18S PCR primers for Crustacea - do any exist?

Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone has tested/published some crustacean focussed 18S primers that provide an amplicon size of around 1kb to use for phylogenetics? Many thanks!

08 September 2018 8,941 3 View

Bt toxins that target and induce mortality in crustaceans?

Hi, I am currently looking into the development of Bt toxins for crustacean control and have come across zero articles that attempt to develop Bt toxins that target, and induce mortality in,...

03 April 2016 8,815 4 View

Does anyone know how I can acquire some of these amazing amphipods?

Hi there, I am interested in doing some parasitology study on these amazing, giant amphipods. Its a bit of a longshot but if anyone out there is able to get hold of some I would be very interested...

04 May 2015 9,536 3 View

Does anyone have an SOP for dsRNA production in vitro or know where I could find one?

I need an SOP for in vitro transcription.

01 February 2014 7,261 4 View

Is anyone working on control methods of vertebrate pests in agriculture? - What methods are allowed to be used for control?

Thank you for looking at this question. I am interested to know what regulations are involved in creating a control plan for vertebrate pests and what differences are in place between these and...

08 September 2013 9,057 4 View

Many invertebrates are agricultural pests but which species are the most studied?

I am interested in control methods used to prevent pest populations causing havok to agricultural industry. In particular I am most interested in biological control methods. If anyone knows any...

04 May 2013 2,535 9 View

The Volga River in Russia: geography, invasive profile and pathogen presence. Is anybody able to provide information?

Future work has directed an interest to The Volga Rover in Russia. Is anyone able to provide me with information on the region and in particular the best time to sample macroinvertebrates? As...

03 April 2013 6,538 6 View

Have any parasitology studies been performed on Gecarcoidea natalis, the red land crab native to Christmas Island?

I hope to look into the parasitology of this species but so far have only come across a parasitic Drosophilid which has been noticed to lay eggs around the secondary antennae of this crab. Are any...

02 March 2013 9,597 2 View

Can anyone recommend a reliable Genome annotation software?

Pending work on annotating a viral genome (~1Mb) and a microsporidian genome (~7.5Mb) I hope to find a reliable genome annotation software which is capable of detecting a variety of genetic...

02 March 2013 9,644 11 View

Genomic Study Costs

Is anyone able to give me a ballpark estimate on the price required to sequence a DNA virus between 0.5-1.0Mb? The same question for a microsporidian parasite with an estimated genome size of...

02 March 2013 859 2 View

How to address this issue in the analysis of Real-Time PCR results?

To dear Researchers, I was analyzing a series of concentration for estimation of Real-Time PCR efficiency. The concentration was 1:10. I used MS-excel to evaluate Slope. The result of slope was -8...

01 March 2021 8,683 4 View

Can I download BibExcel for MacOs?

Hi everyone, I would like to ask how I can download BibExcel software for MacOs? There are some links which are supported by Windows but I could not find it for Mac. or is there any other software...

01 March 2021 652 1 View

Anyone with some Transgenomic Wavemaker software? Seeking help from the chromatography community?

I am trying to seek out some Transgenomic Wavemaker software (happy to purchase a computer too) to operate a fraction collector. The only way to connect to the fraction collector so far is to...

23 February 2021 9,181 1 View

Best excel chart to compare algorithms' running time?

Hi I want to compare the running time of robotic path planning algorithms. The grid size is 8X8. I have 100 scenarios of start and goal positions.. Each scenario is run in three obstacles ratio...

22 February 2021 621 1 View

How to open an old ".MTS" file containing spectroscopic data?

Hi supreme hive-mind of the internet, we have some old *.MTS files that are supposed to contain spectroscopic data, probably some coordinates and a long list of single line spectra. Basically,...

16 February 2021 9,385 2 View

Room Occupancy Calculation ?

15 February 2021 1,997 6 View

How to check if the PMF profile obtained from ABF simulation is correct?

I am doing ABF simulations to calculate ligand binding enegy. The PMF profile that I get using single long ABF simulation is attached as pmf_total.png. When I do this ABF calculation with 10...

10 February 2021 4,170 2 View

What is the Greedy windowed algorithm description?

Hi Dear Ph. D., I have carefully read your paper on anomaly detection in smart meters. Unfortunately, the research does not decribe the greedy windowed algorithm, neither its complexity, nor the...

10 February 2021 2,462 3 View

Review Papers regarding transcriptional regulations & promoter types/classes in Gram positive bacteria?

Dear fellow researchers, Could you please suggest me excellent review papers discussing transcriptional regulations and/or promoter classes in Gram positive bacteria? Thank you so much for your help!

08 February 2021 6,909 3 View

What is the reference value of THD in BLDC MOTOR speed control ?

i used to control EHO+ANFIS to MRPID to Landsman converter for bldc drive i got 7% but some of them are telling IEEE standards are < 5% is it correct for Drives ?

07 February 2021 5,892 1 View