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

Does anyone have a recommendation for yeast reporter gene plasmid/protocol?

Hi, could anyone recommend a plasmid and/or protocol for reporter gene assay in S. cerevisiae? I want to assess the effect of growth conditions on a transcription factor, so I want to clone it`s...

01 March 2021 210 1 View

Why might my GFP tag be dissociating from my plasmid after transfection?

I have a set of stably transfected cell lines all transfected with plasmids containing GFP tags on the C terminus. During a western blot using anti-GFP antibody, one of my plasmids has dissociated...

01 March 2021 9,310 4 View

Expression cloning by using cDNA,do I need to modify the cDNA first?

I am going to have a expression cloning of mammalian gene by using shuttle plasmid to transforming the E.coli However I don't know I should only inserting the Coding sequence ,or I can...

28 February 2021 5,440 3 View

Problem with shRNA transfection. Why are only two plates getting contaminated instead of all?

I transfected my LNCaP-WT cells with 3 shRNA plus their NTC two weeks ago and split two puromycin selected cell plates on Friday last week(Feb 26). I checked for GFP in the cells, and they all...

28 February 2021 4,949 3 View

PUC19 as a transfer plasmid for lentiviral delivery?

Hello, Is it possible to use pUC19 as a transfer vector to be packed in using the second generation viral particles packaging system( pMD2.G; psPAX2 plasmids)? As far as I understand it there is...

28 February 2021 4,868 2 View

Did anyone ever try using pLVX-TetOne Plasmid with a copGFP as a selection marker instead of Puromycin?

When using a lentiviral vector for inducible expression of genes using the Tet-On system. In the literature, I saw a widely used of pLVX-TetOne-Puro Plasmid, is there a reason why people prefer to...

25 February 2021 1,011 3 View

Why do the PCR bands from the cDNA templates (extraction from the cell after transfection) show different size from the band of the plasmid template?

After transfection with the plasmid ( linearized ) and subcloning of the cell lines, RNA was extracted from the cell and then reverse transcripted to cDNA. When PCR reactions were run to verify...

25 February 2021 5,712 3 View

How do I transfect a large plasmid into PC12 cells with nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor?

I have a large 16 kb plasmid, which I need to transfect into PC12 cells. Lipofectamin 2000 didn't work and with GFP alone the transfection rate is very low. I also tried the neon invitrogen...

25 February 2021 6,635 5 View

What's the concentration recommend for recombinant protein use in western blotting?

I'm currently working having problem with the concentration for recombinant protein use in western blot, the one been used is Recombinant Human CD19 Fc Chimera Protein-rndsystem which does not...

24 February 2021 8,514 3 View

Problem with ligating 2.8 kb insert into 8.5 kb plasmid?

I am trying to clone 2 copies of the same mammalian gene into the pSF-CMV-Ub-Puro Ascl (contains HindIII, KpnI and NheI cut sites) plasmid. This is what the final product is supposed to look like...

24 February 2021 6,310 3 View