My cell line U87MG is getting detached after splitting, what could be the reason?

Few weeks back there was fungal infection in some of my petri dishes. So, I thoroughly cleaned the incubator using bleach and rectified alcohol, revived fresh stocks, prepared everything fresh and...

07 August 2015 2,580 17 View

How do we calculate scale for microscopic images and how do we add a scale bar to it?

I need to put scale bar in my microscopic images at 100x, 40x, 20x and 10x

04 May 2015 9,390 1 View

Can anyone help me please in calculating the IC50 dose of the drug using the Graph Prism software?

I have followed the tutorial still it is not helpful! please help

02 March 2015 6,915 2 View

Can we perform micronucleus assay without using cytochalasin B?

Since it is a very hazardous chemical I do not want to use it and also it is expensive too.

06 July 2014 1,282 17 View

please anyone give me a good and sensitive protocol for DNA fragmentation to check apoptosis in cancer cell lines

I am not able to repeat results with the previous protocol

04 May 2014 2,341 5 View

Can we perform flow cytometry on -80 frozen samples?

We collected the plants 2 months back and stored them in -80

03 April 2014 9,013 5 View

Under which filter should I view acridine orange and Etbr staining for checking cell viability of cancer cells?

I just want to know the cells should be viewed under which filter.

03 April 2014 576 2 View

I require caspase antibodies, can anyone help?

I require the caspases for western blotting.

02 March 2014 9,439 4 View

Can anyone suggest me a good lab in New Delhi, India where I can perform western blotting and flow cytometry of cancer cells after drug treatment?

I am really frustrated as I cannot perform it in my lab.

01 February 2014 2,089 2 View

How to design primers for EST-SSR Markers?

For differentiating between male and female species of a plant.

01 February 2014 7,055 5 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 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

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 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

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

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View

What could be some reasons why unstimulated monocytes are getting activated?

Im doing PBMC isolation -> CD14+ enrichment using magnetic beads -> stimulation setup. My negative control is just cells in cRPMI but they seem to get activated over and over again.

28 February 2021 7,883 3 View