How to judge and prove the uniqueness of the solutions to the following two matrix equations?

It is about the matrix equation AX=B, where a, b c in A and B are independent elements, X should be made of constants. Case 1 A=[a b 0;0 0 c]; B=[a b 0 0;0 0 c c]; The solution is X=[1 0 0 0;0 1...

16 February 2021 5,698 3 View

Alpha and dense granules in platelets not visible in Transmission Electron Microscopy?

I am trying to visualize alpha and dense granules in platelets. However, it seems like the granules were not stained well. Is there any way I can improve my staining technique to obtain better...

04 February 2021 5,925 9 View

How to improve my BrdU immunostaining?

24 January 2021 414 3 View

Just face a Comsol issue dealing with magnetically hyperelastic material?

Hello all, I am just newly doing a simulation to test the deformation status of a magnetized rubber-like material, which is in-compressible, under a shifting magnetic field. Try to find the...

22 January 2021 7,427 2 View

Any tips on Fab blocking of mouse tissue?

Hi, everyone, I am working on immunostaining of bone marrow and growth plates of mice. And I have to use an mouse monoclonal Ab to do this staining. However, with only secondary goat anti-mouse...

21 January 2021 9,826 3 View

NADP+/NADPH in bacterial cell lysates?

Hello all, we'd like to pick your brain . The enzyme we're testing requires NADPH to work. We have controls showing that our reaction needs our enzyme and our enzyme definitely needs NADPH. Since...

20 January 2021 232 2 View

Any suggestions on 50um cryosection immunostaining (growth plate) ?

Hi everyone I am working on immunofluorescence of cryosection of murine growth plates. The Ab worked well on 8um cryosection. But when I stained 50um section, I found the fluorescent signals...

03 January 2021 9,531 3 View

Do anyone have experience with zymo research yeast plasmid miniprep?

Hello, I am new to yeast research. I am trying to rescue plasmid from yeast and have tried several protocols developed by researchers. But the results are not promising. I ended up buying this kit...

06 December 2020 1,251 2 View

Why are all the cells are stained by EdU when performing EdU assay?

I was wondering whether there is anyone else have this problem? As shown in the images, almost all the cells are stained with EdU, some are whole nuclei (circle 1), some are puncta inside (circle...

02 December 2020 6,911 4 View

Would there loss some bases after the repairment to the viscous ends by using T4 DNA ligase?

In constructing shRNA plasmids, I want to shorten the size of the plasmids, so I want to use two restriction enzymes for restriction digestion, and then use T4 DNA ligase for complement and smooth...

25 November 2020 3,366 2 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

Could someone help me troubleshoot my NOS assay protocol for skeletal muscle extracts, please?

I am trying to measure differences in eNOS activity in skeletal muscle in sedentary and exercised mice, following the conversion of 3H-arg to 3H-cit, and assaying the samples with and with out...

31 January 2021 8,324 1 View

Need for help. What goes wrong with my differentiatio process of C2C12?

Hello, I'm now working on C2C12 myoblast cell line. Growing the cells was great, but there are some problems during differentiation process. The cells are not differentiating but frequently...

30 January 2021 9,535 2 View

Does soft algniate hydrogel influence calcium concentration of a solution (cell culture medium)?

05 January 2021 6,066 4 View

Vacuum freeze drying protocol in human skeletal muscle tissue methods, anyone?

I will be freeze-drying small skeletal muscle samples (~60mg) per sample using a Virtis SP Scientific Benchtop Pro Freeze Dryer. I've had difficulty findings a reference protocol to determine the...

21 November 2020 1,423 1 View

Is there some specific drug to induce injury only in muscle fibers without affecting peripheral nerves?

I would like to induce injury in skeletal muscle fibers to study muscle regeneration but I would like to preserve nerve terminals intact. Could it be possible? Is there some specific drug? Thank...

30 October 2020 9,077 4 View

Searching for reliable antibodies for the adrenergic receptors alpha1D and alpha2A for western blotting?

Dear all, I am looking for reliable antibodies for the adrenergic receptors alpha1D and alpha2A, to use in Western Blotting on human skeletal muscle tissue. Anyone with experience with good...

25 October 2020 9,421 2 View

How to prepare 2mM phosphate buffer as Na2HPO4 and K2HPO4 added in a 4:1?

I'm trying to do an Intracellular Ca2+ mobilization assay and I need to add phosphate buffer as Na2HPO4 and K2HPO4 added in a 4:1? should I prepare 2mM of Na2HPO4 and 2mM of K2HPO4 separately then...

05 October 2020 5,584 2 View

Looking for good/reliable betaine assay kits. Does anyone have experience with such a thing?

I am looking to quantify both human serum and skeletal muscle homogenate betaine concentrations via ELISA or colorimetric assay kits. Has anyone had a good experience with any products...

24 September 2020 4,550 3 View

Can anyone help me with my contaminated human muscle cells in culture?

I am facing a problem with cell culture for weeks now. The media of the cell culture turnes turbid (white little spots, see picture) but stays reddish/pink. First this happened after 2 weeks of...

01 September 2020 1,498 9 View