OpenBCI eeg--has anyone used them?

I'm looking to try out an off-the-shelf EEG set for some exploratory work. Curious if anyone has used the OpenBCI, and how much set-up work is required. I've heard they are more difficult to get...

01 March 2021 4,128 3 View

Quality of antibodies from Creative Biolabs?

It seems Creative Biolabs has everything and so many versions of antibodies not owned or sold by any other company. How reliable are their products? I am looking for a clone where potentially...

08 February 2021 2,167 3 View

Benefit of CTCF (corrected total cell fluorescence)?

03 February 2021 6,302 2 View

Why do the absorbance values of different concentrations of ascorbic acid solutions mixed with DPPH free radicals stay constant?

26 January 2021 458 14 View

Interpreting regression findings prior to inclusion of control variable?

I'm looking for advice on interpreting a statistical relationship - it's for a paper I am reviewing. (Variable names have been changed). It was found that: [IV anxiety + control variables y and...

06 January 2021 558 3 View

Can someone help me with an extraction protocol?

Hi all, Does anyone have a protocol for extracting DNA from agarose that is only 120 bp without a kit? The protocols I have tried are for much larger fragments and it is just not working. Thank you!

10 September 2020 1,291 2 View

Advice for getting dermatopathology tissue to stick to slides during immunostaining?

I work in a veterinary pathology lab and we do immunohistochemistry staining by hand on all types of tissues that are FFPE. We have particular difficulty getting dermatopathology (skin) samples to...

26 August 2020 792 1 View

Validation of experimental results?

Is it neccessary to perfrom validation of process model established using a box-benkhen experimental design? How "big mistake" will it be if I finish the experiment after performing the runs...

24 August 2020 6,917 3 View

Any reliable protocols for tissue detection of DNA damage with IHC or IF?

Dear all, Hope as a community your are doing fine. I have a question regarding antibodies against gH2AX, XRCC1 and p53bp1 that have worked for tissue detection for either IHC or IF, using...

08 June 2020 1,461 3 View

Where can I find the parameters of Miltenyi gentleMACS protocols?

I'm planning to use a Miltenyi brain tumour dissociation kit, but without the gentleMACS machine. Does anyone know where I can find the parameters of the machine's programs/protocols?...

16 December 2019 6,150 1 View

How does the gut microbiome affect the fibrotic process within the liver?

and Can the gut microbe be used for the treatment or diagnosis of liver fibrosis?

02 March 2021 557 2 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

The Shannon's index is inversely proportional to Simpson's index (1-D)?

I'm having a problem with my bloxplot with Shannon's and Simpson's indexs. The value of Shannon for my Community 1 indicating higher diversity (in relation of the Community 2), but have lower...

26 February 2021 3,033 9 View

Any recommendations for methods to analyze elephant space-use (using GPS) and correlating this with changes in NDVI?

For my Masters I am looking into elephant space-use and its effect on vegetation change. I have elephant GPS collar data and was going to use Google Earth Engine to obtain NDVI values. I would...

16 February 2021 7,097 3 View

How to consider effects of rapid warm adaptation in modeling of ecological impacts of warming?

I would highly appreciate it if my fellow ecologists (biologists) provide their opinion on the thoughts below [esp., shortly tell us which path may be more effective, if they know another way, if...

15 February 2021 3,642 6 View

What is the magnitude of yearly rhizopdeposition in tropical forests?

Hi all, I am trying to find reference values on annual soil rhizodeposition rates for different kinds of forests, with a particular interest for tropical rainforests. Do we have an idea of the...

26 January 2021 4,278 4 View

Can you recommend a good book on analytical chemistry for non-chemists?

Dear colleagues, I am asking for you recommendation: I need a book on analytical chemistry in environmental sciences. As a non-chemist (a biologist) I have some basic chemistry knowledge but not...

25 January 2021 8,486 8 View

Why are my Maxent SDM projections coming up almost entirely blue?

Hello Maxent Community, I have been generating SDM models and projections in Maxent. I have had some success with one set of variables (some Hydroshed variables mixed with World CLIM variables);...

19 January 2021 3,994 7 View

How deep into the sediment do marine/riverine oligochaetes live?

I am working with intertidal muddy sediments. In one of my sites the sediment was extremely muddy (high % of silt), oxic layer was shallow, and there were a lot of oligochaetes. I would like to...

14 January 2021 7,269 4 View

How to conduct Methodological Research?

Hi everyone, I plan to create a design for a system using previously published articles, journals, etc as a basis. I found methodological research design but I don't know how to conduct it. Like...

07 January 2021 5,824 3 View