How can I take subsamples of water from a larger sample in a way that allows me to measure the iron content of the subsample?

I learned how to take subsamples with a magnetic stir bar, but I noticed iron particles stick to the bar, and I am having trouble finding a standard method to solve that problem. How can I take a...

04 February 2021 4,778 1 View

I am looking to develop a basic oral microbiome assay. Can anyone advise on culture vessel, conditions and organisms that require minimal maintenance?

I am looking to investigate oral care products with an easy-to-prepare culture of orally derrived microorganisms.

21 January 2021 3,448 1 View

PEI DNA in-vivo transfection concentration?

04 January 2021 6,908 7 View

What would be the recommended color/method for quad-IF?

I'm trying to perform quad-IF staining on frozen tissue sections on a fluorescent widefield (axioplan) microscope. I was wondering what people might suggest for colour/strategy for a co-IF...

13 October 2020 6,863 4 View

How do you remove the tolerance limits when running collinearity statistics in SPSS?

I am using SPSS syntax to determine multicollinearity with predictor variables of interest. When I enter the variables, SPSS is removing some of the variables because the minimum tolerance limit...

02 June 2020 3,639 1 View

How to distinguish different phases on an xrd pattern?

In XRD, how do you distinguish among the crystallized phase, amorphous phase, and a mixture of the two? How will the peak look like in a mixture of a crystalline and amorphous material?

05 May 2020 9,707 7 View

Are there any techniques to embed transmembrane proteins in solid lipid nanoparticles like liposomes or micelles?

25 January 2020 3,991 2 View

Specim FX17 hyperspectral camera/sensor - UAV/drone application?

Hey, I am looking into the feasibility of attaching a Specim FX17 sensor to a multi rotor system. Specs wise it looks possible, sensor is 1.4kg and Matrice M600 max payload is approx 15kg....

16 December 2019 4,169 2 View

Is the calculation of AVE and composite reliability after EFA recommended?

Greetings! The link to the Todd Grande tutorial below demonstrating the calculation of AVE and composite reliability to factor loadings appears to be popular viewing. My question is would you...

08 December 2019 711 4 View

What is the best way to model 9 continuous factors with 2 factors out of the 9 with a non-linear response, i tried using statgraphics, DOE beginner?

Good Day,this is urgent please, i want to use statgraphics trial version to study a part of my work. I am considering different stratified layers in a particular oil reservoir, i considered...

19 October 2019 3,227 1 View

Would fecal samples stored at -20C for over a year impact metagenomic analysis?

Dear All, I have access to some rodent fecal samples that have been stored at -20C instead of -80C. Anyone have experience with the impact of stowage condition on comparative metagenomic analysis...

01 March 2021 2,512 1 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

Can bacterial suspension be pipetted directly onto petri dish and agar poured onto it?

Hi, recently I encountered a protocol for plating which was not the usual method I have been practicing (pour LB agar onto plate, allow it to solidify, pipette bacterial suspension onto plate,...

28 February 2021 7,292 3 View

Difficulty in cloning of 1kb gene into vector?

I am facing difficulties in cloning a 1kb gene into a vector (pJIT163). I have my gene on interest (GOI) in pUC57 and want to clone in pJIT163 using SalI and BamHI restriction sites. I am getting...

25 February 2021 3,221 7 View

Can I use TCA instead of TFA for protein analyis in RP-HPLC?

I am trying to analyze lipase using the reverse phase-HPLC C18 column. In the literature, 0.1 % TFA was and 60% ACN was used. Can I use TCA in place of TFA? If any other methods are available to...

25 February 2021 2,388 3 View

Can 5-FOA Diffuse Through Agar?

I am preparing to do a gene knockout in the filamentous fungi Coccidioides posadasii targeting pyrG/URA3 so that 5-FOA can be used for selection pressure instead of traditional antibiotic...

16 February 2021 169 4 View

How do I check the quality of my viral RNA prior to metagenomic sequencing?

I am doing metagenomic sequencing without enrichment for an RNA virus. After my RNA is extracted from the blood I am doing library prep with the NEBNext Ultra directional RNA library prep kit for...

16 February 2021 5,101 2 View

How do I change g/l into mM for bacto agar. I am trying to get the millimolar content of sodium and chloride percentage in bacto agar. How do I do it?

I am doing a salt tolerance-related experiment and for that I need to relate my salt levels to that in bacto agar. I don't want my salt concentrations to increase due to already salt content...

09 February 2021 4,158 1 View

What is suitable temperature at reaction mixture of lipase activity assay?

I use para nitrophenyl palmitate substrate with tris buffer ph 8... i read many temperature for Yellow color of para nitro phenol production.. 37 and 50 and 40 at water bath ... I confused as i...

04 February 2021 9,100 5 View

Does DNA A-tailing survive after agarose gel electrophoresis and purification?

Hi everyone, I need to clone in pGEM-T vector the result of amplifying a metagenomic library by PCR with a high fidelity polymerase but I only want to clone the fragments of an specific size...

04 February 2021 6,051 8 View