I regret to inform you that our reviewers have now considered your paper but unfortunately feel it unsuitable for publication in Biof....... ?

after 2 months wait the editorial board of an esteem Journal rejected a manuscript. What is the role/and importance of reviewer and what is the role of editorial board.

02 March 2019 4,190 3 View

What are Major Reasons of Depression in Researcher?

Research Results, Supervisors Attitude, Job Security, Loneliness, Work Pressure, Lack of Facilities/Funding. Family/Friend/Home Sickness.Spouse/Wife/Husband attitude

01 February 2016 821 2 View

Do you think quintity of research articles, really reflect the experties of authors?

I know so many persons have >20 publications on credit without writing a single article. Mostly co-authors, as boss, as friend or cagoule. How one can sort out these parasite type experts.

09 October 2015 6,221 16 View

What you are thinking when you have time and skills to work but you don't have resources.

06 July 2014 309 1 View

Do you think fatty acids modifying enzymes protect bacteria from toxic/killing effect of antibacterial fatty acids?

Recently it has been reported that cis-2-decenaoic acids or cis-9-octadecenoic acid are very effective antibacterial agent. Most of the S. aureus isolates are capable to produce fatty acids...

04 May 2014 4,283 1 View

How to differentiate plaque formation by Bacteriocin and bacteriophage by plaque assay?

How to differentiate plaque formation by Bacteriocin and bacteriophage by plaque assay?

07 August 2013 302 1 View

Are SCVs responsible for stablization of biofilms and also increase shelf life and antibiotic resistance of biofilm consortia?

Who is going to find this.

06 July 2013 3,494 0 View

What is the reliability of the Congo-Red agar method for biofilm detection in MRSA?

I am working on the biofilm formation process in MRSA. It has been noticed that some ICA positive isolates are not showing and the reaction on the congo-red agar plate and some ICA negatives are...

02 March 2013 1,576 18 View

Journals were made to publish research. now research are done to get published in a journal?????

Do you Agree

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Which Bacteria is This?

This growth appear on Plate Count Agar.

01 January 1970 6,357 3 View

Does the pressure(-600 mmHg) affects pH?

When I conducted the degassing experiment using decompression under anaerobic condition(and I used ferrous based chelating agent), the oxidized ferric were observerd. So, could you tell me the...

03 March 2021 4,892 5 View

What is the best way to keep an anaerobic chamber anoxic in the absence of hydrogen?

I'm a graduate student who works with an anaerobe, so I often work in an anaerobic chamber. I've been working on an assay that involves the steady-state of the quinone/ quinol pool. Anoxic...

03 March 2021 2,971 1 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 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

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View

What could be some reasons why unstimulated monocytes are getting activated?

Im doing PBMC isolation -> CD14+ enrichment using magnetic beads -> stimulation setup. My negative control is just cells in cRPMI but they seem to get activated over and over again.

28 February 2021 7,883 3 View

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