What is the appropriate protocol for generation of Dendritic cells from mouse bone marrow..should it be GM-CSF+IL-4 or only GM-CSF?

Hi everyone, I am trying to generate Dendritic cells from mouse bone marrow where I am culturing the bone marrow cells with GM-CSF for 6 days and measuring the percent DCs generated on 6th day by...

02 March 2019 1,911 8 View

Will the standard protein available in ELISA kit be treated as reagent in other assays?

Hello all, I have IFN-alpha kit, which is having IFN-ALPHA protein as its standard. Can this protein be treated as reagent and used as inhibitory or stimulatory agent in other assays like...

11 December 2016 3,680 6 View

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Hello all, I have supernatants containing IFN-alpha protein at concentrations in pg/ml...I want to use them in PBMC stimulation assays...kindly tell me conversion procedure of pg/ml to IU for...

09 October 2016 6,213 2 View

How should I stimulate plasmacytoid dendritic cells to induce phosphorylation of akt?

Hello, I am working on freshly isolated plasmacytoid dendritic cells. I stimulate them with Imiquimod (TLR-7 agonist) to see the phosphorylation of akt (ser473) after 90 min by flow...

02 March 2015 9,145 4 View

Which biosafety lavel should be used for using flu PR8 virus (H1N1) as stimulation of plasmacytoid dendritic cells?

I am working on plasmacytoid dendritic cells and many references suggest that flu PR8 is best for stimulation of pDC...can anyone tell me if I plan to use this virus what kind of biosafety should...

01 February 2015 2,072 9 View

Does anyone has MS-5 mouse stromal cell line?

This cell line is available at DSMZ, Germany, but they do not supply cell lines to India. Can anyone help me to obtain this cell line?

11 December 2014 9,359 0 View

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10 November 2014 200 12 View

How to compare two groups with only two measurements?

Hiiiii everyone! I have an enquiry on statistical analysis. I was looking for many forum and it's still cannot solve my problem. I want to compare means of two groups of data but only with two...

03 March 2021 8,796 3 View

Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence?

I am on the lookout for the Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thank you in advance

03 March 2021 3,568 1 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

Do we need to write protocol for a second study of a systematic review that has been registered and published?

I have conducted and published a systematic review and meta-analysis research with the topic related to public health and health pomotion (protocol was registed in PROSPERO). Now we want to...

03 March 2021 8,920 3 View

How to increase a model accuracy ?

dear community, my model is based feature extraction from non stationary signals using discrete Wavelet Transform and then using statistical features then machine learning classifiers in order to...

03 March 2021 6,994 5 View

Do I need to do linear regression before running mediation analysis using PROCESS MACRO by Hayes ?

I just wanted to check if I need to run a linear regression separately if I am using PROCESS MACRO to run mediation analysis. Thank you.

02 March 2021 4,359 3 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

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test Fluorescent Compounds Other Than Fluorescence Spectrometers ??

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test The Efficiency Of Fluorescent Compounds Other Than UV Spectrometers ? Suggestions Would Be Appreciated !

02 March 2021 5,785 3 View

What is the characteristic length to determine the Reynolds number for the scattered turbulent fluid flow?

Dear all, I just saw this example in FB on the difference between laminar flow and turbulent flow. The flow from a pipe hits the sink and scattered. The flow from the pipe is characterized as...

02 March 2021 1,999 5 View