Why are functional gene results (nosZ, amoA) compared to 16S gene?

I am working on the effect of pH on functional genes in the nitrogen cycle (amoA, nosZ..). Some of the papers i have read present results based on the ratio between functional gene (like nosZ) and...

27 December 2020 1,625 6 View

Why would gel electrophoresis need to be run for 16 hours at 2-8 deg C? Is there an alternative protocol that takes less time or works at room temp?

I am trying to separate and analyze macromolecules (DNA) using horizontal gel electrophoresis. Protocol involves 1X TAE buffer, 10X denaturing buffer, 1X running buffer, 1% agarose gel, and 2X...

18 November 2020 667 2 View

Any tips and tricks to prevent bubbles from being trapped in polymer film during membrane formation via immersion precipitation?

05 July 2017 6,398 6 View

Does anyone know a low molecular weight agarose gel?

I need a trade name for any low molecular weight agarose gel that can dissolve in water. My cDNA is giving me my band of interest (which is faint) and a smear on gel and I want to cut out my band...

23 April 2014 8,122 2 View

Why does the level of phenobarbital spiked in blood appear to be lower than the actual spiked amount when being screened by ELISA?

5ppb of phenobarbital have been spiked into blank blood. This have been replicated by 10 times. However, ELISA results show that all 10 of the replicates contains LESS than 5ppb (average of...

14 July 2013 963 1 View

Will the formation of semicarbazone from an unknown (suspected to be a ketone) be long, or has it been falsely analysed?

In an undergraduate organic experiment, we are required to identify the functional group present via solubility tests (with H2O, HCl, NaOH and NaHCO3) and Classification Tests (Brady's, Tollen's,...

10 March 2013 3,007 6 View

Can Ethovision store the generated data and video recordings directly to NAS system?

The size of data generated by Ethovision is huge. Having NAS system for data storage seems to be a good option, I am wondering whether Ethovision can directly store the data to the NAS system...

27 February 2021 6,350 2 View

Does anyone have a stack of images of action potentials or abnormal brain scans?

I need a stack of black and white .jpeg/.tiff/.jpg/.png images across time of either action potentials, neurons firing, or brain scans (comparing disease and normal brain, disease progression,...

09 February 2021 2,648 3 View

Help needed: How to map AA, AG, and GG genotypes on to polymorphism information?

Dear Colleagues, I am new to genes and genotyping and I need help. I am trying to figure our how AA, AG, and GG genotypes map on to A1 for DRD2/ANKK1 Taq1A polymorphism(rs1800497) and Val or MET...

02 February 2021 3,861 3 View

Does the pre-synaptic neuron location in a cortical map influences the spatial position of its synapses in the dendrite of the downstream neuron?

Are functional maps in the cortex used by the brain to carry out computations or are they just a byproduct of wiring minimization? A key element to answer this question is to know if, when...

26 January 2021 1,118 8 View

Lighting for open field test behavior assay?

I am currently setting up our lab's behavioral space to run the open field test in rats, and I am trying to figure out how to set up lighting to evenly illuminate the open field chamber (a 90 cm x...

26 January 2021 1,399 3 View

Can you apply graph theoratic functional connectivity analysis to study cognitive processes under external stimuli?

Can functional connectivity analysis using Graph Theory (Hub-ness, clustering coefficient, etc) be applied to study cognitive processes? I felt most of the analysis to study the brain after...

25 January 2021 4,575 3 View

What is the half-life of TNF-alpha in vitro?

I'm designing a low-grade chronic treatment with this cytokine and I'm wondering how regularly to change the culture medium based on the half-life of the protein in an in vitro environment....

24 January 2021 5,988 2 View

Help me conduct a neuroscience experiment for my master's thesis?

22 January 2021 9,994 5 View

What are some recent publications showing the predictor power of resting state brain acitivity for tasks done outside the MRI scanner?

Looking for recent articles (2018-2020) that showed resting state brain activity can predict cognitive task performance (e.g., attentional and executive functioning tasks) done in the lab AFTER...

09 January 2021 2,310 2 View

What are the essential elementts of a Nature Neuroscience Paper?

What would land a neuroscience paper in Nature Neuroscience? What is the minimum a paper should have to pass the editorial scrutiny in Nature Neuroscience or the journals around the same cadre?...

01 January 2021 1,510 2 View