What is the standard protocol in doing replicates for C. elegans lifespan assay on solid media (thru worm picking)?

I would like to know what is the standard protocol in the number of worms per plate and number of plates per concentration of extract X in a lifespan assay done in solid media and not automated...

23 February 2021 9,933 1 View

Sample Size for Quasi-Experimental Quants using one-tailed t-test?

Hi, sorry I'm stumped. I'm going to do a study on the leadership styles (using the MLQ Form 5X) of minority women administrators in medical schools. How will I calculate the sample size? Thank...

30 January 2021 2,865 4 View

Prediction of novel precursor miRNAs in viral genomes?

Dear, I performed a multi-sequence alignment (MSA) with all the complete genome sequences of SARS-related viruses. I then used RNALalifold from the ViennaRNA package, with default parameters, to...

06 December 2020 1,704 3 View

Can I calculate mean and confidence intervals of d-prime values?

Hi everybody. I ran an experiment on memory and calculated the percentage of hits as usually reported in the literature. However, the reviewer asked me to transform my hits into d-prime values. I...

21 October 2020 3,859 1 View

Discrepancy between RNA and protein levels in single-cell seq? CD3 mRNA vs protein?

Hi all, A very quick question. I have sorted human T cells from blood using anti-CD3E, CD4 and CD8a antibodies. We did single cell seq on those sorted cells. Analysing the results, I do not see...

19 September 2020 4,953 3 View

What are the nuclei mean number from freeze tissue nuclei isolation protocol?

Hello, everyone! I'm going to start a project with single-cell ATAC-seq for analysis of open chromatin regions from freeze tissue samples. I'm lost about the nuclei concentration. If I made a...

19 June 2020 7,348 2 View

How do I compute for the Pr(Y=1|X=1) H1 and Pr(Y=1|X1) H0 for a priori estimation of required sample size?

I am trying to estimate the required sample size replicate a study which used a probit regression analysis. The paper reported the probit regression results and the marginal effects but I can't...

17 May 2020 4,826 1 View

How do you deal with your enironmental chemistry data?

Hi everybody! I am PhD in analytical chemistry and I make part of a multidisciplinary team working on the development of a web based solution focusing mainly on treatment and management of...

12 March 2020 5,597 5 View

488 laser emission crosstalk?

Image shows green fluorescence but no green fluorochrome was used in this specimen (HEK 293 cells), only Hoechst (350 nm absorption). Lasers used: 350 (upper right), 488 (upper left) and 568...

10 March 2020 7,321 3 View

Could I use a BAM file output to make a alignment with others FASTA references?

I am wondering about to use a BAM file output as a input to make a alignment to others FASTA reference genome. I have been reading how to get a FASTA formand from my BAM file but I am not sure if...

23 February 2020 9,672 5 View

Polymer composites suddenly solidifies?

I am making polymer composite by solvent mixing method. When I am trying to add filler solution in polymer solution it quickly get solidified. How to make them then uinform? It doesn't give time...

03 March 2021 7,540 4 View

What solvent can I used for Paal Knorr reaction between 6-amino hexanoic acid and 2.5 hexanedione?

I am try to make the Paal Knorr reaction between 2.5 hexnedione and 6-amino hexanoic acid, my problem is type of solvent to use, because 6-hexaminohexanoic acid is soluble in water but I am not...

02 March 2021 4,443 2 View

How to polymerize TEOS?

I want to polymerize TEOS on a surface. I know that NH4OH is a preferred catalyst and an alcoholic solvent should be used .But I can not find certain amounts of each material to use. Does any one...

02 March 2021 1,404 6 View

How can extract ciprofloxacin hydrochloride disolve in water er to organic solvent such as dichloromethan or any other solvent?

I need a procedure to extract the ciprofloxacin hydrochloride from aqueous solution by using dichloromethane in detail,. I thank you very much.

01 March 2021 4,306 1 View

How to separate water from glycerol solvent in a solvent recovery vacuum distillation column?

I am currently doing my third year design project. I have been assigned to design a glycerol recovery column in vinyl acetate monomer production. The process unit before the recovery column is an...

01 March 2021 9,525 4 View

How to make fractions of chloroform extract of plant, using seperating funnel?

28 February 2021 8,466 2 View

Why am i not getting solid after reacting APTES with salicylaldehyde?

The reaction of APTES with salicylaldehyde in ethanol leads to the formation of imine compound yellow solid which is mention in literature, but I am not getting yellow solid I don't know why? when...

28 February 2021 2,955 2 View

can I treat waste water containing solvents and alcohol with electrocoagulation?

there are solvents and alcohol in the waste water of a factory that produces disinfectants. Increasing this waste water requires very serious operations. Can I treat this waste water with...

27 February 2021 2,609 3 View

How to replicate the well conditions of a crystal hit with 20%(w/v) isopropanol?

I had a crystal hit in a well with 0.1M HEPEs pH 7.5, 10%(w/v) PEG 4000, and 20%(w/v) isopropanol. Why is isopropanol in w/v here if it's just solvent? How do I recreate this well condition?

25 February 2021 9,761 1 View

How to increase solubility of Poly acrylic acid in Dioxane solvent?

I am working with Polyacrylic acid (100.000Da) and instead of water, I need to use another solvent (dioxane) to dissolve PAA. However, because of the high molecular weight, it's quite hard to...

25 February 2021 2,225 5 View