Calculate pH after addition of base?

04 February 2021 2,232 4 View

Western blot with very acidic proteins, any suggestions?

I am trying to do a Western Blot to detect acidic proteins (~30kDa) that have a PI of ~3.5, due to the presence of Asp and Glu repeats. The proteins are about 80% pure. After I ran them on...

24 January 2021 7,226 3 View

How does one create IFORM contours?

Hello: Can anyone assist with plotting IFORM contours. I have been trying to plot contours using Hs and Tp as variables. The marginal distribution is a GPD-Kernel density and the conditional...

12 December 2020 4,355 3 View

How can I transfer heat between groups in Gromacs?

Is it possible to transfer heat from one group to another using simulated aneeling technique in the Gromacs software? I would like to transfer heat from a gold nanoparticle (group 1 from 310 to...

20 November 2020 9,062 3 View

Would ER NiCrMo-3 be the best option for weld overlay of carbon and low alloy steels?

Alloy 625 is the most popular alloy for weld overlay. Without considering the price factor, would NiCrMo-3 be the best technical option for weld overlay of API 5L and low alloy steels, in general,...

24 August 2020 2,478 4 View

Dose-response on non-Michaelian response enzymes, how?

Hello For typical dose-response assays, our lab usually uses steady state intervals for defining the difference between control and tested compound. For those assays, we typically use the angular...

23 July 2020 8,662 2 View

What is the best way to graph an SVM classification in R or Python?

I'm trying to find a way to graph a classification made by the support vector machine algorithm. Something like a PCA or LDA chart would be excellent. Any help will be welcome.

26 April 2020 4,588 1 View

Gene therapy with transgenics viruses Covid-19?

Viral load and symptomatic picture Is there any relationship between the viral load of exposure and contamination, in number of viruses and contamination processes, and the symptomatic picture in...

08 April 2020 6,349 2 View

Is it allowed to publish part of a journal paper(under review) as a conference paper?

Is it allowed to publish part of a journal paper under review as a conference paper? I have submitted a full research paper to a journal. I'm waiting for the review answer and I want to submit...

01 April 2020 430 6 View

Do KG-1a human macrophages need to be activated in some way?

Hello everyone. I was wondering if you can help me clarify this question. I am seeking to perform infection assays with bacteria, using this human cell line. Research articles regarding infection...

24 March 2020 9,884 3 View

Can Ethovision store the generated data and video recordings directly to NAS system?

The size of data generated by Ethovision is huge. Having NAS system for data storage seems to be a good option, I am wondering whether Ethovision can directly store the data to the NAS system...

27 February 2021 6,350 2 View

Has anyone had luck using cell lines other than HEK 293 (such as COS1) to package lentivirus?

I am looking to package lentivirus in endothelial cells but I am opposed to using 293 cells due to personal ethics regarding the source. I have done some reading and saw that COS1, COS7, & CHO...

25 February 2021 3,030 1 View

Is there a way in which microglia can be extracted from mice without killing them ?

I'm aiming to use an adoptive cell transfer approach, with microglia in mice with ALS. So far all the protocols I have seen, require sacrificing the mouse. I'd like to re-infuse the microglia back...

11 February 2021 9,509 1 View

Does anyone have a stack of images of action potentials or abnormal brain scans?

I need a stack of black and white .jpeg/.tiff/.jpg/.png images across time of either action potentials, neurons firing, or brain scans (comparing disease and normal brain, disease progression,...

09 February 2021 2,648 3 View

What recipe of homemade lenti-virus concentrator do you use?

My lab is using a lenti-X concentrator. And we are looking for a homemade recipe. I have tried this recipe....

08 February 2021 5,965 1 View

SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Western Bands?

Hello, I am western blotting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein from lentiviral using an antibody against S1. To prepare samples, I mixed concentrated lentivirus 1:1 with 2X Laemmli buffer and boiled...

07 February 2021 3,643 4 View

Choise of cell line for neurobiology?

I am working with myelin-related proteins and interested to do cell experiments with my target protein in cells. I have created lentiviruses for my proteins, and mutants and also CRISPR set-up for...

02 February 2021 8,083 1 View

Help needed: How to map AA, AG, and GG genotypes on to polymorphism information?

Dear Colleagues, I am new to genes and genotyping and I need help. I am trying to figure our how AA, AG, and GG genotypes map on to A1 for DRD2/ANKK1 Taq1A polymorphism(rs1800497) and Val or MET...

02 February 2021 3,861 3 View

Why is my GOI not expressing after lentiviral transduction despite RNA increase and protein is detected in transfection?

Hi, I'm trying to create a stable overexpression line with EF1a-FlagGOI-IRES-GFP using lentivirus packaged with pxPAX2 and pM2G. After transduction of 293T with 8ug/ml polybrene, I was able to...

29 January 2021 1,878 4 View

How to analyze dendritic spines from tissue (Prelimbic cortex)?

Hi there, I am trying to measure dendritic spines from mouse fixed tissue, specifically, I am looking at the prefrontal cortex. I injected the PrL with a lentivirus to knock-down my protein of...

27 January 2021 9,251 2 View