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Are you familiar with the species in the photo?

One of my teachers Dr. M. Manjurul Alam took photo of a rare orange colored fish looks like Channa sp. This fish was caught in Bangladeshi water. What do you think about the strange color?...

02 March 2013 1,296 5 View

Could you help to identify this fish species?

Fishermen of some areas of Bangladesh claim to catch this freshwater species. This seems to be Anabus sp. with golden body color (probably due to the expression of recessive allele?). However,...

02 March 2013 3,590 12 View

Which materials and methods should I use to study the impacts (climatic and man made) of mangrove on fishery stocks?

I plan to research the impacts (climatic and man made) of mangrove on fishery stocks. It would be wonderful if I could get some of your expert advice to make my research more precise and accurate.

01 February 2013 7,001 4 View

Do you think reviewing scientific articles should remain voluntary or should the reviewers be paid by the publishers?

Though reviewing of scientific paper is the most important, tough and time consuming job in the publication process it remained unpaid. It is often found that the reviewing process of scientific...

01 February 2013 4,184 16 View

Should there be any time restrictions for the journals either to accept or reject any submitted scientific articles?

In many cases, students, researchers require quick results from the journals about their submitted articles as it is necessary for their career, degree, scholarship or other reasons. If it is...

01 February 2013 1,551 16 View

What will be the impact of climate change in shifting the mangrove fisheries?

The sea level is rising due to climate change and this will have definite impact on mangrove ecosystem. Some part of the mangrove will be eradicated and some part will be migrated inwards. Under...

08 September 2012 9,771 3 View

Weak DAPI staining after immunohistochemistry - how to improve?

After immunohistochemistry of previously fixed in PFA and EtOH and then frozen 20 μm sections of zebrafish brain, DAPI staining is very weak (right) compared to the same sections stained without...

05 August 2024 9,637 2 View

The Curse of Evolution and Complexity?

Brain and body mass together are positively correlated with lifespan (Hofman 1993). The duration of neural development is one of the best predictors of brain size, and conception is the best...

05 August 2024 6,247 3 View

How can we use mobile apps for improving students' academic performance?

Mobile apps can be a powerful tool for enhancing academic performance, how can we use mobile apps for improving academic performance

04 August 2024 9,492 0 View

I am working on my Master's thesis on the biogeography of the genus Ruagea and I would like to ask, could someone help me to check whether my result?

I created a file with my outgroup and ingroup species using Beauti, ran it in BEAST, viewed it in Tracer, and then used TreeAnnotator to create a file that I imported into RASP. Could someone...

28 July 2024 2,979 1 View

Are students in the MBA program in Fisheries Enterprises Management eligible to work in the aquaculture industry abroad?

Are students in the MBA program in Fisheries Enterprises Management eligible to work in the aquaculture industry abroad? Could you explain the foreign countries interested in recruiting...

28 July 2024 8,378 2 View

Could you try using PeptiCloud and see if it's a useful tool for biology research?

PeptiCloud (www.pepticloud.com) is a bioinformatic platform that allows researchers to organize and share their data for their projects as well as collaborate with others in one place. Through...

28 July 2024 4,762 2 View

Do you know of any online international conferences that offer free discussions?

Do you know of any online international conferences that offer free discussions? I am looking for examples in the field of molecular ecology and DIY biology.

28 July 2024 6,501 0 View

Illustra™ MicroSpin™ G-25 columns what it is used for?

Hello, We found three packages of Illustra™ MicroSpin™ G-25 columns in the cabinet of an unused lab. They are very old but have never been opened. I have never used this kit before, and I couldn't...

25 July 2024 4,927 3 View

Pink bacterial colonies?

I am cloning an overexpression plasmid with my protein of interest tagged with mScarlet. After transforming my ligated product into DH5α bacteria and plating on LB agar, I noticed colonies with a...

22 July 2024 5,953 6 View

Do anyone knows any book dealing with fish growth/zootechnical performances and somatic indexes in aquaculture?

In the aquaculture and fish nutrition research field, a number of growth and somatic indexes are often used, including specific growth rate (SGR), feed conversion rate (FCR), protein efficiency...

22 July 2024 2,480 4 View