Can anyone help me to get a protocol for cresyl violet acetate staining for cultured neural cells?

I undergo differentiation of stem cells into neural cells in 6 well plate and i want to do cresyl violet acetate staining for those cultured cells as a step to confirm differentation.

06 July 2018 2,237 8 View

What is the optimal method for preservation of CSF (cerebrospinal fluid sample) for usage in cell culture as a source of growth factor?

I collect multiple CSf samples and i want to preserve them until collection of all samples complete for usage in cell culture as a source of growth factor. How can i transport the sample? How can...

05 June 2018 5,454 3 View

What are the different concentration of a new compound can i start on cancer cell line to calculate IC50?

I have a new compound and i want to calculate IC50 but i dont know what are the concentrations i must start with as a bilot study.

11 December 2017 3,793 0 View

What are the different concentration of a new compound can i start on cancer cell line to calculate IC50?

I have a new compound and i want to calculate IC50 but i dont know what are the concentrations i must start with as a bilot study.

11 December 2017 5,915 8 View

A simple Colorimetric method to measure cell viability for adherent cells in 96-well plates using dye /stain?

The usual methods for measuring cell viability in proliferation cytotoxicity assay is MTT / MTS /.......... I ask for another Inexpensive method using only stain for large number of tested samples.

11 December 2017 7,684 4 View

What is the mechanism of stem cell differentiation ?

I want to Know how stem cell differentiation occur for general either in vivo or in vitro and if this mechanism differ from one cell type to another or not.

03 April 2017 2,812 3 View

How to perform MTS assay on suspended cells like Ehrilch cells or lymphocyte?

31 December 2016 7,889 2 View

How can calculate IC50 ?

11 December 2016 1,639 2 View

What are the difference between PRP and PRF and which method is preferable ?

I am confused between PRP and PRF Which is better!

09 October 2016 8,814 1 View

What are different methods for characterization of neural cells other than pcr or immunocytochemistry ?

my research work is depend on differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into neurons,i need specific stain for neural cells to characterize it .

09 October 2016 9,182 6 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Heat exchanger with liquid Nitrogen as coolant?

I want to cool Natural Gas from 195 Kelvin to 138 Klevin in a heat exchanger by using liquid nitrogen as the coolant medium. When entering the heat exchanger, the liquid nitrogen will have a...

01 March 2021 6,450 5 View

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28 February 2021 9,936 2 View

How can I represent SDS-PAGE results for machine learning analysis?

I am trying to classify and analyze the results of an SDS-PAGE based array for bacterial detection using machine learning, but I have trouble finding the best way to represent the results with...

27 February 2021 9,176 3 View

When is it unnecessary to change organisational culture?

As a former management practitioner, I recall a generally accepted view that changing organisational culture is difficult, so you should only attempt it if the organisational change that you are...

27 February 2021 2,595 8 View

Does RNAiMAX transfection reagent work in serum free medium?

I diluted siRNA and RNAiMAX in opti-MEM and added to the cells which they were in the growth medium. Is it a right way? or should I culture cells in the opti-MEM medium for a while and not in...

26 February 2021 10,041 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

Why my agarose gel staining sometimes looks not homogenic but like gradient (see the figure)?

I am worried about this overexposure of the upper part of the gel in the picture. Is it possible that this is the result of too much concentration of ethidium bromide? Why is there such a big...

25 February 2021 8,140 3 View

Unknown debris sheets observed in cell culture flasks?

Hi, We culture neural progenitor cells in T175 culture flasks coated with PLO-Laminin. We have successfully grown these cells with our protocol for months. Recently, we observed large sheets...

25 February 2021 3,443 4 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