What is a good reference on designing experiments to determine molecular mechanism of disease or biological process?

I need to learn techniques and strategies in planning experiments that try to figure out the molecular mechanisms. Thanks.

01 January 2021 2,525 3 View

Has anybody had staining problems with lysotracker in live cells?

I am working with two fish cells types, a zebrafish liver cell line and primary cultures of trout macrophages. We are using lysotracker to stain them in order to visualize lysosomes in confocal...

16 December 2020 3,935 2 View

Is TRIS-EDTA-CITRATE buffer (pH 7.8) a good antigen retrieve for the TUNEL assay?

Hello everyone! I performed a TUNEL assay simultaneously with an immunofluorescence (SOX9 antibody) on the same sections of human testis. The fluorescence of TUNEL turned out well, but that of...

15 December 2020 1,270 3 View

Does a manager's background such as culture and attitude influence the performance of employees?

30 November 2020 1,585 2 View

If I want to use mean as calculation for my questionnaire, should I test the reliability and validity?

I'm using questionnaire for my research and mean (average) as my data analysis. I'm wondering how to calculate the reliability and validity of my data.

28 September 2020 3,517 3 View

How to induce with L-arabinose Chaperone Competent Cell BL21 (Takara)?

I am using Chaperone Competent Cell BL21 from Takara, pGro7/BL21 , but it is not clear on the protocol how and when I should induce the expression of the chaperones with L-arabinose. First time I...

14 September 2020 8,488 3 View

Is it better to use the arithmetic mean or geometric mean when averaging MPN?g or CFU/g measurements?

This data is from a microbiological evaluation of streetfood locally sold in our region. Thanks.

12 August 2020 5,981 3 View

Any recommendations on the software to do text mining or sentiment analysis on Chinese reviews?

I am trying to do text mining on Chinese reviews. I have tried out many softwares, like the RapidMiner, Chinese Text Analytics, Python. Most of them seem to require certain level of programming...

12 August 2020 9,109 8 View

Where can I find a good set of microbiological standards for aerobic plate count and coliform levels for street food or ready to eat food?

I need these to evaluate the data I obtained from my study. Thanks

10 August 2020 7,466 12 View

What is a good Thomson Reuters or Scopus indexed journal where I can publish my paper regarding Microbial safety aspects of street foods?

I need a journal with a faster turn around time, reasonable review process, and preferably no publication fees.

15 July 2020 8,241 3 View

Could you recommend any books about Number Theory?

Beginner level books. High level books. Analytical Number Theory. Algebraic Number Theory. Combinatorical Number Theory. Books about partitions. Books about primes.

03 March 2021 7,174 5 View

What kind of intervention will be relevant to increase motivation among young sport trainees?

Any suggestion on what book to read is also welcome.

03 March 2021 1,646 4 View

How the parameters (such as Mw, Chemical bonds, polymer bland and so on) affect the mechanic property of polymer (such as storage, loss modulus) ?

Anyone can recommend any books on such topics? Thanks in advance.

02 March 2021 8,457 2 View

I am interested in medicinal chemistry field, which books are highly recommended to learn from?

I am at the beginner level in drug design and drug discovery, and I am interested to learn more about this field. Which books are highly recommended to start from and gives me all essential...

02 March 2021 8,437 2 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

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

What element is driving the different slop in the low frequency tail?

My study consists simple corrosion inhibitors in salty brine. Right now I just fit my circuit with randles with CPE. Just wondering how the slop can given more info of the experiment. Or any...

01 March 2021 6,474 3 View

Genome-wide gene identification protocol ?

Is there any book chapter/book, webpage or research article available to understand genome-wide gene identification?

28 February 2021 8,095 1 View

What does it require to be ready for e-Commerce in developing countries?

Most developing countries are not ready for e-Commerce? What dimensions and indicators are there to measure e-commerce readiness of a nation? Please share framework or model and evaluation...

22 February 2021 8,132 6 View

Any suggestions or recommendations on a good publishing house based on the African for academic books in the field of Communication and media studies?

I am currently working on a book on Public Relations (from an African perspective) and the rationale behind the book is the fact that as instructors in this field, we borrow instances and case...

19 February 2021 2,482 2 View