Why Nickel can act as a better counter electrode than platinum in liquid chromatography-amperometric detection?

Nickel, as a counter electrode, provides a constant baseline for liquid chomatography-amperometric detection while platinum fails to give a stable baseline, why? is that related to its atomic or...

02 April 2019 9,041 1 View

How do I improve band visualization of PCR?

I am testing ISSR primers on plant DNA and the bands I get are very faint. I am adding 5 microliters to the wells from a 25 microliter PCR product, I have tried increasing the volume in the well...

09 February 2019 1,477 6 View

Background noise in q-PCR

20 June 2017 116 1 View

Does any one know a good IgG mouse anti nestin to stain neurons in brain sections?

19 February 2015 2,487 7 View

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test Fluorescent Compounds Other Than Fluorescence Spectrometers ??

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test The Efficiency Of Fluorescent Compounds Other Than UV Spectrometers ? Suggestions Would Be Appreciated !

02 March 2021 5,785 3 View

How to accurately quantify chitin?

Hi all, I have been working on the quantification of chitin in insect samples and feed for a while but I can notice that the quantification methods (e.g. exposure to HCl, NaOH, and weighing sample...

01 March 2021 1,843 2 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 3 View

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

Why does intensity drops as concentration increases?

Is there any reason for decrease in fluorescence emission intensity of HSA,BSA when increase the concentration ?

28 February 2021 3,653 4 View

Unknown debris sheets observed in cell culture flasks?

Hi, We culture neural progenitor cells in T175 culture flasks coated with PLO-Laminin. We have successfully grown these cells with our protocol for months. Recently, we observed large sheets...

25 February 2021 3,443 4 View

What is a good reagent for lentiviral plasmid transfection in HeLa cells?

I have been using Lipofectamine 2000 but was hoping there may be a better protocol or one for something like Lipofectamine PLUS reagent.

24 February 2021 1,633 4 View

Quantifying leaking DNA from bacteria - what's the secret?

Hi, all! I need to determine if my treatment causes membrane damage in bacteria (S. aureus and E. cloacae), but I cannot use a fluorescent probe such as PI and similar ones because my compound is...

24 February 2021 2,006 2 View

How to prepare electrolyte of NaClO4 salt for Na-ion battery? Any problem with this salt?

Hello, I am trying to make anode for Na-ion batteries. I have no experience with preparation of the electrolyte for any batteries. NaClO4 salt are available and I am planning to use EC:PC as...

21 February 2021 8,132 1 View

HPLC baseline failure (ACN/Water)?

My baseline increases without any explanation, it is only fixed by changing the solution B, will it be the column? Reagents? Bomb? Detector? Solution A: H3PO4 0.01% IN WATER Solution B: H3PO4...

21 February 2021 5,656 3 View