Reference for 0.5 McFarland standard corresponding to 0.08 to 0.13?

Hi, I have a question about the 0.5 McFarland standard. In different websites I read that the for the 0.5 McFarland standard, the absorbance at a wavelength of 625 nm should be 0.08 to 0.13. I...

08 September 2018 4,826 1 View

How do I determine if specific points significantly deviate from the linear regression in a scatter plot?

Hi everyone, I would like to know how I can determine if a point significantly deviates from the linear regression when I plot the data in a scatter plot. I am using excel and I made a scatter...

06 July 2018 5,232 8 View

How to measure density with ImageJ in images that have different magnification?

Hi all, i am new in image processing and using ImageJ. I want to measure the density in areas of pictures that were originally taken at a different magnification. I attached an example that I hope...

05 June 2018 7,206 4 View

Theoretical question about western blot?

Hi, I am new with Western Blot and I need a few clarifications about the use of blocking and incubation solution. I understood that blocking is done to saturate the membrane with proteins...

11 December 2017 4,382 4 View

Preparation of sodium phosphate buffer?

Hi, I am preparing a sodium phosphate buffer solution at 0.1 M pH 7. For the preparation I am following this instruction that requires to mix 1 M Na2HPO4 and 1 M NaH2PO4 like this: 57.7 ml 1 M...

10 November 2017 6,517 3 View

How to calculate the enzyme activity from absorbance?

Hi, I have a question about how to calculate the enzyme activity from absorbance. I have absorbance values for different concentrations of my samples at different times. As far as I understood, I...

08 September 2017 1,623 4 View

Can you help me with understanding how to determine the beta lactamase activity?

08 September 2017 1,180 5 View

Which statistical test is most appropriate for my experiment?

08 September 2017 8,159 15 View

Cutting bands out of the agarose gel?

05 June 2017 3,063 1 View

Optimization of ligation?

05 June 2017 3,601 3 View

Protein-aptamer gel electrophoresis help, please??

Hi, I have problems with running gel electrophoresis. I have tried agarose gel electrophoresis and native PAGE. I have two proteins, which have molecular weights of ~30kDa and ~180kDa and two...

03 March 2021 4,275 4 View

Buffer to disrupt platelet alpha granules for PF4 quantification?

Hello! I want to quantify by ELISA the secreted (from platelets poor plasma) and the non-secreted (from platelet lysate) PF4 before and after TRAP stimulation. I will use the ELISA from R&D...

03 March 2021 1,499 2 View

Buffer Exchange using column packed with sephadex G-25 effect on protein concentration?

Hello, If i am doing a buffer exchange for an antibody of 1mg/mL, does the elution lose protein in the process of buffer exchange? For example, if i flow through 500 uL of 1mg/mL sample, and...

03 March 2021 6,299 3 View

Gel electrophoresis result for total RNA samples, 1.5 Agarose gel was used, How to improve the integrity of RNA?

Gel electrophoresis, RNA degradation, RNA extraction from fresh tissue

02 March 2021 5,433 5 View

Do you know any MR image dataset?

I would like to research on MR images (0.5T and 3T). Can you please suggest some websites that I can download dataset including both 0.5T and 3T MR images? Thank you.

02 March 2021 7,735 3 View

How to regulate SSCP temperature in simple PAGE?

I'd like to perform single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) in my thesis, however I cannot control the temperature of the vertical PAGE since we are using the conventional tanks. Is there a...

02 March 2021 9,157 1 View

Do you know good and user-friendly programs to measure plant quantitative traits?

For my research i will need to measure plant quantitative traits (especially leaves area and roots length, but would be nice to add some more information). I recently discovered...

01 March 2021 5,035 2 View

How optimize the Size Exclusion Chromatography?

Hello! I'll do a size exclusion chromatography, but I only have an open column, and I'll perform the peptide extraction from yeast, using buffer lysis (sodium phosphate 50 mM/NaCl 30 mM/DNAse and...

01 March 2021 2,215 2 View

Why are my bands weird in this Agarose gel?

Can someone please give me some possible things that could go wrong? Here is my recipe: 0.5g Agarose 50 mL of TAE 1x 1 uL ethyl bromide. Gel was run at 100V for 1 hour. The buffer used is also TAE.

01 March 2021 9,952 3 View

Why might my GFP tag be dissociating from my plasmid after transfection?

I have a set of stably transfected cell lines all transfected with plasmids containing GFP tags on the C terminus. During a western blot using anti-GFP antibody, one of my plasmids has dissociated...

01 March 2021 9,310 4 View