In PRIMER, is it possible to downweight certain taxa in multivariate community datasets to reflect uncertainty around identification??

I have a dataset with about 80 different species. As usual, some species are very easy to identify with certainty whereas others are more difficult, which means that I am less certain of my...

03 March 2021 8,066 4 View

How to get onecolumn document from standard IEEE ACCESS LateX template?

I have prepared a manuscript in IEEE Latex template, but for some purpose, I need to prepare a word file as well (detailed format is not required). Compared to two column .tex file, one column...

02 March 2021 1,830 3 View

Gel electrophoresis result for total RNA samples, 1.5 Agarose gel was used, How to improve the integrity of RNA?

Gel electrophoresis, RNA degradation, RNA extraction from fresh tissue

02 March 2021 5,433 5 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

OpenBCI eeg--has anyone used them?

I'm looking to try out an off-the-shelf EEG set for some exploratory work. Curious if anyone has used the OpenBCI, and how much set-up work is required. I've heard they are more difficult to get...

01 March 2021 4,128 3 View

How to remove DCU and HOBT from my reaction?

I am doing a acid and a chiral amino alcohol reaction using DCC and HOBT in DCM or THF? Can anyone suggest me how to remove DCU and HOBT from a reaction mixture??

28 February 2021 2,153 1 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

How to eliminate Steady state error from Reinforcement learning genetic algorithm code?

The following code (see 1st 2 images attached) is used to produce PID controller values that are designed to control the system (G). The code finds the PID controller values (noted as k) by using...

28 February 2021 6,560 14 View

B-mercaptoethanol (BME) protocol?

Hi everybody, I have been running a multiplex IHC which allow me to stain the same tissue with different markers (Primary Ab + Secondary conjugated Ab) (AF487, AF555, AF647). Since I would like to...

27 February 2021 5,028 2 View

Can random sampling have inclusion criteria?

As random sampling means that everyone in the population have an equal chance to be chosen, can it have inclusion criteria? My research participants have been chosen based on the inclusion...

26 February 2021 6,905 10 View

How to consider effects of rapid warm adaptation in modeling of ecological impacts of warming?

I would highly appreciate it if my fellow ecologists (biologists) provide their opinion on the thoughts below [esp., shortly tell us which path may be more effective, if they know another way, if...

15 February 2021 3,642 6 View

Is there any relevant technique for mesocosm studies in marine environment using Nanoparticles?

I am planning to perform mesocosm study in simulated marine environment using Phosphorus based nanoparticles, i would be using marine micro-organisms in it. kindly suggest me some effective...

07 January 2021 5,877 3 View

How does titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a coating's component enhance the coating performance in terms of anticorrosion??

Greetings, Recently, I was asked by a researcher how does TiO2 enhance the coatings polymeric structure making it able to reduce corrosion reaction by preventing the penetration of aggressive...

02 January 2021 5,257 5 View

Is there any chemical safe for sea environment, but could be used for repelling planktons and microorganisms?

As an example of Julia Child, whose first receipe was shark repelent, my team and I are looking for some chemicals which wont harm planktons but will help keep planktons from our robot in sea.

20 December 2020 9,616 4 View

What is the most controllable (marine) bacterial culture you can cultivate in simulated seawater?

02 December 2020 6,796 3 View

Any available international research grant in this COVID-19 year?

Dear researchers, I am a researcher from a university in Malaysia. I know that we all are having a tough situation in this pandemic year. I just posted this to know if there is any possible...

24 November 2020 8,759 3 View

In your opinion, what are the mechanism performed by corrosion inhibitor in a coating for corrosive medium?

Greetings researchers, There are quite a number of studies has been performed to analyze the effects of corrosion inhibitor when incorporated in a coating (epoxy, alkyd and etc) for the...

23 November 2020 6,622 10 View

What can we infer from different microbial communities in fish gut from two different locations?

Recently I have been interested in microbial communities from gut & intestine of the same fish species popular in Indonesia marine aquaculture, Grouper (Epinephelus sp.), but are raised in...

18 November 2020 510 5 View

Which is the importance of fixing (e.g. bivalvia) haemocytes and use anti-clotting solutions in flow cytometry?

I am trying to optimize a flow cytometry method to characterize mytilus spp. haemocytes. In literature I found that someone, to avoid clotting, use anti-clotting solutions or dilute and fix the...

05 November 2020 2,522 4 View

Master's scholarship in Biotechnology?

I am new to science and I am going to major in Marine Biology. And I would like to start in the field of biotechnology of secondary metabolites in plants in order to investigate their uses for...

22 October 2020 591 4 View