Does anyone simulate the supercooling phenomenon of the PCM (COMSOL)?

I have a heat transfer model in the thermal bath (temperature changes in the range 23-33degC), in which a vial with PCM material is immersed (melting temperature is 28degC). During the heating...

03 January 2021 3,548 2 View

My Wright-Giemsa Stain on macrophages isn't showing any cytoplasm, just nucleus. Any tips to improve my staining?

I'm pretty sure they are mostly macrophages since after a 2 hour incubation in M199 they are stuck with pseudopodia. My slides just aren't pretty enough for me. I'm using Fisherbrand Wight-Giemsa...

13 December 2020 5,475 3 View

Any suggestions to avoid the break of resin slices (Technovit 7100) on the microtome blade?

Hi everybody, I am beginning with the inclusion of biological samples (fish larvae) in resin (i.e. Technovit 7100). I am experimenting some troubles during the cut at the microtome (I would like...

16 November 2020 2,373 3 View

How to obtain promoter sequences?

Hi dear fellows, I would like to perform ChIP-PCR on the promoter sequences of genes, but I am not quite sure how to design primers for the promoter sequences. Can someone please help me? My...

20 September 2020 7,371 6 View

Recommended packages or references to combine regional climate models and Holdrige life zones with R?

I want to use R to make regional climate models to analyze changes in Holdridge's life zones. I haven't used R in a long time so I'm kind of outdated and would like to read some references that...

01 July 2020 1,728 4 View

What strategies to use to make distance classes more attractive to students?

In times of pandemic, distance learning has gained strength. What can teachers do to make distance classes more attractive to students?

23 May 2020 8,148 22 View

In your opinion, are bibliographic review articles important and should they be published by scientific journals?

Some journals do not accept review papers because they consider that the theoretical framework is the basis of a research, and not the research itself. Other magazines already accept and encourage...

20 May 2020 7,841 50 View

Metabarcoding fungi in lake sediment cores - advantages/disadvantages of ITS and 18S?

In my PhD, I want to analyse fungal communities in lake sediment cores from Siberia. One of the performed experiments will be a metabarcoding of the fungi. Therefore I am evaluating primers at the...

05 May 2020 3,920 1 View

Which species do you recommend for ecotoxicological tests of industrial effluents containing hydrocarbons?

The question aims to know what types of species are most used in ecotoxicological tests of effluents from industries in the oil sector.

26 April 2020 5,382 21 View

How can I include a second order term in the model?

My hypothesis is that the functional diversity of fish (responsible variable) increases until an optimum level of a gradient of habitat structural complexity (predictor variable), but decreases...

01 April 2020 9,569 4 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel, etched for revealing retained austenite, any help for clarifying?

Hello everyone. Given microstructure image belongs to a 12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel (annealed and tempered). The sample was etched with picral (100 mL ethanol and 4 g picric acid). I...

02 March 2021 4,119 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