What recipe of homemade lenti-virus concentrator do you use?

My lab is using a lenti-X concentrator. And we are looking for a homemade recipe. I have tried this recipe....

08 February 2021 5,965 1 View

Why does silver nitrate turn brown upon addition of leaf extract but no increase in absorption at 400 - 500 nm?

I am currently biosynthesizing silver nanoparticles using ethanolic leaf extract. Upon addition of the leaf extract to 1mM silver nitrate, the solution turns brown in color after exposure to...

08 November 2020 1,009 6 View

How to present the results of a binary logistic regression for an ecological paper?

I conducted a binary logistic regression using the glm function in R. My binary predictor is the presence or absence of my study species. I have two significant variables but am just not sure what...

19 October 2020 5,398 3 View

Does UV spectrophotometry methods such as Bradford and Lowry methods applicable to estimation of total protein of food sample?

If yes, what preparations (or method) that we need to make for preparing food sample before using UV spectrophotometry methods? For my case, the purification of protein sample is not required as i...

21 August 2020 1,123 4 View

What causes the copy detection limitation in PCR?

Hi all, I wish to understand why doesn't all polymerase can detect a single copy of region of interest? While some polymerase is more sensitive (like dreamtaq), and some are less sensitive, what...

02 June 2020 4,397 21 View

How to Start My Research Regarding Microgrid ?

Hello there. I am new to research and my research area is about "Energy Management System in Microgrid". I had already studied some research papers to have a better understanding on that...

01 June 2020 1,046 6 View

I am reading journal paper about mangroves. And I would like to get some recommend journal related to dissolved oxygen influence on mangrove growth?

I am wondering, why my study result show that Kandelia candel and Avicennia alba species are most sensitive towards soil dissolved oxygen (DO) besides R. apiculata among the mangrove species in...

27 May 2020 1,366 3 View

Why do we shift fermi to zero in electronic band structures?

In most electronic structures the fermi level is always shifted to zero , why ?

26 April 2020 163 1 View

Does anyone has experience with NEB "time-saver enzyme" overnight digestion?

Hi all, I used the Thermo-ANZA series for overnight digestion of plasmid backbone to ensure clean digestion without any problem. How about NEB? The website said all NEB "time-saver enzyme"...

24 March 2020 7,636 2 View

Difference between cell culture plates and flasks?

In the lab we always use culture plates (33, 60, 100, 150mm) for passing cells and conducting all sorts of experiments. I wonder what is the perks of using cell culture plates v.s. flasks? Should...

12 March 2020 1,361 2 View

Are protein samples in SDS compatible with ELISA?

I have used an AllPrep DNA/RNA/Protein Mini Kit QIAGEN kit to extract RNA and protein from my samples. At the end of the protein purification, I resuspend my protein in 5% SDS. Will these samples...

28 February 2021 7,370 3 View

RIA. How to measure?

When you use RIA, with a control the unknown sample with antibodies, you bare in mind the binding sites of the antibodies. However you still need to measure labelled antigen (radioactive) and not...

28 February 2021 2,133 3 View

What is the most suitable resuspension buffer for TCA/acetone precipitated protein?

I need to extract protein from fermented carbon sources for Bradford assay. Most researchers experiencing insolubility of pellet in resuspension buffer. Please assist me to select most suitable...

26 February 2021 7,129 3 View

How to replicate the well conditions of a crystal hit with 20%(w/v) isopropanol?

I had a crystal hit in a well with 0.1M HEPEs pH 7.5, 10%(w/v) PEG 4000, and 20%(w/v) isopropanol. Why is isopropanol in w/v here if it's just solvent? How do I recreate this well condition?

25 February 2021 9,761 1 View

EMSA troubleshooting. Protein-DNA complex not migrating, cold probe lane with multiple bands. Can anyone help?

I'm running an EMSA to show the DNA binding activity of recombinant proteins versus the Wild type. Previous assays run by my research group using a different test system show the protein-DNA...

24 February 2021 8,325 1 View

Standard curve shifting over time. How do I stabilise the ELISA?

24 February 2021 1,365 3 View

How to reduce static electricity of powder after lyophilization?

I am working on synthesizing and then purifying peptides using the SPPS system. After purification of the peptide, the peptide powder is obtained using a freeze dryer. When measuring the powder,...

22 February 2021 10,099 5 View

How to calculate the fraction metabolized of a drug by an enzyme using clearance(ml/min) values of the metabolite formed?

I am trying to find the fraction metabolized of a drug by CYP and UGT enzymes. I am unable to get the values of fraction metabolized (Fm) directly from the literature. Can we calculate the Fm of a...

21 February 2021 5,379 2 View

Does anyone have a working Guanidine Hydrochloride purification protocol for synthesized ssRNA?

I am trying to in vitro transcribe some fluorescein labeled ssRNA. And I want to purify the ssRNA from the free NTPs and the enzymes (RNA polymerase and DNase I). Due to the characteristic of the...

18 February 2021 4,392 4 View

Purification of proteins from baculovirus-infected insect cells?

18 February 2021 6,665 6 View