Why are my western blot bands are think and faint?

Hi, my western blot bands are appearing at the correct molecular weight but are very thin and faint, making it difficult to distinguish difference in expression for shrna samples. Conditions...

04 January 2021 9,204 4 View

How to purify GABA from microbes?

I am working on neurotransmitter from microbes .

26 January 2018 651 1 View

Can anyone help with co-transfection of miR overexpression with its target?

In order to see the functional activity of my miR-over expressing constructs, I did a co-transfection of the over-expressing plasmid with its target reporter. I could hardly see much difference...

10 June 2014 5,725 5 View

Why should additional NaCl be added for nuclear protein extraction (nfkb isolation)?

I am trying to isolate a nuclear protein NF-kB from raw cells in order to do a western blot. I have searched some protocol for nuclear isolation and finally came up with one. But in that...

11 April 2014 2,153 3 View

What is the protocol for isolating NF-kB?

Hi, I am trying to isolate a nuclear protein, NF-kB, from raw cells in order to do a western blot. Can anyone suggest a protocol for isolating this nuclear protein? Thanks in advance, Sabna

25 March 2014 4,138 2 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

Joint behaviour in Abaqus is not captured well?

I am working on roof joint and trying to simulate the behaviour in Abaqus. I am successful in running the model but the final graph does not follow the experimental curve in the negative direction...

01 March 2021 6,661 3 View

Dapi fluorescence protocol for colon cell lines ?

28 February 2021 2,534 2 View

POlymer+DMSO solution and moisture??

What could be the reason of moisture at the sides of Vial when I am preparing my polmyer+DMSO solution for membrane fabrication? What etiquettes I am possibly missing here?

28 February 2021 6,516 5 View

Concrete compressive strength databases?

I am looking for datasets similar to this one: http://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Concrete+Compressive+Strength I am looking for concretes with different types of aggregates (Recycled,...

27 February 2021 6,801 3 View

IF troubleshooting: looking at an intracellular protein that localizes to the cell's and how to reduce increase in signal due to cell ruffles?

I am currently trying to stain for PI3KBeta in MDA-MB-231 cells. My current issue is that 1) beta stains all over the cell and 2) there is an increase in signal at the edge of the cell and this...

24 February 2021 8,582 1 View

Cloudy/high background western blot - can anyone help me?

Hi everyone! I try to detect VDR protein (~48 kDa) using Western Blot. After SDS-PAGE using 10% MP TGX Stain-Free Gel from BioRad I transferred the protein onto an metOH activated PVDF membrane...

23 February 2021 6,266 3 View

How to formulate Energy minimization in Molecular dynamics simulation for alloys using meam potential?

during MD simulation, the atoms are not moving as per required. The problem (as per my observation) lies in energy minimization technique. upon application of tensile strain in x or y direction,...

22 February 2021 380 5 View

What are effects of steel jacketing on flexural strength?

Dear all, If steel jacketing is used to retrofit a reinforced-concrete (RC) column, can we use it to improve flexural strength? I understand that we leave gaps between the ends of the jacket and...

22 February 2021 1,906 5 View