Why are my western blot bands so distorted?

Hi guys I'm out of ideas here please help! I've never had consistent problem like this doing westerns before and I can't figure it out. The condition used: - First 4 lanes have 50ug protein in...

04 February 2021 2,297 3 View

Signal phase shift after analytical calculation?

Suppose we have a signal as x(t) = exp(i(omega*t + phi)), after a simple calculation as y(t) = 1/x(t). We can clearly see that there is a phase shift of Pi=180deg. However, using directly...

20 October 2020 4,923 5 View

How to fix half the molecules in an ensemble while annealing?

I created a rectangular ensemble consist of crystalline erythritol molecules. I want to create a liquid-solid interface through annealing, making half of the ensemble amorphous and keep the other...

27 September 2020 2,632 1 View

GROMACS How do I apply position restraints on erythritol molecules?

I was trying to apply restraints on my molecules, however, they were still moving after I put 100000kJ/mol/nm^2 on them. I am sure my topology is correct, so I think maybe its the correlation of...

23 September 2020 3,958 3 View

Any recommendations on the software to do text mining or sentiment analysis on Chinese reviews?

I am trying to do text mining on Chinese reviews. I have tried out many softwares, like the RapidMiner, Chinese Text Analytics, Python. Most of them seem to require certain level of programming...

12 August 2020 9,109 8 View

HEK-293t cell detach but still alive during killing curve set up?

Hi there, I'm trying to build a killing curve for HEK-293T towards hygromycin B for the following transfection experiment. I plated the cell at 1.3X10^5 cell/well in the 24 well plates the night...

30 June 2020 7,368 1 View

Is my enzyme not working?

Hello everyone, I am currently working on a cloning project with 2 vector pBin mCherry (for localization) and pG5H-GFP (for gene expression). I need to clone 1 ATG gene with the size of 1.3 kb...

09 February 2020 7,931 2 View

How test outer membrane protein activity?

31 July 2019 8,039 3 View

We transfected HEK cells for a secreted protein and want to confirm the protein is expressed in right MW. Should we collect supernatant for Western?

We transfected HEK cells for a secreted protein and want to confirm the protein is expressed in right MW. Should we collect supernatant for Western? Not sure we choose the right method. We have...

14 May 2019 4,804 4 View

Why should SVD get two equal singular values for a single mode?

Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) is an important method in the area of signal processing. I try to use SVD to calculate the MHD mode structure from experiment data. However, during the benchmark...

10 April 2019 6,118 4 View

Why does blocking with my immunogenic peptide cause nuclear fluorescence in ICC?

Hi all, I am validating a polyclonal antibody raised against human ANT4, through WB and ICC. In most of my controls, the antibody shows very little off-target binding, but when I pre-incubate the...

03 March 2021 5,999 3 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

How to repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View

What analysis to choose with a large neste dataset and clearly skewed or kurtotic distributions?

Hello! I have a dataset of n=3000 nested within 8 countries with approximately 200 or 400 responses in each country. I originally planned to perform multilevel modelling with 4 dependent variables...

02 March 2021 6,865 1 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

Help request in CST microwave?

im working now on TPV solar cells and metamaterials and i realy need our help in CST microwave i have a tpv cell simulation and i want to extract particullarly the absorbtion of only the active...

02 March 2021 2,246 2 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 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