Can someone suggest a way to prepare slides to observe under confocal microscope for observing fluorescent tagged proteins??

I am growing the cells on coverslips and transfecting the fluorescent tagged protein directly on them. Then i want to observe these cells under confocal microscope. Currently i am just using...

01 March 2021 6,142 3 View

How or where can I get the crystallographic information file (CIF) for PCN-222 MOF?

I need the simulated XRD pattern of PCN-222 to compare with experimental data. Thanks.

19 February 2021 4,932 3 View

Websites for virtual lab in semiconductors?

Hello everyone, Because of Covid, now all classes are online. Is there good website that also are easy to use to teach student virtual experiments about PN junctions and semiconductors? Thank...

24 December 2020 6,637 2 View

From the EDAX analyses if the material which is coated is not observed in maximum percentage then how can interpret the results?

If we doped metal oxide to semiconducting material in different ratios then the property of the resultant material will be increased.But in some lower ratios when we go through the elemental...

16 December 2020 8,190 2 View

Is there any software for calculating hit bias (HB), missed precipitation (MP), and false precipitation (FP)?

I have a time series of two rainfall products. For error decomposition analysis, I have to calculate HB, MB and FB. Is there any software for calculating these variables.

27 November 2020 980 2 View

Why Schiff bases change colour upon evaporation?

I got bright yellow coloured Schiff base after 6 hour reaction time. So i kept it for slow evaporation. Solvent was methanol. But after complete evaporation my product colour changes from yellow...

17 November 2020 3,824 2 View

How to make the children cool, who feel stressful during this pandemic-lock down without having physical outlet?

The discussion may feed the parents a way to manage and guide the children in a right direction.

12 November 2020 1,302 9 View

How to design qPCR primer for mature microRNA?

09 November 2020 9,163 3 View

Which force field should be used to simulate protein-protein complex in gromacs?

Hi, I have done a protein-protein docking. Now I want to perform MD in gromacs. I am confused with forcefields. When I tried to findout, everywhere it is written for protein-ligand but I couldn't...

29 September 2020 1,410 3 View

Charcoal mediated steroid depletion assay?

Suppose, one is doing enzyme assay of an enzyme of a steroidogenic pathway. Is it necessary to deplete the steroids from the tissue/ cell homogenate before administering substrates to check enzyme...

21 September 2020 7,439 2 View

Is there any test to determine the cardiovascular risk of patients with obesity? from the perspective of obesity?

We found tests to determine cardiovascular risk taking into account lipid profile, blood pressure, age, history of diabetes, other laboratories. But when weight is involved, there is a paradox. I...

02 March 2021 6,036 1 View

What SPSS analysis should I run with one IV (with two levels) and two DVs?

Hi, I am trying to figure out which test would be most appropriate to run for the following question: Is there a difference in task blood pressure between smokers and non-smokers? There are two...

01 March 2021 8,235 2 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

What could be some reasons why unstimulated monocytes are getting activated?

Im doing PBMC isolation -> CD14+ enrichment using magnetic beads -> stimulation setup. My negative control is just cells in cRPMI but they seem to get activated over and over again.

28 February 2021 7,883 3 View

Reagents for histology slides?

Dear all, I am planning to study histology and want to do that at home. I have only stained a blood smear with Giemsa but now want to try a wider range of animal tissues. What reagents will I...

24 February 2021 5,430 3 View

Can MicroRNA cross the blood brain barrier?

In diseased conditions, many genes and gene products are visible in the bloodstream. So my question is whether we can find traces of microRNA which is involved in disease and disorder in blood serum?

24 February 2021 7,064 3 View

Is it efficient to do liquid biopsy to investigate the gene expressions of the tumor?

To do liquid biopsy and look for specific gene expressions there are so many published papers. Thera are different protocols and procedures used to isolate circulating cell free RNA or mRNA from...

23 February 2021 7,326 5 View

Is it possible that Cancer cells could survive in heparinized blood for 48 hours?

Hi everyone, I am just wondering if we incubated 200 microliter of whole blood with 50 microliter of cancer cells(1bout 5000cells) do you think that cancer would survive for 48 hours?

23 February 2021 3,840 3 View

What is the proper in vitro culturing method to get information about the activation of innate immune cells by VLPs?

Dear All, I am interested in studying the response of immune cells against virus-like particles (VLPs). I used the PBMC in vitro assay and treat it with the VLP using PHA as a positive ctrl while...

16 February 2021 1,337 2 View

What lysis buffer is compatible with Bradford assay?

Hello! I am planning to use Bradford assay to measure protein content in PBMCs lysates. The problem is that Bradford assay doesn't seem to be compatible with Tris-based buffers or SDS. Are there...

10 February 2021 1,797 5 View