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

What are the different subclasses in intermediate seeds?

I am currently working on an endemic tree species, that produces mature seeds (moisture content 51%) which shows both vivipary (30% of total harvested seeds from a tree) and dormancy (~40%) of...

20 January 2021 2,670 3 View

Do you can put again my publications online?

Dear All, Please I has accidentaly removed 22 publications from RG my profile in the mail that you send me today, please put again those publicatios in my profile. Best regards,

13 December 2020 9,981 4 View

Adhesion energy (MOF-water) >> cohesion energy (MOFs) results higher uptake- how can I prove it thermodynamically?

In a surface energy analysis, we have found a very interesting result- the cohesive energy of aluminum fumarate is lower than the adhesive energy of aluminum fumarate-water pair. Also, the uptake...

05 November 2020 4,292 2 View

How can one automatically extract drainage basin values from a DEM following Strahler stream ordering approach?

Analysing hydrologically corrected DEM avails an opportunity to calculate morphometric indices such as drainage basin density(DD) (which takes manual approach). Can not DD and others be extracted...

07 October 2020 3,893 3 View

How to hydroxylate the surface of bismuth telluride nanoparticles?

Would it be possible to add -OH functional groups to Bi2Te3 nanoparticles?

07 October 2020 6,560 3 View

What is the chemical stability of bismuth telluride either in bulk or nanoparticle form (e.g., nanowires, platelets, etc)?

I am interested in post-synthethic methods of this material, and would like to know the chemical stability of Bi3Te2 (particularly nanotubes) in water, acid o alkaline media. Any literature...

03 October 2020 2,743 3 View

Does reducing the brain neuronal network as an inevitable aging event serve to consolidate memory tracking?

07 September 2020 6,188 2 View

What are all the criteria for the occurrence of Lunar Eclipse?

I have read the maximum limit of Lunar Eclipse is 12.2 degrees of arc (i.e. the difference in the longitude between Moon and any one node of the Moon). However on on June 5th 2020, a partial Lunar...

27 August 2020 986 5 View

Are there differences between Rietveld refinement process for powder sample and thin films sample?

In general thin films exhibit a preferred direction, and other features like contribution of substrate in XRD pattern....ext. So I would like to ask : if we use the Rietveld refinement with XRD...

23 July 2020 9,725 3 View

Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence?

I am on the lookout for the Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thank you in advance

03 March 2021 3,568 1 View

POlymer+DMSO solution and moisture??

What could be the reason of moisture at the sides of Vial when I am preparing my polmyer+DMSO solution for membrane fabrication? What etiquettes I am possibly missing here?

28 February 2021 6,516 5 View

What's the concentration recommend for recombinant protein use in western blotting?

I'm currently working having problem with the concentration for recombinant protein use in western blot, the one been used is Recombinant Human CD19 Fc Chimera Protein-rndsystem which does not...

24 February 2021 8,514 3 View

IF troubleshooting: looking at an intracellular protein that localizes to the cell's and how to reduce increase in signal due to cell ruffles?

I am currently trying to stain for PI3KBeta in MDA-MB-231 cells. My current issue is that 1) beta stains all over the cell and 2) there is an increase in signal at the edge of the cell and this...

24 February 2021 8,582 1 View

Cloudy/high background western blot - can anyone help me?

Hi everyone! I try to detect VDR protein (~48 kDa) using Western Blot. After SDS-PAGE using 10% MP TGX Stain-Free Gel from BioRad I transferred the protein onto an metOH activated PVDF membrane...

23 February 2021 6,266 3 View

Will SARS-CoV-2 Spike be broken into S1 and S2 by denaturing conditions?

Hello, I am performing a western blot of my SARS-CoV-2 Spike-pseudotyped lentiviral particles. I denature my virus by adding concentrated virus to 2X Laemmli buffer at 1:1, then boiling for...

17 February 2021 4,844 4 View

What are the best cations for preparing competent cells, Ca2+ or Mg2+?

I have been reading various articles and most state that treatment with CaCl2 produces higher efficiency of transformation than MgCl2. Can anyone explain why Ca2+ is better than Mg2+ at...

16 February 2021 8,519 5 View

I have some problems with the mass transfer part of the CFD simulation of membrane distillation.Can anyone help me?

I am working on modeling of Direct Contact Membrane Distillation system with COMSOL Multiphysics software. I have some problems with the mass transfer part of the simulation because I don't know...

14 February 2021 379 2 View

Kinetics of Enzyme production in Recombinant E Coli?

Hello, I am trying to find kinetic information (such as rate of enzyme production etc.) on the expression of taq polymerase in E-Coli after inserting a recombinant plasmid. Any help would be...

12 February 2021 1,386 3 View

Regarding immunology, transmissivity, herd immunity and vaccines in Sars CoV-2?

This is a follow-up on an earlier question regarding mechanistics of vaccines: why current vaccines don't block transmission. In summary, they don't engage mucosal immune cells to produce IgA....

08 February 2021 8,321 3 View