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Who does believe that Remdesivir has to be used early on and not (only) in advanced cases of SARS-Cov-2?

Remdesivir has been shown to speed up recovery times for patients with COVID-19 in a major US-led trial, becoming the first drug with proven benefit against the disease. Now, considering the...

01 May 2020 4,105 2 View

How can I get rid of spam on Google Scholar's "Recommended articles"?

I used to like the "Recommended articles" function in Scholar. It recommends you articles based on the citations you received (you can access them below the scholar search bar, and receive them as...

21 April 2020 6,221 7 View

If female mice are put together on the same cage, are all of them on the same estrous cycle stage?

I work with female mice and I have this doubt. If they are all put together on the same cage, are all of them on the same estrous cycle stage? If so, is there any literature that supports...

01 April 2020 6,266 10 View

How to blast a paired end fastq file?

Hello everyone, I have a paired end fastq file and I know that BLAST+ in command line, accepts fasta format. But I don't know how does it work for a paired end fastq file (I mean in two different...

22 May 2019 2,482 2 View

260/230 ratio of my RNA samples are very low. Is there any method to try purify the sample and synthesize cDNA!?

I extracted RNA from spinal cord tissue using Trizol and following invitrogen's protocol for RNA extraction for PCR. I had good 260/280 ratios (around 1,8-1,9), but very low 260/230 ratios...

16 April 2019 768 2 View

How to perform KASP genotyping of zebrafish larvae at 72hpf?

Dear all, I need to genotype some zebrafish larvae at 3-4dpf. I currently tried to perform it as I do it for the adults, but it did not work. Basically: 1. Fin clip and add the fin to a 96 well...

20 January 2019 989 3 View

IHC in peripheral blood smear?

Hi everyone. We want to do an IHC in peripheral blood smear but it's our first time, and we have some doubts. How do we have to fix the samples? Which is the best fixation agent, acetone, methanol...

15 October 2018 9,338 5 View

Non-transcriptomic pathways that can increase lipid accumulation?

I am currently doing a project investigating the lipid accumulation potential of a chemical using an in vitro model. Upon observing significant lipid droplet accumulation at various...

18 March 2018 4,812 4 View

Are you studying affects toward science, technology and/or mathematics in university and preuniversity students in your country?

We may share instrument and compare data with ours.

02 January 2018 1,064 12 View

QPCR stopped working for well-set up amplicons

Hi all, I ask for your help to solve a difficult problem I'm experiencing with some samples. I'm performing ChIP-qPCR of a transcription factor. We have done this experiment many times and it has...

29 June 2017 6,286 3 View

How to compare two groups with only two measurements?

Hiiiii everyone! I have an enquiry on statistical analysis. I was looking for many forum and it's still cannot solve my problem. I want to compare means of two groups of data but only with two...

03 March 2021 8,796 3 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 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 vaccines of covid 19 work?

Millions ask how vaccines of covid 19 be successful and safe, its here to explain generally how vaccine of pfizer work ,mRNA vaccines teach our cells how to make a protein that will trigger an...

28 February 2021 2,723 4 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

Problem with shRNA transfection. Why are only two plates getting contaminated instead of all?

I transfected my LNCaP-WT cells with 3 shRNA plus their NTC two weeks ago and split two puromycin selected cell plates on Friday last week(Feb 26). I checked for GFP in the cells, and they all...

28 February 2021 4,949 3 View

The Shannon's index is inversely proportional to Simpson's index (1-D)?

I'm having a problem with my bloxplot with Shannon's and Simpson's indexs. The value of Shannon for my Community 1 indicating higher diversity (in relation of the Community 2), but have lower...

26 February 2021 3,033 9 View

VIF very high, but correlation is low and coefficient is significant. Which one whould I choose?

Hello. I have a question whether if my coefficients (statistically significant) would be valid when VIFs are really high. In my model, there are independent variables(IV), moderating variables...

26 February 2021 956 13 View

Data Analysis K-S and S-W tests?

Hello, I have conducted analysis where the K-W and S-W have come out as p

25 February 2021 9,648 3 View

Statistics: include groups of respondents made by one person for analysis?

Good morning, I could not find literature about this so I am asking. I am organizing data for a questionnaire (N=100) that foresees some personal questions like level of education. For the aim...

25 February 2021 2,090 4 View