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What is the best way to make antibodies against DNA and DNA-RNA hybrids?

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What are rigorous assays to measure the impact of a given enzyme and its inctivation on mutation rates, patterns, and signatures?

I am intersted in measuring the impact of specific enzymes and their inactivating mutations on genome instability and on the mutation burden in human cells and cancers. I want experiment ways to...

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Are scientific meetings a net expense that should be limited or do they save research time and money?

Many institutions are limiting travel and meeting attendance with the idea of saving money. Yet, I think meetings always save research money for me. I find that when I attend meetings the...

10 November 2017 2,284 4 View

What are the best ways to detect dsDNA in the cytoplasm?

re there specific stains and fluorescent methods to detect dsDNA in the cytoplasm of cells? Are these quantitative? What are the best controls and methods to validate dsDNA in cytoplasm?

09 October 2017 5,379 1 View

Given the issues with journal impact factors, would it be helpful to have some type of author-based metrics or impact factors or not?

Since the use of journal impact factors as frequently used to evaluate researh quality has been criticised for many reaons, might it be useful to devise mertics based upon a given author's impact....

11 December 2016 2,084 3 View

'What methods have you found to be effective for increasing your lab's productivity?

With decreased funding for scientific research there is a compelling need to make the most efficient progress possible without sacrificing rigor or impact. I would value hearing what you have...

07 August 2016 6,219 2 View

What are the best ways to cross-link proteins to DNA?

I have a protein that binds DNA bubbles and that I think is a dimer on DNA. I do not know if one or two subunits bind to DNA. I would like to cross-link subunits adjacent to DNA (bound) to see...

07 August 2016 1,607 2 View

How can we best teach students to answer questions where they have not learned the answer?

We largely teach students and then ask them questions that we taught them how to answer. In science and many other areas of life, one wishes to address and answer questions where you have not...

06 July 2016 6,678 2 View

What do you see as the major contributions that will come from cry-electron miscopy in the next decade?

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What are good ways to efficiently measure methane binding?

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How can I prepare virus for a TEM or SEM imaging?

I have virus (viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus) in suspension and the experiment will not involve cells. What level of TCID50 is preferred?

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Is there a problem with my RNA pellet?

Hello, I am currently having problems with RNA extraction. I am using mouse liver (C57BL6J), and I have extracted RNA from mouse liver before. Before this experiment, my final RNA pellets were...

11 August 2024 7,082 3 View

Handling Missing Data and Building a Predictive Model with Incomplete Information ?

I am developing a predictive model for a water supply network that involves 20 influencing points. However, I only have historical data for 10 out of these 20 points. I would like to know how to...

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Strugglling with m6A dot blot any suugesstion ?

I have been doing the m6A dot blot for a while with no improvement, I am extracting the RNA, and I can see the dots although the three biological replicas give a different reading on the memberan...

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Is it possible to use the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) to additively manufacture interconnected porous structure generation of >100-200 micrometer?

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How to define an anisotropic material with asymmetric elastic compliance/stiffness matrix in ANSYS APDL?

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RNA Extraction Using Hot Borate Method No Longer Working?

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08 August 2024 9,882 2 View

How can I apply boundary conditions in an orthotropic steel deck numerical model using ABAQUS software?

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Does Anyone have expertise in in vitro transcription and RNA pull down assay?

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07 August 2024 6,622 1 View

Can you suggest reliable sources defining "3D mesh" and "3D city models"?

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06 August 2024 9,986 2 View

John Tainer

thank you

Amit V Pandey

YASARA Dock works.

Amar Deep

HDOCK worked in our case.

Best,

Amar

Avinash S. Punekar

Dear John,

I have used HADDOCK (http://www.bonvinlab.org/software/haddock2.2/) - information-driven felxible docking approach for modelling protein-protein, protein-nucleic acid and protein-ligand complexes. The results include additional scripts for further analysis and scoring, which is very helpful.

Best wishes,

Avinash