How should I prepare solutions of divalent metals at neutral pH?

Hello, I would like to prepare metal solutions of 50 mM Mg, Zn, Ca, and Cu (separately) from their chloride salts, to study protein-metal-ion interaction. For this reason, I would prefer that it...

25 November 2020 1,924 11 View

How to calculate the specific capacitance of graphene foil using galvanostatic charge-discharge?

The proper way is to normalize it according to the weight of the electrode in order to get the specific capacitance in F/g units? or should I normalize it according to the geometric area to get it...

28 January 2019 4,796 3 View

Does anyone know if GlycoBlue affect cells in vitro ?

I would like to transfect RNA into cells and I was wondering if it is going to be toxic ?

07 August 2017 4,909 3 View

Should there be a correlation between band size on gel and SYBR green signal in the real time PCR run?

19 January 2016 4,703 3 View

Is there logic behind using Annexin V FACS with another antibody?

02 December 2015 605 3 View

High miniprep yield followed by extremely low Ct values?

I have been using Clone jet PCR cloning kit with a pJET1.2 blunt as a vector. The insert is from a clean PCR product that went through a blunting reaction (supplied with the cloning kit). The E....

19 October 2015 8,587 6 View

How do I use two way ANOVA on real time PCR results?

09 March 2015 8,424 6 View

How do I calculate standard errors for normalized log2 converted gene expression data?

I ran an experiment with a ref gene (3 biological repeats x 3 technical repeats) and normalized gene expression of my target genes to the ref gene. I decided to present the data as log2 fold...

05 January 2015 6,166 6 View

Has anyone had any experience with storing cell culture slides for a TUNEL assay?

22 December 2014 3,895 2 View

Can anyone recommend a process for preparing and storing slides for a TUNEL assay?

29 September 2014 8,964 2 View

Waters 2707 HPLC autosampler problem?

I am using a 2707 waters HPLC device. When I try to inject a sample, it says missing plate or rack. I changed the needle and calibrated its position but I still get the same problem. I even get...

02 March 2021 1,408 1 View

Should we change media after1st 6hrs after plating HUVEC bought from INVITROGEN?it's not recomended by invitrogen.Will DMSO present in stock matter?

We have HUVEC bought from Invitrogen. Cat no -C-003-5c. while first plating the cells we have bought the protocol suggests not to centrifuge the cell with media to remove the DMSO. Should we...

02 March 2021 3,713 2 View

How to normalise data on OPM package from R Studio ?

Good afternoon, I recently used OmniLog from BIOLOG for my experimentations : I tested the metabolism of different strains on 2 types of plates. I have 16 strains of 3 different groups...

02 March 2021 3,584 1 View

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

02 March 2021 3,858 10 View

How Relativistic effects is one reason for lanthanide contraction?

The Lanthanide contraction which is the decrease in ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series from atomic number 57, lanthanum, to 71, lutetium, is due to poor shielding of the 4f...

01 March 2021 2,272 4 View

Benefits of the 24 welled plate?

We have always used the 96 welled plate, the 48 welled plate but apparently there is much evidence on the 24 welled plate and above all its benefits.It states it is the same you would use on ELISA...

28 February 2021 1,149 1 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

For modelling epoxy-based matrices (in composites), which model in ABAQUS is the most suitable, Concrete damaged plasticity or Drucker-Prager model?

I am working on developing a micromechanical FE model for predicting kink-band formation in UD composites. To model matrix plasticity, which model, out of Concrete Damaged Plasticity and...

28 February 2021 5,415 1 View

Can anyone share his experience regards Smoothing in origin?

I am working on TiO2 composite material and the results of XRD have a lot of small/junk peaks and while I apply a smooth filter in Origin then the other characteristics peaks disappear so anyone...

26 February 2021 8,183 3 View

What is the best surface to culture cells isolated from a skin biopsy?

Hello, recently I am having some difficulties with maintaining the cell culture of primary cells isolated from a skin biopsy (normal and malignant). The coating of culture plates with Matrigel (a...

26 February 2021 6,151 2 View