Is there a free tool to calculate/simulate the vibrational spectra of common molecules?

Hello, can anyone suggest me a free bioinformatic tool to calculate/simulate the vibrational spectra of common simple molecules (i.e. C-6, C-7 alcohols, aldehydes, and ketones)?

09 October 2014 5,735 2 View

Any known marker for neuronal activity in insects?

I am looking for markers such as c-fos or phospho-CREB that could reveal neuronal activity in honeybee. So far I have found only d-fos (or kayak, the drosophila homolog) but there is no good...

08 September 2013 1,373 19 View

Where to buy viral vectors?

I am looking for a baculovirus vector expressing calcium reporters in neurons. I know some companies prepare custom viral vectors and sell aliquotes of the most commercial ones. Can anyone...

06 July 2013 9,816 4 View

Regarding an unpublished IHC/ICC data and results database?

We have been thinking about all IHC and ICC data that we have collected during our PhD and that will never be published. In fact, only a minor portion of all experimental work have been published...

04 May 2013 5,406 4 View

Use virus to express GFP in insects in vivo

Has anyone ever used viruses to express fluorescent proteins in living insects?

03 April 2013 9,653 1 View

Has anyone ever used the anti-Repo or anti-Elav antibodies for IHC?

I am trying to perform immunohistochemistry on the whole brain of bees using antibodies anti-Repo and anti-Elav (from DSHB, Iowa) but with very little result. Has anyone experience with one of...

02 March 2013 430 0 View

"Intra venous" injection in honeybees, is it possible?

Is it possible to do some kind of iv injection in honey bees in order to deliver a molecule systemically?

09 October 2012 4,335 4 View

Does GFAP antibody work in Drosophila?

Invertebrates have also glial cells but they are a bit "different" and less specialized than the one we can find in mammals. Does anyone know if markers such as GFAP, EAAT-1, EAAT-2, GLUTAMINE...

09 October 2012 2,366 8 View

How to measure an increase of astrocytes' synaptic coverage?

I would like to measure a possible change in synaptic coverage by astrocytes upon memory formation. Do you think there is some way to measure it by IHC and optic microscopy (mainly 2-photon...

09 October 2012 8,362 5 View

What are the countries most affected by extreme rainfall as a result of climate change?

Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all associated to climate change, have increased wildfires. Decreasing water supplies, declined agricultural yields, health impacts in cities owing to...

01 March 2021 7,168 9 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

Please help in identification of this insect?

This insect is minute in size around 1 mm and not clearly visible with naked eye.

22 February 2021 5,907 11 View

Purification of proteins from baculovirus-infected insect cells?

18 February 2021 6,665 6 View

Extraction of DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel?

Hi everybody, can anybody suggest how to extract DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel (in my case, mosquitoes)? Does anybody know a commericial kit which does that or a particular...

10 February 2021 3,392 4 View

How do I prepare and store insect samples for JH measurements?

I need to preserve termite samples for future quantification of juvenile hormone in their bodies. Or extract the Juvenile Hormone and keep that samples stored for future quantification. I may need...

09 February 2021 1,995 1 View

Working with insect primary cells in cell medium and in saline solution?

I work with insect primary cells, which I let grow in TC100 insect medium. For fluorescence measurements I have to discard medium (because of its fluorescence properties) and give a saline...

28 January 2021 3,867 1 View

How to extract a single stranded DNA from a double stranded DNA sample isolated from stem borer(rice affecting insect) ?

How to extract a single-stranded DNA from a double-stranded DNA sample isolated from stem borer(rice affecting insect)? As I need to amplify ss Dna using a COX-1 marker having primer sequence as...

22 January 2021 3,424 3 View

Detection of insect eggs in stored and processed products?

Currently, in order to identify insect eggs in stored or processed products (such as contaminated flour or wafer samples), staining was performed based on the method mentioned in the below...

15 January 2021 6,362 5 View

Can any one suggest the name of Litchi insect/predator?

Is it a type of Ambush bug or what? Thanks

14 January 2021 9,381 3 View