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

I have generated a figure "Gene distribution by conservation" from 20 genomes of bacteria. Can someone explain how to interpret correctly?

I have generated a figure "Gene distribution by conservation" from 20 genomes of bacteria. Can anybody explain how to interpret it correctly? Thank you in advance

11 January 2021 3,346 2 View

How to increase the adhesion of electrospinned nano fiber's?

Hi i was trying to deposit the polystyrene nano fibers on aluminum substrate... Can anyone help me how to enhance the nano fiber's adhesion to the substrate? Like annealing pr vacuum drying ? Any...

16 November 2020 1,735 7 View

Problem with PCR using plasmid as template?

Hi I am trying to do a PCR for a 1kb fragment using a plasmid of 11kb as a template. But unfortunately on the gel, the band is as large as the plasmid, that is 11kb. Would anyone know that that...

20 October 2020 7,631 3 View

Regarding COMSOL simple solid mechanics: Please help me out?

Q1. when I strain a soft and hard material together under a force suppose 50 N and then strain under 0.5 N. the strain value does not change much? how is this happening? as in the real world, the...

09 July 2020 9,506 8 View

How can I get access to the travaux preparatories of international conventions related to Intellectual Property Rights?

For instance, the 'Historical Archives' section of the 'Audio Visual Library of the International Law' website gives access to the negotiation documents related to various instruments of...

07 June 2020 3,135 3 View

Can I measure the Work Function of a thin film for amorphous material using XPS?

I want to measure the work function of amorphous ALD grown Al2O3 film deposited on FTO coated Glass. Is it possible to measure the work function using XPS? I have seen several papers using UPS,...

24 May 2020 7,637 15 View

Why should I join some research society?

there are ample societies like MRSI, AAAS, RSC,ASME,SCIE etc etc.. why should I join these societies paying a large sum of money. I paid some money during my PhD and I couldn't find any benefits....

12 February 2020 5,358 4 View

How to do primary cell culture from tumor tissue and injection to mice?

Dear Karen, I am aiming to isolate primary cells from freshly resected tumor tissue from consented patient and injecting those cells to mice. We have failed two times doing so, because the cells...

15 January 2020 8,262 2 View

What is the maximum RMS current for GEIS that I can use for testing commercial 18650 batteries of capacities from 1 Ah to 3.3 Ah?

In order to obtain EIS results on commercial batteries of capacities from 1 Ah to 3.3 Ah batteries, what is the max RMS current that should be used in galvanostatic mode? I am using Versastat...

28 May 2019 2,165 5 View

Binary Logistic Generalized Linear Mixed model in SPSS. Is it doable?

I want to analyses the proportion of swimming sperm of three species of fish in two salinities. To analyse the proportion of swimming sperm in a Generalized Linear Model, I would use a Binary...

03 March 2021 2,297 3 View

Is it possible to remove a preprint posted by a journal which is already rejected?

As we know many journals are posting preprints (DOI) in advance before the peer-review process. However, there is no guarantee that the preprints get published. The journal's reviewers undergo the...

01 March 2021 5,778 2 View

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 3 View

How to highlight novelty in your research paper?

I have come up with a method and had written a paper on it. Paper got rejected by a journal stating that there is no theoretical novelty. I am kind of confused on why the novelty that I am able to...

28 February 2021 2,393 8 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 is the value of Conference Review Paper?

How much value does a review paper carry in a higher study aspirant student's profile which is presented in a Peer Reviewed Scopus Indexed conference?

27 February 2021 2,068 3 View

Centrality measures computation in Biblioshiny/ Vosviewer?

26 February 2021 7,279 2 View

Experimental Design: How deal with pseudreplicates with immunological and clinical-chemical paramaeters?

Hello everybody, I am investigating the influence of a toxinon various clinical-chemical and haematological parameters in fish. I have three treatments (control, low dose, high dose) in my...

24 February 2021 1,243 1 View

Hi i want to ask that in order to find out LC 50 (96 hours) of particular toxin for fish. Should we keep the animals with food or without food?

if we expose the fish after acclimatization to particular toxin in order to find out LC 50 (96 hours).Should we keep the fish off feed or with feed for that duration. Some literature show that...

24 February 2021 357 2 View

How was your experience with Biomedical and Biotechnology Journal?

How was your publication experience with BBRJ in terms of peer review and reviewer comments. Did you find it fair and transparent ?

23 February 2021 3,810 6 View