How to dissolve cross-linked Amberlite IRC120 H, hydrogen form resin?

Hello all, I have used Amberlite IRC120 H, hydrogen form acidic cation-exchange resin for the ion-exchange of waterglass [sodium silicate solution -- 40% Sodium silicate (mol ratio > 3.2)...

21 February 2021 5,614 3 View

What molecules bind to dsDNA?

Hello, there are some molecules that bind to double-stranded DNA; for instance, SYBR green and some antibodies. Are there more examples? Thank you

25 January 2021 7,595 4 View

What are best conditions for in vitro hybridization?

Hello, I would like to hybridize a probe and an anti-probe (ssDNA oligonucleotides) in a reaction vessel. What would be the best buffer to use? and the temperature of annealing? Thank you

06 December 2020 4,121 0 View

Which is the best statistical approach to an experimental measurement?

Hi everyone, my question is the following. I have to perform an experiment with the aim of finding a correlation between a quantity X (e. g. temperature) and a quantity Y (depending on X). Which...

06 October 2020 3,911 6 View

How to activate polystyrene with carboxyl group?

Is there a simple (that is one that requires few and not very exotic reagents) chemical reaction to "activate" or "functionalize" the polystyrene of a simple microtitre plate? In other words, I...

06 September 2020 233 3 View

What is the stability of EDAC in aqueous solution?

06 September 2020 4,305 3 View

What test to compare shannon index results?

Hello, I have obtained the following Shannon indices from a trio of samples: 27.73 (healthy tissues), 24.55 (primary colon tumor), and 1.20 (metastatic tissues). The indices have been obtained...

30 August 2020 5,543 1 View

What is the concentration of acid for an ELISA stop solution?

Hello, what is the correct molarity of a stop solution for a peroxidase using o-Phenylenediamine dihydrochloride (OPD)? I am getting all sorts of molarities, from fractional up to 3 M according to...

01 July 2020 3,729 1 View

Is there a database for bacterial features?

Hello, is there a repository of the basic characteristics of bacteria, such as maximum growth rate? In the works related to the modelling of bacterial growth, the parameters requested are always...

25 February 2020 5,498 2 View

Can the PCR fail to amplify high loads of target?

Hello, I did the PCR (long-range, target ~5 Kb) that is shown in the attached file. The lanes are: 1. ladder 2. target (plasmid purified from E. coli after transfection), 50 ng/uL corresponding to...

18 February 2020 6,863 3 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

What analysis to choose with a large neste dataset and clearly skewed or kurtotic distributions?

Hello! I have a dataset of n=3000 nested within 8 countries with approximately 200 or 400 responses in each country. I originally planned to perform multilevel modelling with 4 dependent variables...

02 March 2021 6,865 1 View

Could any one guide me, to write research proposal for grant? ?

We have one plant, the local people using this for controlling blood sugar, the toxicity and antidiabetic activity of the plant is not reported yet, please guide from whag should be the process ?...

02 March 2021 2,300 1 View

Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

Hi everyone, Illumina provides a list of primers to amplify with high taxonomic coverage the ITS1 region for further fungal sequencing, but I cannot find the exact amount necessary of each...

25 February 2021 6,969 3 View

Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration fors?

Warm greetings My name is Ayichew S. and I am doing my Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology (on Human papillomavirus). At this stage, I have almost completed a clinical sample Cervical swabs)...

25 February 2021 1,660 3 View

Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration forms?

Warm greetings! My name is Ayichew S. and I am doing my Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology focusing on Human papillomavirus). At this stage, I have almost completed a clinical sample (Cervical swabs)...

25 February 2021 3,612 3 View

Advice on growing lactobacillus species in the lab?

Hello everyone, For part of my PhD project, I'm hoping to grow some lactobacillus species in the lab so that I can create standard curves for a qPCR quantification of a faecal sample. However, I...

24 February 2021 3,157 6 View

Are there any candidates for an Einstein's bare cosmological constant?

It is commonly accepted that General Relativity has its own 'bare' cosmological constant that contributes together with the cosmological constant resulting from vacuum energy density for an...

23 February 2021 5,448 8 View

Differences between sheep blood with Alsever solution vs citrated/defibrinated sheep blood in microbiological media?

I am aware of a study that has compared the use of citrated and defibrinated sheep's blood in microbiological media (Hair Sheep Blood, Citrated or Defibrinated, Fulfills All Req... ), but can...

10 February 2021 5,927 1 View

Hi everyone, I want to lower the pH of microbiological broth, what are the best options?

I will be using the lowered pH broth for MIC test of some disinfectants, and I do not want the acid to have any interfernece with MIC results.

03 February 2021 6,959 4 View