What is the best way to isolate total RNA from plasma?

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Should 5% Oil Red O in propylene glycol stock be stored at room temperature?

Dear RGs, I have prepared 0.5 % Oil Red O (SIGMA) in propylene glycol. Should I keep the stock at 4 degrees or at room temperature? Thanks a lot in advance. Best Regards, Matio

01 February 2019 6,744 2 View

Does anybody know how to prepare sugar-stock solution for cell culture experiment?

Hi. I would like to prepare stock solution for glucose or galactose or lactose for cell culture experiment. I will be very happy if you can give me tips, such as: in what (PBS, medium) to dissolve...

06 July 2018 5,400 1 View

Has anyone experienced with LACTOSE tolerance test with mice?

Dear RG-friends, I would like to do a lactose tolerance test in mouse newborns by measurement of the blood glucose level with a normal glucometer. I am wondering if someone did it and if kindly...

05 June 2018 7,229 2 View

Has anyone experienced with GLUCOSE tolerance test in neonatal mice pups (P0-P1)?

I would like to make the test in mouse pups (P0/P1). I thought to use 2 ways: via gavage and IPGTT. 1) Could you suggest me the size of the tube and of the syringe that should be used for the...

05 June 2018 7,770 0 View

Does anyone have experience with smooth muscle cell transfection?

Dear RGs, I would like to run transfection experiments by using rat primary SMCs and I am wondering if someone can give advices about it. Thank you so much in advance. Best Regards, Mario

10 November 2017 2,535 4 View

What is the best and easy and fast way to knockdown a gene in adult rat?

Dear RG-friends, I would like to knockdown a gene in adult rat and focusing first at a global level and then target a specific tissue/organ. Would you suggest me an alternative way to the...

08 September 2017 356 0 View

Cerament and cell therapy ?

Dear RG-friends, Would it be possible to use cerament for local cell therapy? I would be more than happy to know your opinion about it. Many thanks in advance. Best Regards, Mario 😉

07 August 2017 8,963 0 View

Can Dot Blot be of help when Western Blot does not work for certain Abs?

It was not possible to see any expected band for the target, with a very low molecular weight (8-12 kD), by WB. The membrane was very clean after incubation with Ab-I-AbII. Probably we lost...

02 March 2016 7,359 4 View

Freezing and culturing Human T-cells?

Please, Could you tell me what is the best condition (cell density/media..)to freeze and to culture human T-cells? How long can T-cells be in culture? Thank you in advance Mario

01 February 2016 5,771 3 View

What does the ratio phospholamban/SERCA (at message level) mean?

Several studies show the expression of SERCA and phospholamban at message levels. I have seen also that they have used the ratio of those genes. Could you help me to find the reason for it, please?

31 December 2015 8,266 2 View

Is there a problem with my RNA pellet?

Hello, I am currently having problems with RNA extraction. I am using mouse liver (C57BL6J), and I have extracted RNA from mouse liver before. Before this experiment, my final RNA pellets were...

11 August 2024 7,082 3 View

Strugglling with m6A dot blot any suugesstion ?

I have been doing the m6A dot blot for a while with no improvement, I am extracting the RNA, and I can see the dots although the three biological replicas give a different reading on the memberan...

10 August 2024 8,539 5 View

RNA Extraction Using Hot Borate Method No Longer Working?

I've been performing RNA extraction on cotton petiole tissue for a few months now using the method described in the following paper, a derivative of the typical hot borate method...

08 August 2024 9,882 2 View

Does Anyone have expertise in in vitro transcription and RNA pull down assay?

I am currently working on LncRNA; to know the lncRNA-protein interactions I want to do RNA pull down assay, so I need to design primers with T7 promoter. I need assistance in this regard.

07 August 2024 6,622 1 View

Why do i have a weak plasma and no coating during rf sputtering?

I have been getting a low plasma and no coating while doing rf sputtering of copper doped ZnS using a power of 140 watts and at pressure of 6.5x10-3 Mb.

07 August 2024 4,526 4 View

E.coli contamination in human RNA seq data ?

Recently, we observed that 99% of the sequences in our RNA-seq data corresponded to the E. coli genome. Despite multiple DNAse treatments after RNA extraction and ribosomal depletion, we were...

06 August 2024 807 3 View

RNA later for the preservation of RNA in fecal samples at room temperature for one day (37°C)?

I am planning to collect human fecal samples for metatranscriptomic analysis using MGI. These samples are from indigenous people living in a region with high temperatures. I will have access to a...

06 August 2024 1,367 3 View

How much total RNA concentration to be extracted from sorted plasma cells from bone marrow of C57BL/6 mice for RT-PCR ?

i have sorted anti-NP specific plasma cells from bone marrow of C57BL/6 mice at certain times after immunization with variable counts and isolated total RNA using TRIZOL method for RT-PCR using...

05 August 2024 8,835 1 View

Do you have good tips for seaweed tissue preservation in the field for post RNA extraction?

I will be with my students collecting seaweed samples in a marine farm and later we will process this tissue for RNA isolation and further sequencing. Does anyone have tips on how to collect the...

04 August 2024 501 2 View

What is the acceptable p-value cutoff for GO enrichment analysis ?

I have an RNA-seq data that I have analysed using Limma-voom and have extracted the gene IDs, log2FC and the p-values. At p value < 0.05, I have over 10,000 DEGs, however, when I run the GO...

31 July 2024 225 2 View