How to calculate visual angle of a visual stimulus?

I am currently trying to figure out how to calculate the visual angle of some visual stimuli I used in an experiment. I think I have all of the information I need to calculate this. One is a...

15 February 2021 3,189 2 View

Having trouble with qPCR amplification plots. My curve's never seem to reach a plateau. Any ideas?

The parameters of the curve all seem acceptable, typically reactions results are above 0.9852, -3.1 to -3.6 slope, and 90-110% reaction efficiency. The results seem to be what I would expect from...

04 February 2021 1,138 3 View

How to make sure self-ligation of a linear plasmid?

I want to ligate a linear 1.7kbp plasmid with the EcoRI sites at two sides, but when I use the quick ligase kit from NEB to test the ligation efficiency it is hard to ligate it. Is there anyone...

08 December 2020 3,442 3 View

What effect does light have on the SLS plant tissue decelluarization process?

does it speed it up?

29 November 2020 6,168 3 View

Significant degradation of RNA in RNAlater storage at 4C for longer than a month?

I misread the amount of time that RNA was stable in RNA later at 4 C as several months instead of a month. I have e zebrafish samples that have taken me a 2 months to collect and they have been...

23 October 2020 8,085 3 View

How to present the results of a binary logistic regression for an ecological paper?

I conducted a binary logistic regression using the glm function in R. My binary predictor is the presence or absence of my study species. I have two significant variables but am just not sure what...

19 October 2020 5,398 3 View

Basic question - how to make a cell dissociation buffer?

Dear All, I'm looking to make a cell dissociation buffer from lyophilised collagen I (Gibco, 12648010). The protocols I've been looking at all specify concentrations of enzymes in terms of...

06 October 2020 506 3 View

What is the best way to perform a serial dilution of E.coli, when the culture is starting on a solid media (LB)?

I have an LB growth media plate with E.coli on it. I want to dilute the culture. I am working with 3M Coliform detection plates, and I want to get a solution of E.coli diluted enough to grow...

27 August 2020 3,043 3 View

Why fluorescence signal drops during thermal shift assay?

I am performing a TSA to investigate binding of a ligand to the protein by performing a serial dilution of ligand against same conc. of protein (~2uM). Interestingly at low ligand conc the...

02 August 2020 3,167 1 View

Writing specific contact surface behaviour using Userinter.F in ANSYS?

Hello, Is there anybody who has experience developing any user subroutine using Userinter.F for contact simulations in ANSYS? Any advise and example would be appreciated highly. thanks a lot

21 February 2020 6,495 1 View

Waters 2707 HPLC autosampler problem?

I am using a 2707 waters HPLC device. When I try to inject a sample, it says missing plate or rack. I changed the needle and calibrated its position but I still get the same problem. I even get...

02 March 2021 1,408 1 View

Any research papers for extraction of nutrient deprivation on macroalgae? Analysed by HPLC-UV and GC/MS. Possibly from macroalgae genus Rhizoclonium?

I am doing my thesis on the nutrient deprivation on the macroalgae Rhizoclonium sp. I will be analysing the levels over a period of roughly 5 days by HPLC-UV and GC/MS. I will be using seawater as...

28 February 2021 6,477 1 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

How to Eliminate cosine error and abbe error in LASER measurement system(for example Rhenishaw XL80)?

I like to do project in laser measurement system. My objective is to eliminate or reduce the cosine error, abbe error in Laser measurement system. I have Rhenishaw XL80 system. Please tell the...

28 February 2021 4,890 3 View

How to measure angle between laser travel path and machine axis in Laser Measurement system?

25 February 2021 1,987 3 View

How can we theoretically calculate Elemental analysis(percentage) of atoms in covalent organic framework?

For example in one research article the Elemental analysis values of COF-TpPa-1 ( Triformylphloroglucinol (Tp) (63 mg, 0.3 mmol), Paraphenylenediamine (Pa-1) (48 mg, 0.45 mmol) are as follows...

24 February 2021 1,265 6 View

Do you kow of any database containing data on retention time, log P and polarizability for a large number of molecules?

Hi, I am a chemistry undergraduate doing my dissertation project on HPLC. In my project, I need to predict the HPLC retention time of 20 aromatic molecules, the calibration set. To do this I will...

24 February 2021 2,602 1 View

Any easy method of analyzing vitamin D in foods by HPLC?

Looking for method of extracting and analyzing vitamin D in foods by HPLC

24 February 2021 7,524 7 View

What HPLC Marker(s) should be used to detect anthocyanins in a sample?

What HPLC Marker(s) or standard is used to detect and quantify anthocyanins such as Delphinidin, Cyanidin in a given sample of plant extract?

23 February 2021 1,832 4 View

What does it require to be ready for e-Commerce in developing countries?

Most developing countries are not ready for e-Commerce? What dimensions and indicators are there to measure e-commerce readiness of a nation? Please share framework or model and evaluation...

22 February 2021 8,132 6 View