Why does a Nested PCR protocol amplify samples and not amplify positive control?

I have this problem. Today I used a new positive control of an isolated NC-1 strain in cell culture and the problem persists. I performed a serial dilution test to test the sensitivity of the...

08 December 2020 6,252 2 View

How to avoid the formation of traces and dimers in DNA gel electrophoresis?

07 December 2020 3,052 3 View

Is the pipetting order of the positive and negative controls in the PCR important to avoid in a possible contamination?

I have been watching bands form on my negative controls. I have already changed all reagents, optimized the hygiene of materials and the environment and increased care in pipetting.

07 December 2020 9,090 3 View

Best methodology to calculate food footprint in a university campus through students inquiring?

Hello, Considering sustainability and environment negative impacts of animal based products, I would like to calculate food footprint in a Portuguese university campus through students...

05 December 2020 9,098 3 View

How to standardize and obtain a good PCR reaction with samples with a low and variable amount of DNA?

I work with the detection of N. caninum DNA in milk samples in milk samples. The DNA concentrations in my samples range between 2-90 ng / ul. I would like to establish and standardize a final...

01 December 2020 8,792 3 View

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10 November 2020 5,319 3 View

COVID-19, Human behaviour and wildlife impacts?

COVID-19 is causing a radical changes in Human behaviour around the world. Mandatory or voluntary isolation for months, suspension of the active management, etc.These changes will have positive...

24 March 2020 4,039 32 View

There are any component of gram + bacteria cell wall that can be used as a positive control?

Hello, I am going to evaluate the immunomodulatory effect of a gram positive probiotic bacteria in vitro and I need to use a positive control. I was thinking about LPS, but it's a component of...

11 March 2020 7,369 3 View

Can we use disposable gavage needles more than one time?

We use currently a steel gavage needle to deliver the substance to our rats. I once saw someone using a plastic needle, and I gave the idea for my advisor, using the plastic needle to lower stress...

02 March 2020 5,971 2 View

Is Innoscience a reputable research company?

Hi everyone! I received an invitation by email to join Innoscience as a collaborative consultant in Innoscience Research Sdn. Bhd (http://www.innoscience.org/). They claim to be an international...

20 January 2020 5,751 1 View

What are the values needed for gabor filter's parameter for cifar10 data?

Hi, I implemented a code to gabor filter cifar10 data but the images after being filtered and stacked are not clear like the original images. I think the problem is in the way I am using the...

03 March 2021 6,317 1 View

Gel electrophoresis result for total RNA samples, 1.5 Agarose gel was used, How to improve the integrity of RNA?

Gel electrophoresis, RNA degradation, RNA extraction from fresh tissue

02 March 2021 5,433 5 View

What are the most reliable approaches to extract key continuous frames from a video, with complete automation?

I have an input video, of skin (from a microscope that means it is magnified such that blood capillaries are visible). The idea is to extract 15 sec of continuous frames from a video of 1 min,...

02 March 2021 2,735 2 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 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 can extract ciprofloxacin hydrochloride disolve in water er to organic solvent such as dichloromethan or any other solvent?

I need a procedure to extract the ciprofloxacin hydrochloride from aqueous solution by using dichloromethane in detail,. I thank you very much.

01 March 2021 4,306 1 View

Which bacteria are suitable for quorum sensing screening?

I want to find a quorum sensing inhibitor from plant extracts. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. I looked for these strains...

01 March 2021 7,675 3 View

Is it necessary to report effect size (ES) in statistics of biomedical research given that we already report p values routinely?

Pls share your thoughts

01 March 2021 7,330 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

Which reagent is best among 'Dimethylglyoxime" and "Dithiothreitol" for spectroscopic determination of Nickel ?

What I think is Dithiothreitol. As it is water-soluble and does not form a precipitate. But, the thing is it contains sulphur which is quite hazardous to aquatic animals.

01 March 2021 8,374 4 View