How best to thaw plasma samples for an immunoassay (cytokines)?

When I defrost my plasma samples from -80, I do so on ice, slowly. Then I centrifuge the samples. Upon centrifugation, the plasma samples will have a white sticky substance layer at the top, but...

30 July 2020 4,877 2 View

Different RNAdatase comparison?

Hi, I would like to compare my dataset generated with Illumina system with other datasets published and deposited on GEO. Is free software that allows me to do that? or just R software is enough?

29 September 2019 3,356 3 View

How can I clean glassware from TiO2 nanoparticles?

In my lab we've been synthesizing 10-20 nm TiO2 nanoparticles from Titanium Isopropoxide, and now the glassware, no matter how I clean it with solvents, is marked with a white patina. I could have...

05 May 2019 5,747 10 View

Influenza viruses plaque assay ?

Hi, I want a correct protocol for plaque assay with influenza viruses . I used MDCK CELLS ( 450 000 cell/well ) with different strains and different plates but i didn't see plaque formation but...

17 February 2019 5,686 4 View

Can protein folding affect antibody detection in a western blot?

I have problems with my western blots in that I get no signal. I have tried all the usual changing of ab concentration, different blocking etc but nothing is working. Is it possible that my...

21 October 2018 5,207 6 View

Have anybody here performed an abductive research strategy as a tool for textual interpretation of interviews?

Do you have any concrete suggestes about the methodological tools to handle abduction? I find that sorting an categorizing the data by coding is not satisfactory, and are looking for an...

01 August 2018 3,983 7 View

Is it possible to use regular Tris-Glycine Running buffer (SDS) on a NuPAGE Tris-Acetate 3-8% precast gel?

15 August 2017 8,144 3 View

THP 1 migration

Hi everyone! Do you have any suggestion regarding THP 1 migration assay? How many cells do you plate in a 24 well transwell with 8 um pore size? Incubation time? Thanks!

08 June 2017 6,333 2 View

Protocol for F4/80 IHC on lung samples?

Hi everyone! I am trying to perform IHC for F4/80 (ab6640 abcam) on pfa fixed LUNG samples, but i'm not able to obtain a good staining. Do you know a good protocol? I usually use a concentration...

20 February 2017 2,652 2 View

What is the best method to concentrate PCR product after pooling several samples?

28 June 2015 5,116 11 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

How to quantitative analize the data of TNBS assay for gelatin?

Estemeed colleagues, I found some issues regarding the quantification of the data for TNBS assay. There are different protocols on how to perform that but it is clear to me the "fil rouge" that...

02 March 2021 2,616 1 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

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

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

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

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

How to simultaneously perform multiple biochemical assays?

I am a research scholar working on heavy metal stress on plants. I will be doing biochemical characterisation( protein, carbohydrate, proline, antioxidant enzymes and many more assays) at interval...

01 March 2021 6,999 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