Calculating volume of DNA required from DNA concentration?

Hi I am a bit confused. They are asking me to find out the volume of DNA required in ul (a total of 30-100 ng for genomic DNA) from the DNA concentration in the nanodrop reading which was 404.8...

26 February 2021 5,029 2 View

What is recommended and opened real-time or nearly real time geospatial data used in flood risk assessment and regional planning on a detailed scale?

I asked recommended real-time or nearly real-time data source for any parameters for flood risk on a microscale analysis for urban area cases in developing countries that had agglomeration urban...

18 February 2021 2,617 2 View

What test should I use?

15 February 2021 911 5 View

How should I compute a new variable with z-scores?

I would like to create a new variable using 4 different measures: hIndex (range: 1-47), # of publications (range: 0-111), and 2 other measures (range: 1-7). I changed all of these variables into...

09 February 2021 4,866 3 View

Can cell lines have different DNA content?

I am doing calibration curves using CyQUANT Direct Assay to 10 different pancreatic cancer cell lines. I've noticed that the fluorescence of some cell lines double at the same cell number. Is this...

03 February 2021 3,587 2 View

Do you consider that rose bengal chloramphenicol agar is suitable to isolate and count fungus?

Someone knows about a specific law or regulation which mentions the use of the rose bengal chloramphenicol agar is suitable to isolate and count fungi. Perhaps, someone has done a research about...

07 January 2021 5,325 5 View

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07 January 2021 9,052 1 View

Regression analysis on small but complete dataset (perfect representation of reality)?

I have a repeated measures design with about 16 cases and 5-6 points of measuring. Sometimes, 1-4 full cases or some points of measure are missing. (The measures are 20 numerical and categorical...

20 December 2020 9,004 7 View

Have you cloned a PCR product containing 2X2A sequences into a vector that contains another 2A sequence?

Hi! I am having problems cloning a 1.6 kb fragment containing 2 different genes and 2X2A peptides into a vector that I already used to clone other fragments (digested with PmeI/BamHI). The vector...

17 December 2020 5,218 3 View

Approval for MnFe2O4 for industrial wastewater treatment?

I am using MnFe2O4 NPs as adsorbent for CrVI for wastewater treatment following literatures as it is one of the best, but I have a challenge of releasing Mn+2 in the environment. A lot of...

19 November 2020 3,404 4 View

Can we distinguish the type of free fluid inside the pelvic and abdominal cavities whether blood or serous fluid using the ultrasound?

during ultrasound examination of acute abdomen, sometimes we see free fluid , can we know the type of fluid ,whether blood or not , using ultrasound only? if yes , what are the sonographic...

01 March 2021 7,476 4 View

Protocol for membrane extraction E. coli?

Hello! I am interested in determining whether a poly-unsaturated fatty acid I have engineered E. coli to produce is being incorporated into the membrane of the cells or if it is simply a free...

21 February 2021 7,447 2 View

Oil red O protocol for flow cytometry?

18 February 2021 4,214 3 View

Hi, I have a problem with my mouse Adipose MSC primary culture?

I am working on mouse adipose mesanchymal stem cells. After removing the mouse peritoneal fat and extracting, I do the primary culture, I used DMEM F12 medium with 15% FBS, but with this, the...

13 February 2021 9,838 1 View

3T3-L1 cells, is this a bacterial contamination or a cross contamination with different cell line? or something else?

Hi, I am experiencing some difficulties with 3T3-L1 cells culturing recently. I am working with 3T3-L1 cells for almost 4 years now and have seen bacterial contaminations/ unhealthy cells and...

13 February 2021 4,040 3 View

Which Journals would you advise to submit a Letter which briefly talks about neurosurgical treatment of neuro-oncological patient during Sars-COV-2?

Possibily not an open access journal which does not add any publishing costs once being accepted. Thank you in advance

09 February 2021 717 6 View

ACE2 Blotted as a double band?

Hello, I have recently run a western of Vero cells for ACE2. I detected ACE2 at the correct size, but it presents as a double band. The sample was prepared by lysing cells in 1X Laemmli...

07 February 2021 6,973 3 View

How to extract RNA from brown adipose tissue(BAT)?

30 January 2021 6,610 3 View

How to dissolve Scotch tape to collect the Au particles [analogous to the mechanical exfoliation of graphene]?

Hi everyone, I'm a mechanical person and now may need some help from chemistry experts. My question should be as easy as pie for the chemistry person. I prepared some Au particles in nanoscale...

21 January 2021 2,426 3 View

The First Survey Addressing Patients with BMIs over 50?

Dear Bariatric Surgeons, The importance of obesity management in patients with BMIs over 50 has not been completely addressed and it should be considered separately from patients with morbid...

20 January 2021 2,748 1 View