Are the richest countries rich because they inverts a lot in science? or they inverts a lot in science because they are rich?

When will South America (or specifically Argentina) win a science Nobel Prize? Another year without a Nobel Prize coming to South America The last time that a South American scientist was awarded...

09 October 2019 430 3 View

Do you have any suggestion for sporulation and/or preservation media for Clostridium botulinum?

Hi everyone, I need to storage Clostridium botulinum strains, and I would like to know if the better option for this is to use Tarozzi media, supplemented with starch. Do you have alternative...

01 February 2019 9,078 5 View

Can you recommend me a good environmental or ecology journal?

08 September 2017 1,689 2 View

Do you have any suggestion for a book of techniques in molecular and cell biology for undergraduate students?

I am looking for a book of core techniques in molecular and cell biology for teaching to students, who are facing the molecular and cell biology lab for first time. I would like to find a very...

04 May 2016 9,978 5 View

How can I purify bacteria-containing phagosomes?

Hi, I would like to know how I can purify phagosomes from the rest of the cell organelles. I will infect cells with bacteria; once they are wrapped in the phagosome where they will reside, I would...

01 February 2015 4,733 4 View

Can anyone recommend a good and free tool/program for drawing biological diagrams?

I need to construct bacterial invasion pathways in epithelial cells.

01 February 2014 843 43 View

Could someone share the protocols of multiplication and purification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae?

I would like to know protocols for multiplication and purification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria. Which kind of cells I should use, culture conditions, culture media, etc.?

09 October 2013 574 2 View

How to normalise data on OPM package from R Studio ?

Good afternoon, I recently used OmniLog from BIOLOG for my experimentations : I tested the metabolism of different strains on 2 types of plates. I have 16 strains of 3 different groups...

02 March 2021 3,584 1 View

Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

Hi everyone, Illumina provides a list of primers to amplify with high taxonomic coverage the ITS1 region for further fungal sequencing, but I cannot find the exact amount necessary of each...

25 February 2021 6,969 3 View

Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration fors?

Warm greetings My name is Ayichew S. and I am doing my Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology (on Human papillomavirus). At this stage, I have almost completed a clinical sample Cervical swabs)...

25 February 2021 1,660 3 View

Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration forms?

Warm greetings! My name is Ayichew S. and I am doing my Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology focusing on Human papillomavirus). At this stage, I have almost completed a clinical sample (Cervical swabs)...

25 February 2021 3,612 3 View

Advice on growing lactobacillus species in the lab?

Hello everyone, For part of my PhD project, I'm hoping to grow some lactobacillus species in the lab so that I can create standard curves for a qPCR quantification of a faecal sample. However, I...

24 February 2021 3,157 6 View

Despite single-cell RNA, how can I characterize a new cell subtype/phenotype?

A new cell subtype was found out only during regeneration phases after a cuprizone-induced demyelination model. How can I characterize this cell? It is important to highlight that was already...

13 February 2021 1,245 1 View

Differences between sheep blood with Alsever solution vs citrated/defibrinated sheep blood in microbiological media?

I am aware of a study that has compared the use of citrated and defibrinated sheep's blood in microbiological media (Hair Sheep Blood, Citrated or Defibrinated, Fulfills All Req... ), but can...

10 February 2021 5,927 1 View

Does diseases like fungal,bacterial etc of rice plant is different from nutrient deficiency diseases?how deep learning is used except classification?

can any one suggest me other than classification, how deep learning technique can be used in plant disease detection in rice plant? could a research work continued from fungal,bacterial...

07 February 2021 470 2 View

Hi everyone, I want to lower the pH of microbiological broth, what are the best options?

I will be using the lowered pH broth for MIC test of some disinfectants, and I do not want the acid to have any interfernece with MIC results.

03 February 2021 6,959 4 View

How do microbes tell the presence of an inorganic minaral in the soil?

Due to their ubiquitous nature, there is a tendency of the presence of microbes in a given mineral(s). For instance, if microorganisms that love the of pH less than 6 in the pH value, is isolated...

03 February 2021 4,630 10 View