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Dear colleagues, In my experience, some evaluations received in the peer review process of journals, often include criticisms based on the QUANTITY of examples you can claim you have in a...

06 November 2019 8,055 4 View

A quick immunology question: Does this immunology graph seem correct?

Hi!! I have created a graph about the immune response in healthy and AD skin for S. aureus. Could I please ask if it should be a table or a figure? Does the pathway look correct? Shall I make it...

20 October 2019 1,706 3 View

Is there a "gold standard" for amino acid derivatization for LC/MS analysis?

We've recently started using a single quad LC/MS system (Shimadzu LC/MS-2020, for what it's worth) for mouse plasma AA analysis (the 20 common EAA and NEAA). Pre-column derivatization seems to be...

01 January 2019 1,398 5 View

50-50 dilution in elisa is better than no dilution?

Hi, I have been doing HBD-3 Elisa with highest sample concentration 50-50 dilution. I heard that 50-50 is better than adding 100uL of your sample, because you take into account the diluent as...

15 September 2018 3,118 3 View

Transformation efficiency in Corynebacterium glutamicum using GG ligation mix?

What steps can I take to increase the transformation efficiency of electroporated Cg? When transforming with a plasmid from E. coli, the efficiency is very high and I have ample colonies to choose...

25 July 2018 5,889 1 View

Has anyone identified the compound 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, mono (2-ethylhexyl) ester in plant material?

I have found 3 citations where it has been extracted from plant material but I would need to know if someone else has found it since in my samples it is in a percentage higher than 20%

14 May 2018 480 3 View

De-salting methods without losing any proteins?

Hi, I am looking for methods of removing the salt from a solution, without using buffer exchange dialysis, or spinning down using membranes, so that no proteins are lost, no matter how small they...

28 March 2018 1,356 3 View

WB to detect Gft2h4, I don't have the band, but I have a perfect band on the control (H3), 4 different Ab tried and dot blot to, any suggestion about?

I'm doing WB to detect Gtf2h4 in mice's thymus and spleen. I used 4 different Ab from different companies and no one seems to work, but the positive control (histone 3) was perfect. I tried with...

19 October 2017 764 2 View

Protocol for bacteria competition assays?

Hi, I would like to perform competition assays for two staphylococcal strains with and without reagents in order to see which one grows better. Do you have any protocol for this? I was thinking of...

25 October 2016 5,616 2 View

How do I dissolve D-Aspartic Acid and Ala-Phe for MICs?

19 October 2016 4,587 3 View

What are the most reliable approaches to extract key continuous frames from a video, with complete automation?

I have an input video, of skin (from a microscope that means it is magnified such that blood capillaries are visible). The idea is to extract 15 sec of continuous frames from a video of 1 min,...

02 March 2021 2,735 2 View

How to code open-ended questions in SPSS?

Hello all, In SPSS I am going to code 2 open-ended questions. I have already read all the answers and I made a list of the most important categories to which I can code the answers. This question...

02 March 2021 1,757 4 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

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

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

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

How to eliminate Steady state error from Reinforcement learning genetic algorithm code?

The following code (see 1st 2 images attached) is used to produce PID controller values that are designed to control the system (G). The code finds the PID controller values (noted as k) by using...

28 February 2021 6,560 14 View

How can we simulate an hyperelastic-viscoelastic behavor with Ansys APDL?

I am working on modeling and simulation of biomecanical material behaviour, I have succeded on simulating skin using anisotropic hyperelastic material, on APDL and in our lab's finite element...

28 February 2021 552 3 View

What is the best surface to culture cells isolated from a skin biopsy?

Hello, recently I am having some difficulties with maintaining the cell culture of primary cells isolated from a skin biopsy (normal and malignant). The coating of culture plates with Matrigel (a...

26 February 2021 6,151 2 View

How could I process data in RCT to include it in meta-analysis?

I'm in the process of doing a meta-analysis and have encountered some problems with the RCT data. One of my outcom is muscle strength. In one study, I have three different measurements of muscle...

25 February 2021 7,603 3 View