How to test the equality of two proportions with multiple samplings?

02 February 2021 9,574 5 View

Is there an open source tool the measures the GRAVY index of a peptide incorporating the PTMs and unusual amino acids (e.g. hydroxyproline)?

Right now, I am using ProtParam to compute GRAVY index of peptides. However, some of my peptides are post-translationally modified, and contains unusual amino acids. I assume that ProtParam does...

29 January 2021 8,300 4 View

How long does the peptide cleavage cocktail last before it gets expired?

The cleavage cocktail is composed of Phenol/thioanisole/water/TFA/triisopropylsilane. I only prepare 10 mL cocktail per peptide but can the activity of the cocktail prepared at 100 mL last for a week?

10 January 2021 7,424 3 View

Could you recommend an inexpensive camera for a prototype DIC system?

I was thinking of choosing Raspberry pi HQ 12MP. and what software do you recommend. I am working on a measurement system for a plate with an area of approx. 500x500 mm2

30 December 2020 3,064 2 View

Is there an interpretation for Lineweaver-Burk plot which linear regression lines intersect themselves on quadrant I?

Lineweaver-Burk replots for enzyme inhibition prints regression lines intersecting themselves on quadrant I. The interpretations for competitive, noncompetitive, or uncompetitive inhibition does...

24 November 2020 7,753 3 View

How to compute pressure drop on liquid ammonia line?

I have to analyze an existing ammonia line to estimate the pressure drop in it. The line is designed to transport liquid ammonia. I can compute the pressure drop with standard friction factor...

21 November 2020 5,494 3 View

Problem executing MrBayes. Help?

Hi, I'm trying to run MrBayes 3.2.7 with a matrix of 37 species and 20561 nucleotides. I consistently receive the following error: MrBayes > Execute...

18 November 2020 3,867 3 View

Protein long term storage can have an effect in pH changes?

I have a long term stability study with a protein that as an isoletric point lower than the buffer (Tris buffer), and I am seeing a sustantial drift from the initial pH to 12 month point....

10 November 2020 4,445 3 View

How can you order the clasification in CORINE legends, from a year to another, in type of vegetation?

For example, CORINE clasificate a zone of pasture one year, but in the next temporal clasification give crop of dry cereals, and preview clasification don't find. How can I order then?

20 October 2020 3,913 1 View

Examples of public databases that I can access remotely (e.g. via PostgresSQL)?

Hi I'm doing my PhD research and I'm collecting data from different sources. One way to do this very efficiently is by connecting to the databases remotely through pgadmin4. For example, I can...

13 October 2020 9,739 3 View

What could be the reason for not having further low chi square value (better agreement) in my refinement result?

I have tried every combination of parameter changes and after that i have a poor chi square value. I can't get it lower any further. I know there have been a lot of discussion about Rietveld...

26 February 2021 8,480 3 View

How can I assign a velocity along one direction to CO2 molecules in a molecular dynamics simulation using GROMACS?

Dear all, I am trying to perform a MD simulation about the interaction between CO2 and a polymer. I create my model, solvate it and perform the NVT and NPT equilibration. Now I am not able to...

26 February 2021 10,014 3 View

Recalcitrant seed short-mid storage method?

Dear peer scientists, Ultradry storage is not suitable for recalcitrant seeds. However, theoretically, if we can stabilize the structure of the subcellular membrane, as well as glassify the...

25 February 2021 2,442 1 View

Is there a suitable way to confine cell attachment area inside a multi-well plate?

Are there any types of cylindrical cell culture inserts that are designed to confine cell seeding area? Say, if I'm using a 12 well plate (3.5 cm^2/well), but only want to seed cells in the middle...

22 February 2021 7,127 4 View

Why CHi^2 is reducing if I divide the intensity by a constant factor?

I was refining my XRD data in FullProf. Highest intensity was 400000. The fitting was good but still the Chi^2 value is very high (0.174E+04) I divided the intensity by some constant factor (say...

17 February 2021 3,383 5 View

Is it possible to use maize mature seed to do transformation for maize transgenic study?

Almost all research reports which i ever seen work on Early mature embryo for Agrobacterium mediated maize transformation. In other grass families like rice, we can use mature seed and what do...

17 February 2021 1,434 13 View

Dealing with BMDM seeding and RNA extraction ?

biomedical master student here , i am dealing with mice BMDM and would like some help , i seed 0.5 x 10^6 cells/per well in a 6 well plate but when i extract the RNA i get a very low yeild , i...

15 February 2021 1,102 5 View

Can any one explain why the ethyl ester Biodiesel (FAEE) has higher than that of the metyl ester FAME- both of them are derived from the same oil?

Biodiesels derived from waste vegetable oil transesterification with Ethanol (FAEE) show higher peroxide values than those derived by transesterification with methanol (FAME) prepared under the...

13 February 2021 193 6 View

Is secondary metabolite production more at vegetative growth stage or during reproductive stage?

Hi, I am working on the effect of heavy metals on a medicinal plant by pot experimentation. Analyzing the effect of heavy metals on secondary metabolites is one of the parameters. I will be...

11 February 2021 6,683 6 View

Are the topics below viable research in plant biotechnology?

1. Chemically induced mutagenesis in seed and qPCR detection and amplification of desired trait. 2. Site-directed mutagenesis in qualitative traits of a multiline seed.

04 February 2021 9,069 3 View