Fraction collector Frac-920 not working with AKTA?

Hi, I routinely use AKTA connected to Fraction Collector-920 for collecting proteins while doing protein purification. However, recently I have started seeing some errors on our Fraction...

27 February 2020 9,025 4 View

No colonies from NEB high-efficiency chemically competent cells?

Hi all, I am doing a few site-directed mutagenesis reactions and after digestion of the parent plasmid using Dpn1, I add the complete 50 uL reaction volume to 50 uL of NEB chemically competent...

01 November 2019 3,085 3 View

Low plasmid miniprep yields?

Hi, I have been working on plasmid minipreps using Qiagen miniprep kit and I have run into weird problems of low plasmid yields. When we purchased a new kit, then my plasmid concentrations were...

12 March 2019 9,028 3 View

How to prepare simulated distillery wastewater in laboratory?

I want to check the bio-remediation of distillery wastewater.

10 June 2018 1,340 3 View

Why is my P3HT TFT not turning on?

When measuring the devices, I have found that the gate is connected however the device is not turning on i.e the Id-Vg curve is flat. Any suggestions as to why this might be?

28 July 2017 7,741 2 View

Does anyone have expertise using Getis-Ord hotspot analysis?

14 March 2017 541 2 View

Calculating nanomoles with knowing only conc and OD?

Hi All, I am wondering if we can calculate the nanomoles of RNAi, knowing only details of its ug/ul concentration and OD values; though no information of basepair is available? please suggest! Best,

02 February 2017 432 3 View

Any good and working protocol for DNA isolation from somatic cells of milk?

Factors affecting somatic cell count in milk.

21 July 2016 7,936 3 View

Can patients suffering from diabetes have balance related problems well before peripheral neuropathy is detected clinically?

i wish to know that as diabetics have gait alterations well before PN is detected can they have balance problems also. i am not able to search an article on it.

20 July 2016 4,942 3 View

Interpretation of SEM results?

Hi, I am using structural equation modelling (SEM) to analyze the effect of different locations (categorical variable with three categories or three locations) on soil chemical properties (all...

16 July 2016 3,413 6 View

Can polymer concentrations be calculated based on the number average molecular weight?

Hello, I spin-cast two different polymers onto wafers and measure their height as a function of initial concentration. For polymer A, I have the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) as well as...

28 February 2021 7,882 2 View

How to increase solubility of Poly acrylic acid in Dioxane solvent?

I am working with Polyacrylic acid (100.000Da) and instead of water, I need to use another solvent (dioxane) to dissolve PAA. However, because of the high molecular weight, it's quite hard to...

25 February 2021 2,225 5 View

What are the pros and cons for mice versus rats?

Hi Everyone, I am designing a pilot study using rodents to assess the effects of simulated space environments (radiation + altered gravity) on microbiome and immune system. I have limited...

24 February 2021 1,825 3 View

How to calculate Z (the number of molecules in a unit cell) for calculating theoretical density?

I am trying to calculate the theoretical density of my ceramics materials. I use the formula below to calculate the theoretical density: Theoretical density = (Molecular weight x No. of molecules...

24 February 2021 3,823 2 View

What should be the duration of exposure to simulated space environments with Rodents?

Hi, I am currently working on a pilot study to get some data related to the impact of long duration spaceflight to the microbiome and the immune system. I plan to use rats and simulate...

22 February 2021 592 1 View

How can you tell if your organotypic slice culture is healthy ?

I'm working on organotypic cerebellar slice cultures from postnatal rats and I'm not sure how to tell if the slices are healthy at any given point. I know there should be a lot of microglial...

15 February 2021 2,830 2 View

Why daily dexamethasone given to rats fed high fat/fructose/salt cause very high mortality rate?

rats were given daily dexamethasone in drinking water corresponding to 0.5 mg/kg or 2 mg/kg. These rats are simultaneously fed 25% fat, 3% salt in diet and 10% fructose in drinking water but...

15 February 2021 7,634 2 View

Can anyone suggest a way to dissolve insulin which is for rat/mouse injection?

We are trying to inject insulin to rat or mouse, but the insulin we've got is powder, and there are many ways for dissolve, like in saline, PBS, DMSO, or in Tris-HCl, can anyone give us a...

13 February 2021 8,426 10 View

How do I fix tissue rolling while cutting frozen rat brain section with a cryostat?

I am cutting rat brain sections at 20um at -20C. The tissue is cutting nicely out of the O.C.T solution, but I can not get a decent section to adhere to the slide. I have included an image.

09 February 2021 1,345 5 View

Rat Macrophage Markers for Flow Cytometry?

Hello, I'm trying to identify good putative macrophage markers for flow cytometry in rats.

04 February 2021 3,913 4 View