Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

Does anyone have a sequence for the human CD34 promoter?

I'm looking for the human CD34 promoter sequence to engineer into a vector construct. Can anyone recommend a good source for this sequence? Thanks very much, Laura

25 February 2021 8,205 1 View

Can a Golgi-stained dendritic spines picture processed by Image J be directly used for publication?

24 February 2021 3,348 2 View

Quantifying leaking DNA from bacteria - what's the secret?

Hi, all! I need to determine if my treatment causes membrane damage in bacteria (S. aureus and E. cloacae), but I cannot use a fluorescent probe such as PI and similar ones because my compound is...

24 February 2021 2,006 2 View

Is anyone else having a similar situation?

I'm looking for the genetic sequence for the TAR region of HIV. If I put Transactivator Response Region, and HIV, and "genetic sequence: into a browser...is it not unreasonable to expect to be...

10 February 2021 658 5 View

Can a mRNA be degraded but still observe a protein over-expression?

Hello there, I'm currently trying to over-express a gene by transfecting the cells with a pcDNA6 plasmid containing my target gene. When I measure the mRNA for my gene of interest, the levels are...

03 February 2021 4,112 4 View

Can I use 500ng of DNA for restriction digestion?

The recommended amount of DNA for restriction digestion is 1ug in a 50ul rx I've got around 500-600ng of DNA in a total volume of 35ul. Would I get satisfactory results with this amount of DNA for...

31 January 2021 729 6 View

Are there any solutions for remote eye-tracking?

Since with the pandemic it doesn't look like we are going back to the lab soon, in my lab we were looking for solutions to conduct remote webcam-based eye-tracking. I've been looking at...

31 January 2021 7,315 5 View

Sample Size for Quasi-Experimental Quants using one-tailed t-test?

Hi, sorry I'm stumped. I'm going to do a study on the leadership styles (using the MLQ Form 5X) of minority women administrators in medical schools. How will I calculate the sample size? Thank...

30 January 2021 2,865 4 View

What reference do you recommend about doublet lattice method (DLM) coupling with finite element method (FEM) ?

I want to write a code related to the flutter of aeroelastic wing under unsteady load using doublet lattice method (DLM). I want a good reference with numerical examples or a book which learn me...

25 January 2021 7,488 3 View

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22 February 2021 9,932 11 View

I can detect my protein but the encoding DNA sequence has stop codons within. Should I ignore the stop codons?

I constructed a synthetic DNA library (scFv, VH-VL orientation) with a 3' reporter and 8x histag. I cloned and expressed this gene following which I performed an ELISA. The ELISA results suggested...

19 February 2021 7,006 5 View

What are the best cations for preparing competent cells, Ca2+ or Mg2+?

I have been reading various articles and most state that treatment with CaCl2 produces higher efficiency of transformation than MgCl2. Can anyone explain why Ca2+ is better than Mg2+ at...

16 February 2021 8,519 5 View

SPSS: A scale with multiple items (7-point Likert) across 4 test conditions. How can I correctly summarize it?

Hello, I am currently writing my master thesis where I have a 2x2 factorial design with one downstream variable (2 independent and 2 dependent variables). I need to conduct a multivariate...

11 February 2021 6,014 4 View

Sample preparation for ceramics i.e. iron silicate (fayalite), iron oxides, alumina, spinel mineral (hercynite)?

Recommendations in preparing ceramics for nanoindentation and in the process minimize introducing stresses from sample preparation i.e. polishing stage.

02 February 2021 6,211 3 View

Protocol for bacterial samples preparation for Scanning Electron Microscopy ?

I want to prepare bacterial samples to observe the bacterial cell lysis by bacteriophage protein (endolysin) through scanning electron microscopy. Please, anyone can share the protocol of...

01 February 2021 1,173 3 View

Sample preparation for SEM observation?

hello RG community, I'm looking for Sample preparation protocole for microbiel cells SEM observation. thank you

01 February 2021 7,355 4 View

What is the maximum storage time for samples used in soil enzyme assays?

01 February 2021 4,616 3 View

How to prepare an algal sample for FT-IR spectroscopy?

Can we measure the bulk composition of biomolecules present within an algal sample directly by placing its powdered form on a FT-IR spectroscopy stage? Or does it require a particular kind of...

30 January 2021 2,303 4 View

Solution free deposition of carbon nanoparticles on TEM grid?

Dear community, I started to work with new nano structures that or attached to larger, but still nanosized carbon particles. I have it present in powder form and would like to look at the...

29 January 2021 4,525 4 View