way to calculate rate constants for vibrational energy transfer in CO2-CO2 collisions, especially near the dissociation limit?

Dear all, I am currently modeling the plasma kinetics in pure CO2 plasmas with a large focus on vibrational kinetics. The plan is to optimize the vibrational kinetics (VV and VT transfer), if...

24 April 2016 7,217 4 View

Does anyone have a good protocol for colony PCR on Stellar competent cells?

I am screening for correct clones after an In-Fusion cloning and transfection in Stellar competent cells. I usually pick up a colony and add it to the PCR-mix (I use HotStart polymerase with an...

01 December 2013 8,550 7 View

What is your perception on using visual analysis or quantitative approaches to evaluate data from single-case research designs (n of 1 trials)?

Results of single-case research designs (i.e., n-of-1 trials) are often evaluated by visually inspecting the time-series graph and computing quantitative indices. A question our research team is...

03 March 2021 687 1 View

How do I increase the yield of my PCR product?

Hello, We would like to increase the yield of our PCR product. We are running a series of PCR reactions that is targeting ~1.1kb sequence. We begin each reaction with ~400pg of template DNA...

02 March 2021 4,029 3 View

How to quantitative analize the data of TNBS assay for gelatin?

Estemeed colleagues, I found some issues regarding the quantification of the data for TNBS assay. There are different protocols on how to perform that but it is clear to me the "fil rouge" that...

02 March 2021 2,616 1 View

Sample dilution for quantitative analysis using ELISA?

If the detection range is in ng/ml but the reference range is in ug/ml for a molecule or protein in serum or plasma .how to dilute and what is the initial volume to be taken for quantitative analysis

02 March 2021 7,670 3 View

Do you know good and user-friendly programs to measure plant quantitative traits?

For my research i will need to measure plant quantitative traits (especially leaves area and roots length, but would be nice to add some more information). I recently discovered...

01 March 2021 5,035 2 View

Does anyone know HRM channel in a 2 plex QIAGEN Rotor- Gene Q qPCR can be used as a separate channel?

I am going to have 3 different probes in my qPCR work that I am going to do. But I realized that the machine we have in the lab is a Rotor-Gene Q 2plex HRM Platform, saying it has green, yellow,...

01 March 2021 8,544 1 View

How to address this issue in the analysis of Real-Time PCR results?

To dear Researchers, I was analyzing a series of concentration for estimation of Real-Time PCR efficiency. The concentration was 1:10. I used MS-excel to evaluate Slope. The result of slope was -8...

01 March 2021 8,683 4 View

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Does anyone have the experience of using Taq Man probes in the QIAGEN Rotar- Gene qPCR machine?

01 March 2021 5,311 1 View

Distribution of particles in metal matrix?

How would define the "good" and "poor" distribution of particles within the matrix. Is there a quantitative solution to assess the distribution of the particles, which then having denotation of...

28 February 2021 7,397 8 View

MiRNA qpcr problem?

Dear All, mirna primer showing some problem in the melting curve? any idea why? As attached is the melting curve. The forward sequence is obtained from miRBase and reverse primer is universal.

28 February 2021 5,008 4 View