How can I measure MMP-1 protein activity or protein level from liver tissue?

Instead of checking only the mRNA level, I want to check the active protein level of MMP-1 in Liver tissue from mice. How can I do that?

03 March 2021 1,763 2 View

Binary Logistic Generalized Linear Mixed model in SPSS. Is it doable?

I want to analyses the proportion of swimming sperm of three species of fish in two salinities. To analyse the proportion of swimming sperm in a Generalized Linear Model, I would use a Binary...

03 March 2021 2,297 3 View

Looking for Materials with high thermal expansion coefficient and high temperature resistance?

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

Guidelines for survey (question type) analysis?

Hi. Please tell me what guidelines should i need to follow for questionaries' type research work in India. It is not hospital based work, we are conduction basic institutional based qualitative...

03 March 2021 2,037 3 View

What are the values needed for gabor filter's parameter for cifar10 data?

Hi, I implemented a code to gabor filter cifar10 data but the images after being filtered and stacked are not clear like the original images. I think the problem is in the way I am using the...

03 March 2021 6,317 1 View

Can we block unwanted images during the x-ray prediction?

i am try to classify the x-ray images. During classification , can i block unwanted images (except x-ray image).

03 March 2021 7,100 1 View

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03 March 2021 5,360 2 View

What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

Sample dilution for quantitative analysis using ELISA?

If the detection range is in ng/ml but the reference range is in ug/ml for a molecule or protein in serum or plasma .how to dilute and what is the initial volume to be taken for quantitative analysis

02 March 2021 7,670 3 View

The procedure compute?

02 March 2021 5,204 3 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

Can you perform the Murexide test on samples fixed in Formalin?

I have a fixed sample and would like to use the murexide reaction to test for uric acid composition. I no longer have fresh samples

22 February 2021 1,328 1 View

Looking for advices and tips to improve the staining and the gating strategy in human blood?

Hi, I am staining a human blood with CD19, CD3,CD14 and CD16. My gating strategy in FlowJo goes like this: - First, I gate a general population SSC-A VS FSC-A => Then gate for single cells, =>...

21 February 2021 5,724 4 View

Macrophages in culture not growing/ dying or detaching . Why ?

Hello, I am an undergraduate student doing my dissertation, where I isolate PBMCs from leucocyte cones in order to plate monocytes and allow for macrophage differentiation. Although the numbers...

09 February 2021 5,334 8 View

Are there any fast-acting, long-term fixatives compatible with FISH?

I'm looking for a fixative that works quickly but you can safely store cells in for a longer period (i.e. a few hours). Most importantly it must be able to fix chromatin well and be compatible...

03 February 2021 7,659 7 View

Can I measure lung weight after formalin fixation?

Hi, I have simple quick question. Can I make a measurement of mouse lung to evaluate lung metastasis after formalin fixation? Is it not reliable? Thanks.

11 January 2021 3,178 3 View

Is there a reason why my monocyte population had high CD3 expression?

We ran a flow cytometry experiment where Fc blockers were added into the antibody cocktail. Other antibodies added include: 1. anti-CD3-PE-Cy7 2. anti-CD4-APC 3. anti-CD8-AmCyan 4....

10 January 2021 2,806 4 View

Is it possible to grow human monocytes in DMEM?

I need to purify monocytes isolated from human peripheral blood using the plate adhesion methodology. However, I only have DMEM in the laboratory. I did a pilot and the cells did not adhere...

09 December 2020 2,555 3 View

Why do my plaque assays look so weird?

I'm growing hCoV-OC43 in Vero E6 cells but whenever I do a plaque assay to assess viral titer the plaques appear as dark spots on a purple background rather than lighter spots. I attached some...

08 December 2020 6,517 2 View

Has anyone tried cross-linking cells with formaldehyde before co-immunoprecipitation?

Hi, I am currently trying to co-immunoprecipitate a protein but the interaction between that protein and its binding partner is not stable. Sometimes we able to detect its binding partner but...

29 November 2020 9,261 3 View