In PRIMER, is it possible to downweight certain taxa in multivariate community datasets to reflect uncertainty around identification??

I have a dataset with about 80 different species. As usual, some species are very easy to identify with certainty whereas others are more difficult, which means that I am less certain of my...

03 March 2021 8,066 4 View

How to get onecolumn document from standard IEEE ACCESS LateX template?

I have prepared a manuscript in IEEE Latex template, but for some purpose, I need to prepare a word file as well (detailed format is not required). Compared to two column .tex file, one column...

02 March 2021 1,830 3 View

Gel electrophoresis result for total RNA samples, 1.5 Agarose gel was used, How to improve the integrity of RNA?

Gel electrophoresis, RNA degradation, RNA extraction from fresh tissue

02 March 2021 5,433 5 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

OpenBCI eeg--has anyone used them?

I'm looking to try out an off-the-shelf EEG set for some exploratory work. Curious if anyone has used the OpenBCI, and how much set-up work is required. I've heard they are more difficult to get...

01 March 2021 4,128 3 View

How to remove DCU and HOBT from my reaction?

I am doing a acid and a chiral amino alcohol reaction using DCC and HOBT in DCM or THF? Can anyone suggest me how to remove DCU and HOBT from a reaction mixture??

28 February 2021 2,153 1 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

How to eliminate Steady state error from Reinforcement learning genetic algorithm code?

The following code (see 1st 2 images attached) is used to produce PID controller values that are designed to control the system (G). The code finds the PID controller values (noted as k) by using...

28 February 2021 6,560 14 View

B-mercaptoethanol (BME) protocol?

Hi everybody, I have been running a multiplex IHC which allow me to stain the same tissue with different markers (Primary Ab + Secondary conjugated Ab) (AF487, AF555, AF647). Since I would like to...

27 February 2021 5,028 2 View

What is the suitable range of Sulfur content and Viscosity of Heavy fluid Oil that used in Kiln?

What is the disadvantages of high sulfur content to the ceramic burning process? and what is the effect of outranged viscosity?

24 February 2021 8,219 2 View

Difficulty in cloning of 1kb gene into vector?

I am facing difficulties in cloning a 1kb gene into a vector (pJIT163). I have my gene on interest (GOI) in pUC57 and want to clone in pJIT163 using SalI and BamHI restriction sites. I am getting...

25 February 2021 3,221 7 View

Is it harmful to breed for Cre Homozygosity initially?

Hello, I am currently using a Cas9 knock in system that will be expressed in the liver. To do so STOP codon fl/fl Cas9 KI mice were bred with Albumin-Cre mice to generate heterozgous pups, that...

24 February 2021 5,759 3 View

Alternatives to traditional cloning of insert into backbone (dsDNA)?

Hi, I am stuck with a cloning experiment: The insert & backbone(bb) share one compatible end at 3' end(NotI) and one incompatible end at 5' end (XbaI for insert; HindIII for backbone). So i...

16 February 2021 1,664 3 View

Can part of recombinant protein not be expressed?

Hello. I am currently trying to express a recombinant gene with Avitag at the N-terminal. I'm aiming at a final product that looks like this: Avitag-(target protein) The protein I use is already...

14 February 2021 2,039 4 View

Any probe or assay for the detection of Cysteine in yeast invivo ?

Dear fellow researchers, I would like to detect the cysteine levels for yeast in vivo. I would really appreciate if anyone could suggest me any fluorescent probe or assay kit available. Currently...

11 February 2021 3,292 3 View

Which fungicide are good for primary cells? Does it yeast contamination? How to get rid of them without killing the cells? How to get rid of spores?

Hello! Our lab is working with primary cells which we are isolating from the colorectal tissue. During the isolation, we are washing the tissue with pen-strep and then also add some pen-strep in...

07 February 2021 8,258 3 View

Transformation into the Stbl3 chemo competent cells?

03 February 2021 1,111 5 View

How to Remove DNA From a Sample Without Rupturing Yeast?

I transformed a plasmid into yeast and selected for transformants by growing them in a selective media (liquid, not agar plate). My experiment requires that I continually grow/ split these...

01 February 2021 9,936 2 View

What is the best way and technique for serial dilution of bactria to get accurate number of colony ?

Hello I am infecting cells with bacteria in a well and then I am doing serial dilution of this well 1 in 10 and culture the two last dilution on MHA agar I have difficulty in getting accurate...

26 January 2021 9,256 5 View

How to resolve the problem of serial correlation in vector auto regression ?

We confront with this problem in index related data like CPI.

26 January 2021 9,993 1 View