How many ways do bacteria have to communicate?

Hello, I am researching into how bacteria communicate. What I've found is that they use quorum-sensing*, and electrical signals**. I've also come across the ability to "speak and listen"***, but I...

03 September 2020 9,168 8 View

Do vaccines lower the Darwinian fitness of immune cells?

Hello, I am reading on vaccines in general and I wonder if the beneficial effects of vaccines (as vaccination is the most effective choice when pathogens are to be stopped and prevented) lower the...

27 April 2020 8,725 6 View

How often is abscopal effect observed; what is the percentage in a typical case?

Hello, this is an urgent question that I have unfortunately failed to find answers to, I need the information on how often radiation abscopal effect is observed in a typical case, for one of my...

28 March 2020 6,755 4 View

How to Create Wavy Layered Structure in Lumerical/FDTD Solutions?

Hello, I use Lumerical/FDTD Solutions. I can create the array of structures on a line. This array will work as a lens to focus when excited to Gaussian source. However, I want this lens array to...

16 October 2019 1,904 2 View

Can use Pilling-Bedworth Ratio for mixed oxides?

The first question is If i can use PBR for it how can calculate for Na2Ti3O7? The second question is When a higher valency cation, for example Nb5+, substitutes Ti4+ in rutile lattice, it is...

18 August 2018 4,138 2 View

Which is the best place in the world for the plant biotechnology research?

I am searching for a good place for the Post Doc,

02 March 2021 4,053 3 View

Which bacteria are suitable for quorum sensing screening?

I want to find a quorum sensing inhibitor from plant extracts. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. I looked for these strains...

01 March 2021 7,675 3 View

Isolates of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus?

Dear Dr. Cai, my name is Simone Prospero and I work in the team of Phytopathology at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research (WSL;...

01 March 2021 1,133 1 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

How to remove fatty material from plant extract?

The resultant solid was partitioned three times with 250 ml of petroleum ether (40-60/c) to remove any fatty material and evaporated to dryness.

28 February 2021 9,464 2 View

Good morning research fellows, Has anyone worked with senna alata plant extract on any kind of fish?

Literatures on the piscicidal effect of sennaa alata is scanty. if you have any related litrature either in the bark, leaves or roots used as treatment to any aquatic organism please kindly help...

28 February 2021 9,138 2 View

What HPLC Marker(s) should be used to detect anthocyanins in a sample?

What HPLC Marker(s) or standard is used to detect and quantify anthocyanins such as Delphinidin, Cyanidin in a given sample of plant extract?

23 February 2021 1,832 4 View

What is the optimum time and temperature of blanching and pre-frying potato for frozen fries?

I am helping a local home industry for developing frozen fries from their local farm. I want to know what is the optimum blanching and pre-frying temperature and time for processing. Please also...

23 February 2021 1,616 5 View

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22 February 2021 9,932 11 View

Can I get information about research laboratories that are currently having in culture, internationally/locally standardised microorganisms?

Microorganisms of interest include; E.coli; Salmonella typhimurium; Pseudomonas aeroginosa; Streptoccocus pneumoniae; Staphyloccocus aureus and Candida albicans. Locations closer to Port...

18 February 2021 6,500 3 View