Has anyone had luck using cell lines other than HEK 293 (such as COS1) to package lentivirus?

I am looking to package lentivirus in endothelial cells but I am opposed to using 293 cells due to personal ethics regarding the source. I have done some reading and saw that COS1, COS7, & CHO...

25 February 2021 3,030 1 View

What is a good reagent for lentiviral plasmid transfection in HeLa cells?

I have been using Lipofectamine 2000 but was hoping there may be a better protocol or one for something like Lipofectamine PLUS reagent.

24 February 2021 1,633 4 View

Hi, Good day! Do you have related studies about my title, "Factors Affecting the Senior High School Students' Stress Tolerance in Problem Solving"?

I am new researcher. I want to learn more and I need your help. Thank you.

04 February 2021 6,834 4 View

What estimation method is suitable for panel data with a dummy variable on the independent variable?

I am currently researching the effect of mobile banking availability on bank profitability for 2015 - 2019. My data is a data panel with n = 30 and T = 5 (N = 150 data). In my model there are 8...

03 December 2020 1,684 4 View

How valuable would it be to be able to detect microshorts in Li batteries during manufacturing?

I know about a non-contact technique that can generate 2D maps of tiny internal currents--such as might occur because of microshorts--inside a pouch or prismatic cell. Potentially, this could...

21 November 2020 6,392 2 View

How many samples/measurements do I need for certain a sensitivity & specificity?

I'm taking some measurements using Raman spectroscopy of healthy pig eye samples using a new excitation wavelength and my supervisor said to choose a sample size to allow for spec/sens of 85%....

01 November 2020 8,611 6 View

Efficiently transfecting HeLa Cells?

I am currently looking to transfect HeLa cells using lentivirus and Lipofectamine 2000 and have been looking for cited protocols. Would anyone have any that they are willing to share?

31 October 2020 5,639 2 View

How to compute the effects in half fractions?

Greetings, I'm doing a screening design and want to allow for lack of fit. I need replications so I want to add four additional points to my dataset. Rather than use center runs I use corner...

11 October 2020 9,672 1 View

Which of the ff. solvent is more effective to use as a bactericidal agent in antimicrobial testing of staphylococcus species, ethanol or methanol?

The antimicrobial activity testing of staphylococcus species.

02 October 2020 6,996 7 View

How to get pure recombinant virus with plaque purification ?

We are working on getting pure desired gene transfected virus. We used YFP fluorescences tags to distinguish the virus with or without gene replaced. Using PCR testing, we always have wild type...

01 August 2020 2,087 1 View

Could you recommend any books about Number Theory?

Beginner level books. High level books. Analytical Number Theory. Algebraic Number Theory. Combinatorical Number Theory. Books about partitions. Books about primes.

03 March 2021 7,174 5 View

Arena simulation - how do i model the following model in ARENA (see description) (new to ARENA)?

Hello, I'm fairly new to ARENA and I have the following problem: I have two queues in which, in each queue, a different order type arrives (both having an arrival rate of exponential 10). Order...

02 March 2021 2,431 3 View

What is Flat Lens Antenna?

28 February 2021 5,433 3 View

Can impedance of antenna be less than 50 ohms?

I am simulating helix antenna in hfss, right now, giving excitation with 50 ohms port. When I see the results of Z parameter (real). It shows lower than 50 ohms. Do not understand, if it can be...

27 February 2021 4,218 7 View

What are the application of Fixed points thoery in Chemistry.?

It is said that fixed point theory has lot of applications not in the field of mathematics only but also in various areas. So I am looking for applications in Chemistry only..

26 February 2021 3,533 1 View

How to interpolate from a time-series database ?

Hi, I am having trouble with a problem, in the field of Optimal Control and the generation of optimal time-series. Let's consider a system, whose dynamics are represented by dx/dt =...

24 February 2021 9,105 2 View

How to constrain genetic algorithm input u?

My real system (buck converter) can only take an input of 0 to 1 (duty ratio) and I need to constrain the system so the controller action keeps within this bounds. How can I do this? The code for...

22 February 2021 2,125 3 View

Helix antenna coupling problem?

Dealing with a helix antenna, made with flexible material and not rigid like using a PCB board or wire. At the beginning of the helix is too close to the ground plane, causing coupling. How can I...

21 February 2021 4,453 3 View

How to calculate the Atomic Polar Tensor using DFT ?

Dear friends, I am a beginner at DFT calculation. I have done a structure optimization using DFT- B3LYP/6-31G*, Nevertheless, I don't know How to calculate the Atomic Polar Tensor (APT) in...

17 February 2021 9,082 3 View

Is there a way to use waveguide ports for circular antenna design in CST?

Hi, whenever i use circular array i get this error "Waveguide ports must be aligned with Cartesian coordinate planes for the transient solver" Does anyone use circular array with waveguide ports?...

09 February 2021 3,609 8 View