How to run a mediation analysis with two different samples?

Hi, I tried to run a mediation analysis in which the DV is made up of test scores after a training in the experimental group VS the control group, and in which the mediator is measured by a...

17 November 2020 7,178 3 View

How can I add a chain identifier to a PDB file generated by Phyre2?

I am trying to use DynaMut2 to study stabilizing/destabilizing effects of mutations in a protein. I generated a 3D structure using Phyre2, and it gave me a PDB file without a chain identifier....

22 September 2020 495 11 View

Survey data collection sample purchase - Qualtrics or Dynata?

I am planning for a survey research project (national representative sample for 15 min survey) and am considering which panel/sampling company to use. I have used Dynata before, they are...

22 September 2020 9,334 4 View

Protocol for using Attune NxT Acoustic Focusing Cytometer to detect Ploidy level in leaf tissue?

Hello, I am looking for a detailed protocol to use the Attune NxT Acoustic Flow cytometer to determine ploidy level in plant samples with PI staining. Details for laser, threshold, and...

21 September 2020 8,334 2 View

Can a study have multiple research philosophies ?

I would like to know whether a study can have multiple research philosophy. I am currently studying the influence of ownership on firm performance through regression analysis. I am using case...

19 April 2020 1,073 3 View

How do you define the ontology and epistemology of mixed methods research?

The research which i am doing consists of multiple regression and case studies research. I would like to know whether what i am doing is a mixed methods. Also, what are its ontological and...

08 April 2020 5,457 15 View

Somebody know a fast DNA extraction method for plant for to do in the field?

I am looking found reference about people that has been working the proposed method in this publication: "Nucleic acid purification from plants, animals and microbes in under 30 seconds" from Zou...

10 March 2020 860 2 View

Is there any relevant literature detailing extraction methods of simple sugars from plant material for LC-MS analysis?

For my research, I would like to extract glucose, sucrose, and fructose from the crowns of strawberry plants and quantify these sugars using LC-MS. However, I have not had much luck finding a...

11 February 2020 398 3 View

How do I isolate LC nucleus for cell culture?

I need to isolate LC for primary cell culture? How should I do? What is better: use frozen tissue or fresh tissue?

21 January 2019 9,383 3 View

What happen if I put enzyme on optimum pH and temperature but I did not put any substrate to digest / hydrolyse?

I'm doing BSA test and I need a blank to identify the product of my substrate (which means I can't use water since BSA will read my enzyme as protein as well) ; problem is, once I substract the...

07 November 2018 5,006 3 View

Why does blocking with my immunogenic peptide cause nuclear fluorescence in ICC?

Hi all, I am validating a polyclonal antibody raised against human ANT4, through WB and ICC. In most of my controls, the antibody shows very little off-target binding, but when I pre-incubate the...

03 March 2021 5,999 3 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

Help request in CST microwave?

im working now on TPV solar cells and metamaterials and i realy need our help in CST microwave i have a tpv cell simulation and i want to extract particullarly the absorbtion of only the active...

02 March 2021 2,246 2 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

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