How to prevent clumping of EBV trasnfected lymphocytes?

I am culturing lymphocytes and they tend form visible clumps.. Does anybody know how to avoid this and if this is common ? I am new in culturing them. Thanks

04 May 2016 9,428 8 View

Could you share a protocol to culture lymphocytes ?

I am going to culture lymphocytes (EBV immortalized) for the first time and I am looking for protocols to help me with it. I don't see a lot of general culturing protocols online. Could you please...

03 April 2016 5,173 4 View

Contamination problems in 293 T cell culture. Any help ?

31 December 2015 1,872 17 View

Which antibody could I use against BRCA2 for Immunofluorescence?

I am looking for an Antibody to use in Immunofluorescence specific for BRCA2. I am not able to find a convincing IF image of BRCA2 by IF. Lot of scientists use the tagged version of BRCA2 in their...

08 September 2015 3,753 3 View

What is the conformation of the Holliday junction (HJ) inside the cell?

I am wondering if any of you have an idea about the conformation of HJ inside the cells - open or stacked? I am thinking it could be stacked, since that is a stable conformation than the open. But...

04 May 2014 5,610 2 View

Has anybody experienced protein sticking to the frits of the Superdex 200 column?

I am working on a human helicase protein and when I load them on a SEC column Superdex 200 (GE), I don't get a good recovery. In addition, when I load my protein-DNA complex into the same column...

31 December 2013 1,388 4 View

How can I stabilise a protein-DNA complex in isolation?

I have purified my protein-Holliday junction complex by SEC, but the purified complex is not stable. The protein dissociates from the DNA. I would want the complex to be stable to perform further...

31 December 2013 3,200 3 View

Which of the Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunoprotection and why?

I want to know which of the available Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunological response and why

02 March 2021 1,388 3 View

How to quantitative analize the data of TNBS assay for gelatin?

Estemeed colleagues, I found some issues regarding the quantification of the data for TNBS assay. There are different protocols on how to perform that but it is clear to me the "fil rouge" that...

02 March 2021 2,616 1 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

Does anyone know HRM channel in a 2 plex QIAGEN Rotor- Gene Q qPCR can be used as a separate channel?

I am going to have 3 different probes in my qPCR work that I am going to do. But I realized that the machine we have in the lab is a Rotor-Gene Q 2plex HRM Platform, saying it has green, yellow,...

01 March 2021 8,544 1 View

How to simultaneously perform multiple biochemical assays?

I am a research scholar working on heavy metal stress on plants. I will be doing biochemical characterisation( protein, carbohydrate, proline, antioxidant enzymes and many more assays) at interval...

01 March 2021 6,999 3 View

Why might my GFP tag be dissociating from my plasmid after transfection?

I have a set of stably transfected cell lines all transfected with plasmids containing GFP tags on the C terminus. During a western blot using anti-GFP antibody, one of my plasmids has dissociated...

01 March 2021 9,310 4 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 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

What is the most suitable server for predicting protein structures in bacteria?

I have used the i-Tasser several times, however it has been unavailable for several days. I tried the swiss-model, but the output was not very pleasant due to the model used. Is there any other...

28 February 2021 4,521 3 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