Grzegorz Wasilewski

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How to increase glycolysis/glycolytic capacity in vitro while using Seahorse XF?

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What are best positive and negative controls for glucose uptake experiment?

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What is the best media to differentiate mesenchymal stem cells towards smooth muscle cell phenotype?

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Is radioactive calcium-45 uptake mostly in bone or also in the other tissues?

I am planning to feed rats with radioactive calcium. Is there any evidence that the radioactive uptake prefers the bone sites of the body in comparison to vasculature ?

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How many smooth muscle cells should I seed per well in 48-well plate along with alginate gell encapsulation?

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Has anyone grown VSMC's (vascular smooth muscle cells) in alginate?

If so what did you do in terms of assays?

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What is the optimum percentage of SDS-PAGE for proteins of mass 34kDa and 175kDa when both need to be loaded on one gel ?

I am trying to detect proteins using Western Blot Technique. Due to the size difference, smaller protein of 36kDa was not seen on the blot read-out. Would gradient gel be a better idea to detect...

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