Can someone suggest a way to prepare slides to observe under confocal microscope for observing fluorescent tagged proteins??

I am growing the cells on coverslips and transfecting the fluorescent tagged protein directly on them. Then i want to observe these cells under confocal microscope. Currently i am just using...

01 March 2021 6,142 3 View

How or where can I get the crystallographic information file (CIF) for PCN-222 MOF?

I need the simulated XRD pattern of PCN-222 to compare with experimental data. Thanks.

19 February 2021 4,932 3 View

Websites for virtual lab in semiconductors?

Hello everyone, Because of Covid, now all classes are online. Is there good website that also are easy to use to teach student virtual experiments about PN junctions and semiconductors? Thank...

24 December 2020 6,637 2 View

From the EDAX analyses if the material which is coated is not observed in maximum percentage then how can interpret the results?

If we doped metal oxide to semiconducting material in different ratios then the property of the resultant material will be increased.But in some lower ratios when we go through the elemental...

16 December 2020 8,190 2 View

Is there any software for calculating hit bias (HB), missed precipitation (MP), and false precipitation (FP)?

I have a time series of two rainfall products. For error decomposition analysis, I have to calculate HB, MB and FB. Is there any software for calculating these variables.

27 November 2020 980 2 View

Why Schiff bases change colour upon evaporation?

I got bright yellow coloured Schiff base after 6 hour reaction time. So i kept it for slow evaporation. Solvent was methanol. But after complete evaporation my product colour changes from yellow...

17 November 2020 3,824 2 View

How to make the children cool, who feel stressful during this pandemic-lock down without having physical outlet?

The discussion may feed the parents a way to manage and guide the children in a right direction.

12 November 2020 1,302 9 View

How to design qPCR primer for mature microRNA?

09 November 2020 9,163 3 View

Which force field should be used to simulate protein-protein complex in gromacs?

Hi, I have done a protein-protein docking. Now I want to perform MD in gromacs. I am confused with forcefields. When I tried to findout, everywhere it is written for protein-ligand but I couldn't...

29 September 2020 1,410 3 View

Charcoal mediated steroid depletion assay?

Suppose, one is doing enzyme assay of an enzyme of a steroidogenic pathway. Is it necessary to deplete the steroids from the tissue/ cell homogenate before administering substrates to check enzyme...

21 September 2020 7,439 2 View

Protein-aptamer gel electrophoresis help, please??

Hi, I have problems with running gel electrophoresis. I have tried agarose gel electrophoresis and native PAGE. I have two proteins, which have molecular weights of ~30kDa and ~180kDa and two...

03 March 2021 4,275 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

Gel electrophoresis result for total RNA samples, 1.5 Agarose gel was used, How to improve the integrity of RNA?

Gel electrophoresis, RNA degradation, RNA extraction from fresh tissue

02 March 2021 5,433 5 View

How to regulate SSCP temperature in simple PAGE?

I'd like to perform single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) in my thesis, however I cannot control the temperature of the vertical PAGE since we are using the conventional tanks. Is there a...

02 March 2021 9,157 1 View

Why are my bands weird in this Agarose gel?

Can someone please give me some possible things that could go wrong? Here is my recipe: 0.5g Agarose 50 mL of TAE 1x 1 uL ethyl bromide. Gel was run at 100V for 1 hour. The buffer used is also TAE.

01 March 2021 9,952 3 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 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

I want to performe MALDI-TOF MS for bacterial identification, I would appreciate it if anyone can tell me the matrix solution preparation protocol ?

based on what I've studied on multiple papers, for peptide and protein identification Alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) is an appropriate matrix to use, I also know that the CHCA powder...

26 February 2021 6,799 3 View

Why my agarose gel staining sometimes looks not homogenic but like gradient (see the figure)?

I am worried about this overexposure of the upper part of the gel in the picture. Is it possible that this is the result of too much concentration of ethidium bromide? Why is there such a big...

25 February 2021 8,140 3 View

Can I use acetic acid with an ELITE WAX Perkin Elmer column for Gas Chromatography?

Hi! I would want to know if I can use acetic acid with an ELITE WAX Perkin Elmer column for Gas Chromatography. This column has a polyethylene glycol phase, but I can't find the manual to check...

22 February 2021 730 2 View