In your opinion, what are the basic skills necessary to a bioinformatician?

Inside the Computer Science and Biology fields.

01 February 2013 9,528 9 View

How do I get a gene list of fully sequenced and assembled genomes? (~9Mpb)

I want to perform a simple comparison test between 3 genomes, build a Venn diagram to analyze the percentage of common, exclusive and different genes among these 3 genomes.

31 December 2012 4,799 4 View

What is a good definition for "critical genes"?

For example: Genes responsible to nitrogen fixation in Rhizobia, genes responsible for photosynthesis in A. thaliana etc. They are classified as critical genes, right?

31 December 2012 1,098 2 View

It's possible to have two substrate binding protein domains in a single ABC transporter?

I have found it in a bacteria genome during an analysis in slilico. Thanks, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

11 December 2012 2,446 4 View

How to use order as profile level in STAMP?

I have my metagenome uploaded in MG-Rast. How can I download the data and use "order" (level) in STAMP to run statistical analysis?

11 December 2012 1,830 0 View

How to compute differences among 2 entire and closed genomes?

I have 2 genomes fully assembled and annotated. (9Mb. each, aprox.) I want to do a basic analysis to discover difference (%). Nothing so complex, maybe align these 2 genomes and discover the...

10 November 2012 9,881 11 View

How to validate a hypothetical protein?

If I have a hypothetical protein in my genome sequence (bacterial genome sequence) and I want to do a lab study (not silico analysis) to validate this protein, what are the basics steps to goal?...

10 November 2012 8,187 2 View

Using STAMP to analyze metagenome data uploaded in MG-Rast.

I have 3 file types downloaded from MR-Rast. (1) *.FNA, (2)*.TXT, (3)*.RMA. How can I import to STAMP to analyze my data? I know its necessary a Profile and a Metadata archive in STAMP. How can...

10 November 2012 2,535 4 View

What is the difference between "sn-glycerol-3-phosphate" and "glycerol-3-phosphate"??

What means this "sn" means?

08 September 2012 6,414 9 View

What is the better way to express difference between two data tables?

Bar Graph? Pizza Graph? No graph? I have two data tables, but the numbers it's too similar between both, a LITTLE difference occurs in my data. I want to show this for the public. Show can i...

08 September 2012 9,479 5 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

What do you know about biotechnology art?

What do you know about biotechnology art?

02 March 2021 1,653 3 View

Which is the best place in the world for the plant biotechnology research?

I am searching for a good place for the Post Doc,

02 March 2021 4,053 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

How was your experience with Biomedical and Biotechnology Journal?

How was your publication experience with BBRJ in terms of peer review and reviewer comments. Did you find it fair and transparent ?

23 February 2021 3,810 6 View

Are the topics below viable research in plant biotechnology?

1. Chemically induced mutagenesis in seed and qPCR detection and amplification of desired trait. 2. Site-directed mutagenesis in qualitative traits of a multiline seed.

04 February 2021 9,069 3 View

Is receiving Invitation to submit a article from the journal is big deal ???

I have recently received a invitation from the journal "Current Pharmaceutical Bio-technology" to submit a research article. As i didn't received any invitation before. so, is it normal to to...

04 February 2021 4,596 23 View

Why is Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ) always diluted with water? Could it be diluted with other solvents such as rice water?

I am currently making a research paper with my classmates in Philippine Science High School and we are trying to find references that mixed Fermented Plant Juice with other solvents instead of...

17 January 2021 5,099 4 View

What steps should one take to address post-harvest disease problems in a supply chain?

If I were to receive an import of a new fruit species in the country and, upon arrival, the whole lot was diseased, what steps do I take to diagnose and solve the problem? Is there a general...

10 January 2021 1,649 7 View

Why negative controls also showing the specific bands of promotor and other regions (GUS, GFP etc.)?

Dear Researchers, I did a transformation of an empty vector (pCAMBIA1301/1302) into my passion fruit plants, for the optimization of the transformation protocol. After transformation; DNA...

06 January 2021 8,465 99 View