Which is the best mitochondrial potential dye for primary cells?

Hi! I am wondering if someone can recommend me a good dye for measuring mitochondrial potential. I have used TMRE with good results in the past, but I have heard also about Mitoview. I would use...

12 January 2021 4,200 4 View

How to analyze sodium lauryl sulfate using HPLC-RID?

Hi, I am analyzing the content of anionic surfactant: sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) in commercial detergents using HPLC-RID/refractive index detector. I used column Agilent Zorbax Eclipse XDB C-18...

15 November 2020 1,405 2 View

How do I test for gender differences in Spearman rho correlations?

I want to explore if there is a gender difference in a correlation between two ordinal items. I have calculated spearman rho within gender for the items, but I now need to test if the correlation...

09 October 2020 970 13 View

How can I be sure that my bone marrow cells are differentiated into bone marrow derived macrophages (day 7) at a gene expression level?

Hi everyone, I'm trying to establish a standard protocol to cultivate BMDMs. I'm culturing BM cells for 7 days in 100mm petri dishes, addition of M-CSF(20ng/mL) on day 0 and day 3. I would like...

09 July 2020 1,742 3 View

Insects and COVID-19: a possible contaminant?

Dear colegues, What do you think about this? Can insects or others arthropods transmit the virus (directly or indirectly)?

19 April 2020 7,391 53 View

How can I identify and catalog the Rainforest fungus?

We have a big area of Rainforest where we can see a big variety of fungos growing around. I'd like to catalog them using a simple methodology. We do not have equipment for that despite a...

16 March 2020 9,034 3 View

I tried metawin unfortunately I couldn't get much help on how to code studies. Does anyone know a good free package for correlation meta analysis?

By the way I also need advice on which correlations to extract from factor studies ( exploratory, confirmatory, & SEM PLS) for meta analysis?

16 March 2020 7,217 3 View

Deep Euthetic Solvents, how to prepare?

Hi, everyone. I am starting to work with fractionation of Biomassa by Deep Euthetic Solvents . I came across a DES that is comprised of Lactic acid: Glucose:water (molar ratio 5:1:3), as in ref....

12 March 2020 3,474 3 View

How to get rid of Matrigel during enteroid passaging?

Hello. I am trying to generate monolayers from cow enteroids. The protocol I am following involves 0.5uM EDTA and Trypsin-EDTA 0.05%, each enzyme is applied in two different steps. But for some...

10 March 2020 1,805 1 View

Forests Pests: increased damage by climate change?

Dear researchers, what is your opinion about climate changes and forests pests? there is an increase or reduction of damage caused by insects and mites on trees?

29 February 2020 2,434 17 View

Should we change media after1st 6hrs after plating HUVEC bought from INVITROGEN?it's not recomended by invitrogen.Will DMSO present in stock matter?

We have HUVEC bought from Invitrogen. Cat no -C-003-5c. while first plating the cells we have bought the protocol suggests not to centrifuge the cell with media to remove the DMSO. Should we...

02 March 2021 3,713 2 View

How to best wash a 96-well plate containing microplastic?

I am planning my protocol for my dissertation for an experiment quantifying bacterial (E. coli) biofilm formation on micro-plastic (5mm discs of polyethylene bags) by conducting a crystal violet...

23 February 2021 7,868 2 View

Diltuions for a Western blot?

I need help using the equation C1V1=C2V2 figuring out how much antibody to add to use for a western blot. The stock was origianlly 3.45 ng/ul but diluted 1:10 so now its 0.345 ng/ul. I need to run...

22 February 2021 9,901 3 View

How can I improve the concentration of banana fruits extracted RNA?

Currently, I'm working with banana fruits. I've tried to do RNA extractions with different methods, and I've gotten total RNA without contamination, but I couldn't get a high concentration of...

22 February 2021 6,126 2 View

What are alternatives for B27+ Supplement in neuronal cell culture?

Hello everybody In our iPSC-derived neuronal culture we use Maturationmedium, supplemented with B27+. As Thermo Fisher run out of stock and can deliver earliest in May, I wanted to ask whether...

16 February 2021 3,348 1 View

3T3-L1 cells, is this a bacterial contamination or a cross contamination with different cell line? or something else?

Hi, I am experiencing some difficulties with 3T3-L1 cells culturing recently. I am working with 3T3-L1 cells for almost 4 years now and have seen bacterial contaminations/ unhealthy cells and...

13 February 2021 4,040 3 View

What is the method of removing RNase contamination from a filter paper surface?

I am working on a biosensing project on paper substrate, however, it is found that the RNase contamination occurs on the filter paper. Might I ask is there any method to clean the paper surface...

12 February 2021 3,926 3 View

How to revive a Hyphomicrobium strain?

11 February 2021 3,524 2 View

How to determine measurement uncertainty of a mass balance?

Hi everyone, I work at a factory plant where they use a mass balance. The problem is that there is an huge difference between the input and output of one element. There are several people working...

10 February 2021 5,764 3 View

I have a problem with sensible heat flux (H) iteration process in Sebal model?

In each iteration, I get the same value of H for different values of aerodynamic resistance and the temperature difference between two heights. Do the results make sense? Is it necessary to adjust...

07 February 2021 8,953 2 View