Generating an efficient lentivirus/AAV-producing HEK293/FT or lentiviral particle?

Hi experts, I am trying to produce lentivirus/AAV-producing HEK293/FT? I have a few questions regarding the protocol and results. I followed multiple sources, but the one I really followed is...

06 July 2018 4,080 4 View

What is the best age of mice to start stereotaxic injection and the best time to see highest expression?

Hi Experts, Can you give me an advice on these critical conditions for stereotaxic injection in mice? 1. What is the best age to inject brain regions - striatum and substantia nigra? Based on my...

04 May 2018 2,486 3 View

Can I measure the DNA concentration with nanodrop after Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP)?

Hi Experts, I am trying to do ChIP qPCR assay. So I followed the protocol from EMD Millipore/Sigma Aldrich kit for ChIP assay. According to the protocol, at the end of ChIP, just use 2 uL of...

03 April 2018 7,732 6 View

Why do we transfect cell during proliferation and not during differentiation?

Hi Experts, I am trying to transfect LUHMES cells and I've seen different protocols for transfection. Before or after differentiation, which one is better? And why? I've tried transfecting the...

03 April 2018 5,921 4 View

How can I identify and eliminate my cell culture contamination?

Hi experts, I need your help in identifying this kind of contamination. It has been a pain in my experiment to see this unforeseen event. This appeared first during my transfection experiments....

08 September 2017 4,021 8 View

In Western blotting, what is your experience with Wet vs Dry Transfer Systems?

Hi experts, I need your advice when using Dry Transfer System for transferring proteins from gel to nitrocellulose membrane. Have you ever used home-made gels, nitrocellulose membrane, and filter...

06 July 2017 8,936 15 View

What is the problem in my submission of metagenomic sequences to NCBI SRA?

Hi, I recently upload raw sequence reads to NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA). I followed the steps: (1) Make BioProject, (2) Make BioSamples (3) Submit to SRA (Beta) using Aspera Connect. However,...

06 July 2016 2,616 3 View

Converting GI number to other Database ID, and extracting batch protein sequences?

Hi Experts, I need your help. I need an updated online tool that can convert IDs from 1 database ID to another. I've been using bioDBnet website. However, I'm not sure if this is well maintained...

01 February 2016 7,741 2 View

What are the practical advantages and disadvantages of different protein purification methods?

10 November 2015 9,182 3 View

How do I determine if a peptide is cationic or anionic?

Hello Experts, I am still a beginner in this field, and I want to understand if a certain DNA or amino acid sequence is cationic or anionic? Is there a way (not experimentally), using...

10 November 2015 8,224 10 View

How to normalise data on OPM package from R Studio ?

Good afternoon, I recently used OmniLog from BIOLOG for my experimentations : I tested the metabolism of different strains on 2 types of plates. I have 16 strains of 3 different groups...

02 March 2021 3,584 1 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

How to calculate average trend in maximum annual NDVI from MODIS?

I am wanting to calculate the average trend in maximum annual NDVI in Iceland from 2010-2020 using MODIS MYD13Q1 V6. How would I do this? I have currently inserted the NDVI bands from the MODIS...

02 March 2021 752 2 View

How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

I want to do a parameter study of a aixsymmetric cylinder in Abaqus. I want to create several jobs where I get the stresses for 3 different points in my model. These points are defined. I wrote a...

01 March 2021 10,078 1 View

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server?

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server? What is your suggestion?

01 March 2021 3,422 3 View

Why does two different bioinformatics tools for the same proteins show different subcellular localizations?

During a computational analysis, I found that for a protein of a plant, two different subcellular localizations are seen using CELLO and WoLF PSORT. For example, in CELLO, it identified the...

01 March 2021 6,729 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

Can anyone provide the Support vector regression code structure of LIBSVM MATLAB or python ?

Please, if Gaussian Parameter optimization is possible in this code structure

28 February 2021 278 3 View

How to modify Johnson cook equation in ABAQUS?

I wanted to add an extra parameter to the existing Johnson cook equation in the ABAQUS simulation. How to add those extra parameters. Ref: A modified Johnson-Cook material model with strain...

28 February 2021 4,841 3 View

What is the difference between genotype and haplotype data in the ped format?

Hi everybody In the ped format for genotype, alleles of any SNP are represented by two columns (one for each allele, separated by a space). Is a column sufficient for the haplotype to...

27 February 2021 1,965 1 View