Can you perform the Murexide test on samples fixed in Formalin?

I have a fixed sample and would like to use the murexide reaction to test for uric acid composition. I no longer have fresh samples

22 February 2021 1,328 1 View

In this sterile needle biopsy wet-mount, does the motility pattern fit with Oomycete zoospores?

We are examining tissue from a cluster of human and canine patients with a similar pattern of systemic illness of unknown cause. All members of the cluster have evidence of motile zoospore-like...

23 October 2020 4,480 3 View

These images may show a novel/emerging human pathogen- Do you think it is consistent w/ oomycetes/myxomycetes/fungus? Anyone pursuing this already?

I am a member of a group of veterinarians who all became ill within about a years time of each other, and who all were employed in the same physical location. Some of the affected veterinarians...

02 June 2020 2,248 19 View

Which housing is better for testing typical mouse behaviors: housing one genotype together or mix in littermate controls?

There's a debate in my lab currently on the best housing practice for neurobehavior. Should a cage contain a mixture of mice (ie; WT, KO, KO-treated) or only one (ie; KO-treated). I am curious...

26 March 2020 3,061 4 View

Why is my clear microemulsion and clear gel base when combined become turbid/cloudy?

So, I'm formulating a microemulgel. the appearence of my microemulsion and gel base was clear and transparant. but when i combine the two phases, the microemulgel becomes cloudy. what could...

10 March 2020 6,433 4 View

Does anyone have even a guess at what type of organism (phylum/class?) the following electron micrographs might show?

We have obtained some electron micrographs showing what appears to be developmental stages of some type of small eukaryotic organism colonizing/parasitizing the tissues of mammalian hosts....

03 November 2019 2,041 2 View

I would be grateful for any opinions about the identity or characterization of this object. (Artifact vs. organism etc..)?

Full history is in the project description, but briefly- a team of other veterinarians/colleagues and myself have stumbled across a case of multiple animals that have similar symptoms and are...

18 September 2019 1,000 4 View

Field CA3/CA1 electrophysiology differences between rats and mice?

I've been studying field hippocampal electrophysiology in mice for many years and we've recently started working in rats. I am beyond frustrated because things do not work at smoothly in rats and...

09 February 2019 6,713 8 View

Best ACSF recipe for LTD (DHPG AND LFS)?

Hi everyone! We typically record from rat acute hippocampual slices for LTP but I also need to expand my study into long term depression. After I ran a couple experiments, I completely forgot...

09 May 2018 858 3 View

Best Fear Condtitioning protocol for rats?

Hi Everyone! I'm studying a new genetic deletion rat model (Sprague-Dawley background) and we are looking to test them in Fear Conditioning. I'm used to working with mice so this is a bit new for...

31 January 2018 4,247 1 View

What are the values needed for gabor filter's parameter for cifar10 data?

Hi, I implemented a code to gabor filter cifar10 data but the images after being filtered and stacked are not clear like the original images. I think the problem is in the way I am using the...

03 March 2021 6,317 1 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

Is there any rich, publicly available English literary corpus?

Hi everyone. I am looking for a rich corpus in English literature, a one which includes literary prose ( e.g., novels or short stories) . can anyone propose a good one? Best regards Fatemeh

01 March 2021 1,970 2 View

Is it necessary to report effect size (ES) in statistics of biomedical research given that we already report p values routinely?

Pls share your thoughts

01 March 2021 7,330 4 View

Which reagent is best among 'Dimethylglyoxime" and "Dithiothreitol" for spectroscopic determination of Nickel ?

What I think is Dithiothreitol. As it is water-soluble and does not form a precipitate. But, the thing is it contains sulphur which is quite hazardous to aquatic animals.

01 March 2021 8,374 4 View

Centrality measures computation in Biblioshiny/ Vosviewer?

26 February 2021 7,279 2 View

How to model Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) process in Homer software?

Hi everyone How to model Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) process in Homer software?

25 February 2021 4,075 1 View

How to identify what type of fillers are in a polymer?

Hello everyone, I have some PHAs blended with fillers and nucleating agents, yet I don't know what kind of fillers or nucleating agents. The producer has shut down and there's no way to get in...

24 February 2021 1,356 8 View

Is it mandatory to specify Subjects Combinations in Generalized Linear Mixed Models (SPSS)?

Hi all, I have data with two levels: lets think of the classic example of students and schools. When running the analysis in SPSS and selecting the Random Effects, we can select (we can or we...

24 February 2021 7,379 4 View

RNA-seq DEGs downstream analysis and reporting in literature?

I used EdgeR to get the list of DEGs (differentially expressed genes) from my liver RNA-seq experiment. I have done the gene overrepresentation and GSEA based pathway analysis. I am currently...

23 February 2021 8,969 1 View