How relevant is this to explain, perhaps, otherwise unexplained, organ-specific metastasis?

There is a new publication which seems to be mentioned almost anywhere, i.e. in any public journals and media. They call it even a "new organ". https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-23062-6

02 March 2018 608 2 View

Can a wrong database reduce academic career chances?

I found out that Elsevier's Scopus currently has a mistake in its database - it doesn't include me as the second author of my most cited paper (300x cited according to Google Scholar): "P53...

01 February 2017 9,625 6 View

Is there anything like an international court of arbitration for science?

Since some universities control themselves - and no local or governmental ministry of science can do anything against some form of plagiarism -, there does not seem to be a real chance to dispute...

06 July 2016 3,218 2 View

Would EMBO database accept a mix of sequencing data from different mouse strains?

Usually exon sequences are likely to be shared within a species like mouse, with only minor differences from strain to strain. Intron sequences vary much more; that was the reason over 20 years...

10 November 2014 253 0 View

Just a site note: Mina Bissell greatly acknowledged my poster in her keynote talk

A day after discussing my poster with Mina Bissell from Berkeley, she gave her fascinating and concluding long keynote lecture of the conference in a full auditorium - and to my biggest surprise...

09 October 2014 3,202 5 View

Who, or which subdiscipline, will get the next Nobel prize in medicine?

Sometimes it may take many years to get the Nobel prize, and it rarely seems to be a fast earned award. Some people may expect it for years - and never get it (for example, Gallo), some others...

09 October 2014 7,542 2 View

What is scientific honor and responsibility?

Some scientists including professors may cheat, plagiarize and steal around - but may get away with continued plagiarism. Is it the honor and responsibility of the true scientists to make sure...

09 October 2014 3,462 5 View

How to increase citations of my paper - recently cited between Nobel winner and Science paper?

I know the following paper (Molecular resolution of cell adhesion forces, 2004) is not in a first-class journal; how can I promote it to get it cited more often? I found it, for example, cited in...

08 September 2014 7,508 2 View

What would be a good location for a small, research-based startup in California?

I am currently in Germany and would like to found a startup company to continue my pioniering work in the field of cancer research/immunology with nanotech-based measurements, i.e. AFM (atomic...

07 August 2014 1,244 0 View

Nanobiotech startup: better in the USA or in Germany

I am sure it will be, let's say, at least challenging to found a startup company anywhere (and in any field). "Traditionally" the Stanford area (S.F./Bay area/Silicon Valley) appears to be the...

07 August 2014 3,936 4 View

How to access MSCI KLD Stats and Sustainalytics?

Hello all, I'm currently working on my undergraduate thesis and I'm having difficulties trying to access KLD Stats and Sustainalytics because my campus Airlangga University and apparently other...

02 March 2021 8,525 1 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

How to write a scientific report?

We are analysing scientific reports at University in great detail, so I wanted to find a scientific report about how to write a scientific report. Including detail such as what information to put...

02 March 2021 7,602 4 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

How does Scientist/RG community evaluates a case study article and the impact of it on a researcher career?

An article that is published as a case study in the SJR listed journal. How much value is added to a researcher career? How it is evaluated by a scientific researcher/University admission...

02 March 2021 9,661 3 View

Is it possible to remove a preprint posted by a journal which is already rejected?

As we know many journals are posting preprints (DOI) in advance before the peer-review process. However, there is no guarantee that the preprints get published. The journal's reviewers undergo the...

01 March 2021 5,778 2 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View