Where can I procure Galleria mellonella (wax moths) from in India?

I plan to use Galleria mellonella (wax moths) as insect models for studying infection. Can someone help me in finding out from where i could get them ?

08 September 2018 3,103 2 View

Do we need to follow CPCSEA guidelines when using insect models for our research?

Since insects are invertebrates what are the guidelines for handling them in research in India ?

08 September 2018 1,407 1 View

Is there any way of confirming whether a fungus has sporulated without making a tease/tape mount??

I am having a black fungus which is growing very slowly and I am scared that I will contaminate the culture of I open the plate for preparing a tease mount

10 November 2017 7,533 2 View

How do i check the pH of glassware ?

I wish to check the pH of glassware which have been washed with alkaline soap. How do i proceed ?

02 March 2017 180 0 View

Can I copy paste the image generated by the geography tool in the LANL HIV database ?

11 December 2016 9,089 1 View

Why cant we use Bst polymerase(used for LAMP) in place of taq polymerase for PCR ?

I was just thinking why we could not replace the taq polymerase with Bst polymerase used in LAMP and run our PCR ?

10 November 2016 8,916 5 View

How can I prepeare 1 % aqueous Phenol red solution ?

How can I prepare a 1 % aqueous Phenol red solution ?

10 November 2016 1,952 1 View

Do people tend to think that handsome and beautiful people are more intelligent & sincere students ?

I have a gut feeling that handsome or beautiful people are over appreciated while the inverse happens for ugly people, am I correct ?

05 June 2015 9,894 1 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

What do you know about biotechnology art?

What do you know about biotechnology art?

02 March 2021 1,653 3 View

Which is the best place in the world for the plant biotechnology research?

I am searching for a good place for the Post Doc,

02 March 2021 4,053 3 View

Which bacteria are suitable for quorum sensing screening?

I want to find a quorum sensing inhibitor from plant extracts. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. I looked for these strains...

01 March 2021 7,675 3 View

Isolates of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus?

Dear Dr. Cai, my name is Simone Prospero and I work in the team of Phytopathology at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research (WSL;...

01 March 2021 1,133 1 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

How to remove fatty material from plant extract?

The resultant solid was partitioned three times with 250 ml of petroleum ether (40-60/c) to remove any fatty material and evaporated to dryness.

28 February 2021 9,464 2 View

Good morning research fellows, Has anyone worked with senna alata plant extract on any kind of fish?

Literatures on the piscicidal effect of sennaa alata is scanty. if you have any related litrature either in the bark, leaves or roots used as treatment to any aquatic organism please kindly help...

28 February 2021 9,138 2 View

The Shannon's index is inversely proportional to Simpson's index (1-D)?

I'm having a problem with my bloxplot with Shannon's and Simpson's indexs. The value of Shannon for my Community 1 indicating higher diversity (in relation of the Community 2), but have lower...

26 February 2021 3,033 9 View