How to make an apparatus for testing membrane permeability and selectivity?

Good afternoon everyone! I just can't find drawings or a description of the creation of an apparatus for determining the permeability and selectivity of membranes in relation to gases and gas...

14 January 2021 9,205 4 View

Fixation of whole rats organs in buffered formalin?

Dear colleagues, I would like to ask you if anyone has experience with the fixation of whole rat organs (heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, brain, testes) in 10% buffered formalin. Thank you, Roman

28 October 2020 3,175 3 View

How can you do biotynilation of antibodies in presence of gentamicin?

For some time we have used biotinylated antibodies for ELISA. Usually I use biotin N-hydroxysuccinimide ester to link biotin to antibodies (and I have used different carbodiimides for other...

28 July 2020 8,806 3 View

If you had to reference a publication which proves or at least rigorously argues that AI control problem is (un)solvable, what would you cite?

Links to such articles with some explanations would be great!

27 July 2020 7,035 6 View

What is the estimated projected price of electricity (or hydrogen) for bio-solar cells?

Hello, everyone! There are many reports about bio-based solar cells and their prospects in the scientific literature. All authors write that these devices will be low-cost. Does anyone know any...

13 July 2020 655 3 View

Can you help me?

I am looking for information as to whether some insects (or spiders?) similar in pattern of colouration (red anteriorly, blackish posteriorly, white transverse bands) to some Cleridae (Clerus,...

09 February 2020 4,416 3 View

Does somebody know about protocol of retroviruses and adeno-assosiated viruses?

Hello! I have a lot of practice with lentiviruses (shRNA, knock-in, CRISPR, etc.). And now I need to transduce human and mouse cells by retroviruses (knock-in). I recieved plasmid pQCXIP and in...

11 January 2020 1,245 3 View

Variation partitioning - Is there a all -encompassing function/package in R?

I am a bit frustrated looking for a competent function doing variation partitioning (e.g. on linear model output) it should be able to tick the following boxes A) calculate all overlaps and "pure"...

04 December 2019 9,273 3 View

Is there any problem with magnetite nanoparticles to be observed in a FESEM system?

I ask this because I had a problem with a FESEM FEI SCIOS system. According to the technician he made observations of my sample TiO2/MAGNETITE. After many observations and session of my samples...

25 November 2019 3,024 4 View

Has anyone had problems quantifying DNA using Qubit?

I use Qubit to quantify my DNA material, and I have never had quantification problems. However a few weeks ago my lab bought a new Qubit reactive which has a different color (slightly pink) in...

23 September 2019 3,943 1 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

Would fecal samples stored at -20C for over a year impact metagenomic analysis?

Dear All, I have access to some rodent fecal samples that have been stored at -20C instead of -80C. Anyone have experience with the impact of stowage condition on comparative metagenomic analysis...

01 March 2021 2,512 1 View

How to quantify carbon deposition on CuZnAl catalyst?

Dear All, I want to quantify carbon deposition on the surface of the CuZnAl catalyst. I have tried thermogravimetric analysis, but I've got weight gain as the active Cu- get oxidised. Does anyone...

01 March 2021 1,907 3 View

Why Trivalent chromium start precipitating above PH 5 ? Moreover discuss difference between adsorption of chromium and precipitation of chromium ?

I am a student of MS Environmental Engineering and started my research phase. I am working on metal removal ( chromium iii ) by using activated carbon prepared from the agricultural feedstock. So...

01 March 2021 5,475 2 View

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

Does different dilution factors affect negatively on NH3 reading ?

I have a sample of treated water sample & asked to obtain ammonia conc. in sample using a machine with 5-25 ppm detection range. However, upon testing with different dilution factors, all...

27 February 2021 8,483 3 View

How to compare 2 samples recruited with different sampling methods?

If I want to compare characteristics of 2 groups of patients, one group is recruited from a random sample of the general public while another group is from a sample with a fixed gender (male to...

26 February 2021 3,526 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

Can random sampling have inclusion criteria?

As random sampling means that everyone in the population have an equal chance to be chosen, can it have inclusion criteria? My research participants have been chosen based on the inclusion...

26 February 2021 6,905 10 View