Can COVID-19 vaccines protect against the emerging strains of SARS-CoV-2?

Can COVID-19 vaccines protect against the emerging strains of SARS-CoV-2?

18 February 2021 8,221 8 View

Would different strains of SARS-CoV-2 required different vaccines shots?

Would different strains of SARS-CoV-2 required different vaccines shots?

18 February 2021 6,934 6 View

Apart from vaccines, what else is science coming up with as regard to COVID-19 treatment and/or perhaps cure?

Apart from vaccines, what else is science coming up with as regard to COVID-19 treatment and/or perhaps cure?

18 February 2021 3,892 21 View

What are the most common data file types used to create Virtual Reality environments?

I know most of the 3D file types used in VR but I could be missing out on some that are more commonly used and would like to see what others are using. Also any ideas on what file types relating...

19 February 2020 3,207 3 View

What are the typical clean in place solutions used in spiral wound membranes or in the microalgae industry?

I am developing membranes using PSf, PES, or PVDF. I would like to understand their chemical compatibility a little more with common clean in place solutions used in industry, specifically for...

10 September 2019 9,402 3 View

How will I know if a subset is a good representative of the whole dataset?

I have a dataset which contains 110 data points. This data set is divided in to three categories, say, A,B and C and each categories are sub-categorized into 3 to 5 categories: A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,...

26 March 2019 4,282 5 View

What has a stronger bond with glass surfaces/edges? Polyvinyl butyral or Thermoplastic Polyurethane?

From my understanding, both PVB and TPU form a combination of Hydrogen bonds, Van der Waals forces and chemical bonds with the hydroxyl groups of the glass surface. Is it true that PVB has a...

04 August 2017 8,962 3 View

How can technology readiness improve sustainability of software quality?

In the October 2015 issue of the Communications of the ACM there is a contributed article 'Framing Sustainability as a Property of Software Quality.' This is an article that introduces this idea....

02 November 2015 392 4 View

How does climate change affects plant photosynthesis and growth?

What are the direct and immediate effects of climate change on plants photosynthesis and growth?

19 April 2015 5,259 11 View

How can I combine a line graph with a scatter plot?

I'm using SPSS, but am willing to consider other stats or graphing software. I have a data set that has patient drug levels for 2 drugs that were obtained at 5 time points (month 1, 2, 3, 4, and...

27 February 2015 2,427 6 View

I have a problem with kanamycin - why the kanamycin doesn't affect?

Hi everyone, I need to expression of GFP with pET28 plasmid in E. coli BL21(DE3) plysE. Transformed cells have kanamycin and chloramphenicol resistance. Normally, only transformed cells should...

22 February 2021 4,032 4 View

Can 5-FOA Diffuse Through Agar?

I am preparing to do a gene knockout in the filamentous fungi Coccidioides posadasii targeting pyrG/URA3 so that 5-FOA can be used for selection pressure instead of traditional antibiotic...

16 February 2021 169 4 View

What are the naitve functions of bacterial NRP?

The bacterial NRPs (nonribosomal polypeptides) are famous as clinical drugs such as antibiotics, but is there other native function of these NRPs of bacteria except antimicrobial, because their...

01 February 2021 4,280 1 View

WURSS-11 - how to apply in research practice?

Hello, in the framework of my master's thesis, I would like to assess the efficacy of probiotic on upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) incidence and symptom ratings in athletes under...

07 January 2021 2,284 1 View

Why I am not getting cultures of DH5 alpha and BL21 cells after transformation?

Even if I get them cultured colonies are very less and almost not transferable and grows very slowly in the media. I checked cells by transforming with control vector. I changed antibiotic also...

06 January 2021 1,013 3 View

Is it normal to use Tris buffer when testing for bacteriostatic properties of isolated compounds?

Hello, to start off I attempting to test the bacteriostatic properties of certain compounds. I bought a kit that contains some of the equipment to perform this analysis, however, in the included...

02 January 2021 2,338 2 View

Which search engines can I use to get the source of a certain microbial strain?

I am searching for a certain website through which can I get the source of certain microbial strains, especially probiotic strains I mean a search engine contains a database of the identified...

20 December 2020 5,144 5 View

Is there any database or website from where I can get a list of FDA approved drugs for treatment of certain urinary tract infection?

I want to know all prescription drugs which are FDA approved compounds for infection like Urinary Tract Infections along with their causative agents. Can you guide me about any resource, database...

17 December 2020 4,852 3 View

Does anyone experience E coli lysis while seed culture?

Hi, I am currently working with BL21(DE3)PLySs and PRSET A vector. Out lab frequently transformation and culture E Coli for protein purification. But recently, even though there is colony after...

13 December 2020 9,167 9 View

How can i get nonsporulating bacterial bacillus subtillis strain spoIIE without antibiotic growth conditions ?

10 November 2020 7,168 4 View