How could I get the P-value from the mean, SEM, and n of different groups in the t-test?

How could I get the P-value from the mean, SEM, and n of different groups in the t-test without the original data? For detail, I would like to know the P-value between BMP-2: 50ng/ml group and the...

06 February 2021 6,539 4 View

Why are my western blot bands so distorted?

Hi guys I'm out of ideas here please help! I've never had consistent problem like this doing westerns before and I can't figure it out. The condition used: - First 4 lanes have 50ug protein in...

04 February 2021 2,297 3 View

What are the possible drawbacks of using miRNA sponge to enhance the specificity of gene expression?

I am searching for miRNA repeats put between WPRE and 3'LTR of my lentivirus, in order to enhance the specificity of transgene expression in human neuron cells. But if clinically translation of...

26 December 2020 9,921 2 View

Can Apparent Activation Energy determine Conversion Rate in a catalysis reaction?

Recently, I got a concept that is contrary to my understanding from two papers. It can be described as follows, in brief: There are two catalysts for the same reaction, on the catalyst with higher...

09 December 2020 2,406 28 View

What is the standard preparation procedures of Powder X-Ray Diffraction (PXRD) sample?

Recently I started to use XRD to study the structure of some molecular sieves. My powder sample was prepared by grinding in a mortar, drying in an oven, and loading on the sample holder. However,...

03 December 2020 7,504 8 View

Could anyone professional help me to solve this problem?

I have installed the software BRUKER Flexanalysis 3.4 on my computer successfully. But when I tried to import the MS data produced by BRUKER MALDI-TOF-MS, I met with an error described in the...

10 November 2020 8,205 1 View

How to prove the hypermethylation of a certain gene inhibits the gene expression?

Hi, As described, recently we found a gene was silenced in various tumor, and its promoter was alwasy hypermethlated. When using certain treatment to induce the gene expression, we found its...

04 November 2020 7,054 3 View

Could anyone recommend a kit to isolate exosome from cell culture supernatant?

Hello, I'm working with immortalized HUVECs low and I'm trying to study their exosomal RNA contents. Could anyone recommend an effective kit to isolate exosomes from cell culture supernatant?...

31 October 2020 4,252 5 View

Does PFA transcardial perfusion artefactually stretch the rodent heart?

Hi everyone I'm comparing aorta/ventricle wall thickness of mouse. Perfusion was done to minimise auto fluorescence during confocal IF. Question is whether transcardial perfusion artefactually...

28 October 2020 8,059 2 View

Is there a technique to implant a cannula for repeated CSF sampling?

We need to collect CSF samples repeatedly from the 4th or lateral ventricle of rats. Does anyone know of a protocol for implanting a cannula to be able to do this? Or even a protocol for this...

26 October 2020 5,804 3 View

I have a problem with kanamycin - why the kanamycin doesn't affect?

Hi everyone, I need to expression of GFP with pET28 plasmid in E. coli BL21(DE3) plysE. Transformed cells have kanamycin and chloramphenicol resistance. Normally, only transformed cells should...

22 February 2021 4,032 4 View

Could you please share your experience with me on the type of 96 wells plate for MIC determination: Treated Vs Untreated and Round-Vs Flat-bottomed?

I am working on the MIC determination of various antibacterial agents (both water-soluble and- insoluble) against S. aureus, MRSA, and S. pyogenes. Some guidelines recommend using round-bottomed...

17 February 2021 7,029 3 View

Can 5-FOA Diffuse Through Agar?

I am preparing to do a gene knockout in the filamentous fungi Coccidioides posadasii targeting pyrG/URA3 so that 5-FOA can be used for selection pressure instead of traditional antibiotic...

16 February 2021 169 4 View

What are the naitve functions of bacterial NRP?

The bacterial NRPs (nonribosomal polypeptides) are famous as clinical drugs such as antibiotics, but is there other native function of these NRPs of bacteria except antimicrobial, because their...

01 February 2021 4,280 1 View

Why I am not getting cultures of DH5 alpha and BL21 cells after transformation?

Even if I get them cultured colonies are very less and almost not transferable and grows very slowly in the media. I checked cells by transforming with control vector. I changed antibiotic also...

06 January 2021 1,013 3 View

Is it normal to use Tris buffer when testing for bacteriostatic properties of isolated compounds?

Hello, to start off I attempting to test the bacteriostatic properties of certain compounds. I bought a kit that contains some of the equipment to perform this analysis, however, in the included...

02 January 2021 2,338 2 View

Plant extracts on expression of virulence related genes?

Good day. I would like to extract total RNA using a kit from MRSA and candida for gene expression. i tried sub-culturing standardized inoculum (50ul) with 500ul of my plant extract sub-MIC and...

23 December 2020 5,076 3 View

Is there any database or website from where I can get a list of FDA approved drugs for treatment of certain urinary tract infection?

I want to know all prescription drugs which are FDA approved compounds for infection like Urinary Tract Infections along with their causative agents. Can you guide me about any resource, database...

17 December 2020 4,852 3 View

Does anyone experience E coli lysis while seed culture?

Hi, I am currently working with BL21(DE3)PLySs and PRSET A vector. Out lab frequently transformation and culture E Coli for protein purification. But recently, even though there is colony after...

13 December 2020 9,167 9 View

How can i get nonsporulating bacterial bacillus subtillis strain spoIIE without antibiotic growth conditions ?

10 November 2020 7,168 4 View