In Springer publications, my article has two status for two weeks now without any further contacts from them?

My article in Medical Oncology is in two places "submission with decision" which is accept and in "submission with production complete". We didn't get any mails from them though. Any one had the...

06 July 2018 4,886 0 View

Why suspension culture and serum free conditions are used to isolate cancer stem cells?

Tumor sphere formation have been used lately to isolate cancer stem cells and proliferate them. why the non-stem cells don't survive these conditions?

05 June 2018 979 5 View

Why serum free conditions are used to isolate cancer stem cells?

I am asking what is the specific criteria that makes stem cells survive the serum free medium (supplemented with B27, N2, FGF and EGF) and the non-stem cells die?

05 June 2018 7,182 4 View

What is the difference between stemness and self-renewal?

In cancer stem cells it is always mentioned that they have stemness properties and self-renewal ability. Are those the same thing but different names or there is a difference?

04 May 2018 9,544 4 View

Anyone has a protocol for chondrogenic differentiation of MSCs in monolayer ? and a method of quantification of the results?

I am trying to avoid the pellet protocol

04 May 2017 7,481 0 View

In sphere forming test, should i change the medium during the test period? and if yes how to do that in low attachment plates?

09 October 2016 10,022 0 View

I need to do the Transwell migration and invasion assay on squamous cell carcinoma cell line. anyone know the protocol and where can i get the plates?

working on SCC12 cell line where i can get the Matrigel?

07 August 2016 1,023 2 View

What is the best solvent i can use to prepare Floxuridine working solution (will be used on cell lines and animals)?

What is the best solvent i can use to prepare Floxuridine working solution (will be used on cell lines and animals)? need to get 5 fluorouracil as a chemotherapy for SCC

06 July 2016 5,772 6 View

How can I measure MMP-1 protein activity or protein level from liver tissue?

Instead of checking only the mRNA level, I want to check the active protein level of MMP-1 in Liver tissue from mice. How can I do that?

03 March 2021 1,763 2 View

How can I edit suggested publications?

Hi there! I regularly receive suggestion about papers and authors that are totally out of my area. Does anybody know how I can fix this? Thank you!

01 March 2021 9,574 4 View

IHC on mouse liver hepatocytes?

Can anyone help me choose primary antibodies for mouse liver hepatocytes and also in conjunction Cd8 cells. Also Cd3 cells. I want to look at hepatocytes and adjacent immune cells in mice with...

01 March 2021 6,953 1 View

How to avoid ulcers in s.c. injected tumors ?

Recently, we have injected s.c. B16F10 tumor cells in BL/6 mice. At around 12-15th day some animals showed ulcerations in tumors , with a big hole in the middle (it looks like a volcano). We have...

01 March 2021 9,938 3 View

Interested to stain mice tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, anybody has a protocol to recommend?

Interested to stain mice brain tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, appreciate if anyone willing to offer me some guidance or suggestions! Thank you!

28 February 2021 3,951 2 View

When is it unnecessary to change organisational culture?

As a former management practitioner, I recall a generally accepted view that changing organisational culture is difficult, so you should only attempt it if the organisational change that you are...

27 February 2021 2,595 8 View

Looking for genomic DNA extraction kits from mouse tissue (centrifuge-based, not spin-column)?

Hello. I am looking to extract genomic DNA from mouse brain and lungs and I need a kit that is not spin-column based because I need to scale up the solution amounts for 400mg tissue (most cap at...

25 February 2021 155 2 View

What are the pros and cons for mice versus rats?

Hi Everyone, I am designing a pilot study using rodents to assess the effects of simulated space environments (radiation + altered gravity) on microbiome and immune system. I have limited...

24 February 2021 1,825 3 View

Experimental Design: How deal with pseudreplicates with immunological and clinical-chemical paramaeters?

Hello everybody, I am investigating the influence of a toxinon various clinical-chemical and haematological parameters in fish. I have three treatments (control, low dose, high dose) in my...

24 February 2021 1,243 1 View

Is it harmful to breed for Cre Homozygosity initially?

Hello, I am currently using a Cas9 knock in system that will be expressed in the liver. To do so STOP codon fl/fl Cas9 KI mice were bred with Albumin-Cre mice to generate heterozgous pups, that...

24 February 2021 5,759 3 View