How to accurately quantify chitin?

Hi all, I have been working on the quantification of chitin in insect samples and feed for a while but I can notice that the quantification methods (e.g. exposure to HCl, NaOH, and weighing sample...

01 March 2021 1,843 2 View

How to find a correlation between coordinates in a curvilinear coordinate system?

Hello. I have a skewed elliptical coordinate system (I use alternative elliptical coordinates). And I need to determine connections between coordinates in order to fetch a covariance matrix of...

28 February 2021 364 3 View

Failed Chromatograms on HPLC-ESI Orbitrap?

Hello fellow researchers, I recently have a problem with an HPLC coupled to an Orbitrap mass analyzer. I usually use some protein mix to make sure the equipment is ready to separate and read...

09 February 2021 3,595 8 View

Do you know any available open-source data on animal behavior for model validation?

In my research related to monitoring the cow behavior with help of sensors I have a permanent and principal problem with the data for model validation. I tried to find some available open-source...

26 December 2020 8,197 2 View

Do you know of research in communication/media studies using "Activity theory" ?

Hello, For a project which studies how teens deal with social media and their interfaces, I'm interested in so-called "activity theory" (also know as cultural-historical activity theory). I know...

21 October 2020 2,364 4 View

Which statistical model to use for samples taken over time?

Hello everyone, I am currently analyzing my dataset, I have obtained body weight data in insects for 7 days consecutively exposed to six different treatments in triplicates. I would like to...

13 October 2020 5,668 12 View

Northern blotting advice?

Hi everyone! Does anybody know about a good website or place to get some guidance on Northern blotting? Also, advice on blotting the RNA ladder?

07 October 2020 739 3 View

Did somebody tried to use the attR1 and attR2 sites without the chloranphenicol resistance gene i.e. AttR1-ccdB-AttR2?

I am trying to design a vector as compact as posible to test DNA transcriptional enhancer and/or repressor activity, I already have a compact bacbone (pICOz vector), minimal promoter, translation...

22 August 2020 1,083 1 View

How to amplify phage DNA (dsDNA) for producing restriction profiles?

Hi everybody! I need to amplify phage DNA so as to be able to produce restriction profiles using different restriction endonucleases. Can anyone recommend which primers should I use? I know random...

06 August 2020 1,194 3 View

Is there any method for tuning Subspace Predictive Controllers (SPC)?

My current research is about SPC and I'm interested in tuning strategies for these types of predictive control approaches. The cost function is on the photo and the tuning parameters are Np...

23 July 2020 1,176 1 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 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

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View

What could be some reasons why unstimulated monocytes are getting activated?

Im doing PBMC isolation -> CD14+ enrichment using magnetic beads -> stimulation setup. My negative control is just cells in cRPMI but they seem to get activated over and over again.

28 February 2021 7,883 3 View

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28 February 2021 9,936 2 View

Has anyone had luck using cell lines other than HEK 293 (such as COS1) to package lentivirus?

I am looking to package lentivirus in endothelial cells but I am opposed to using 293 cells due to personal ethics regarding the source. I have done some reading and saw that COS1, COS7, & CHO...

25 February 2021 3,030 1 View