What are the best programs and methods to computationally dock RNA onto proteins?

We have used DOT to dock DNA to proteins but increasingly need to examine computational models for RNA docking onto proteins. Would appreciate advice and examples where this has proven successful.

10 November 2019 7,823 4 View

What is the best way to make antibodies against DNA and DNA-RNA hybrids?

We are examining structures of non-B-DNA such as DNA or DNA-RNA G quadruplex and would like to test if these occur in cells using antibodies. I know some G guadruplex antobides exist but we are...

08 September 2018 6,384 7 View

What are rigorous assays to measure the impact of a given enzyme and its inctivation on mutation rates, patterns, and signatures?

I am intersted in measuring the impact of specific enzymes and their inactivating mutations on genome instability and on the mutation burden in human cells and cancers. I want experiment ways to...

06 July 2018 2,257 0 View

Are scientific meetings a net expense that should be limited or do they save research time and money?

Many institutions are limiting travel and meeting attendance with the idea of saving money. Yet, I think meetings always save research money for me. I find that when I attend meetings the...

10 November 2017 2,132 4 View

What are the best ways to detect dsDNA in the cytoplasm?

re there specific stains and fluorescent methods to detect dsDNA in the cytoplasm of cells? Are these quantitative? What are the best controls and methods to validate dsDNA in cytoplasm?

09 October 2017 5,217 1 View

Given the issues with journal impact factors, would it be helpful to have some type of author-based metrics or impact factors or not?

Since the use of journal impact factors as frequently used to evaluate researh quality has been criticised for many reaons, might it be useful to devise mertics based upon a given author's impact....

11 December 2016 1,925 3 View

'What methods have you found to be effective for increasing your lab's productivity?

07 August 2016 6,071 2 View

What are the best ways to cross-link proteins to DNA?

07 August 2016 1,452 2 View

How can we best teach students to answer questions where they have not learned the answer?

We largely teach students and then ask them questions that we taught them how to answer. In science and many other areas of life, one wishes to address and answer questions where you have not...

06 July 2016 6,509 2 View

What do you see as the major contributions that will come from cry-electron miscopy in the next decade?

11 December 2015 8,615 0 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

MGL tools

20 June 2021 0 0 View

How climate change will influences human and animal behavioral change?

The role of climate change influencing the human behavior as well as economics interest

01 June 2021 0 0 View

flexibility of polymers chain

effect of double bond on the flexibility of polymers

07 April 2021 0 0 View

i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

24 March 2021 0 0 View

Formulation of polymer color flakes

I am writing to request some information for making polymer color flakes. I would appreciate the help.

17 March 2021 0 0 View

How can the use of Jolly Phonics improves the quality of reading, speaking and writing in rural disadvantaged communities in Papua New Guinea?

Jolly Phonics reading program is an effective way to teach early reading to young learners. How can lectures at the university prepare early childhood student teachers to teach Jolly Phonics to...

03 March 2021 3,731 3 View

What are the values needed for gabor filter's parameter for cifar10 data?

Hi, I implemented a code to gabor filter cifar10 data but the images after being filtered and stacked are not clear like the original images. I think the problem is in the way I am using the...

03 March 2021 6,317 1 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View