Are endosymbionts involved in the ovary development of insects?

Previously I had asked a question "Are "sex pheromones" really produced by insects?" while in the quest to answer this question, we came across a very interesting observation. We developed germ...

07 August 2015 8,131 3 View

What are the use of accessory glands in insects?

We recently found a well developed accessory gland in female B. dorsalis. Upon further examination, we found that they harboured bacteria and one particular bacteria was the major microbiota in...

10 November 2014 9,369 12 View

Can "innate recognition templates" in insects be manipulated or over-written?

07 August 2014 3,526 4 View

Can domesticated insects (e.g. Mulberry Silkmoth, Bombyx mori) show innate oviposition preference?

We conducted oviposition preference in B. mori and found that they still prefer to lay eggs on mulberry leaves. Further we extracted volatiles from mulberry leaves and conducted a GC-EAD and found...

04 May 2014 247 8 View

How do we extract pheromones from butterflies?

I read that the pheromone glands of butterflies are in their wings. Is this true and how do we isolate these pheromones?

04 May 2013 6,701 9 View

How to perform a comet assay on Insect eggs?

I am in need of a protocol for performing the comet assay on insect eggs. Previous protocols were followed but with no results. Please help me in this regard.

11 December 2012 4,343 1 View

Can we discover insect attractants or repellents by molecular docking? If yes how valid is the method?

Can we discover insect attractants or repellents by molecular docking? If yes how valid is the method?

11 December 2012 7,975 4 View

Which one is right? Quantifying total phenol content using dry plant sample or fresh plant sample?

To find the total phenol content, i have seen some researchers using dry samples and others fresh samples!! Which one is right? Should we use dry or fresh sample?

10 November 2012 4,522 7 View

I need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles that are in ~100 nm size and do high resolution TEM to look at mesopores. what grids should I use?

Need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles using the TEM. Also, need high resolution TEM images to see the mesoporous structure. Kindly suggest what kind of grids to use. Thanks, Shatadru

02 March 2021 1,787 2 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

How to normalise data on OPM package from R Studio ?

Good afternoon, I recently used OmniLog from BIOLOG for my experimentations : I tested the metabolism of different strains on 2 types of plates. I have 16 strains of 3 different groups...

02 March 2021 3,584 1 View

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test Fluorescent Compounds Other Than Fluorescence Spectrometers ??

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test The Efficiency Of Fluorescent Compounds Other Than UV Spectrometers ? Suggestions Would Be Appreciated !

02 March 2021 5,785 3 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

Do you know any MR image dataset?

I would like to research on MR images (0.5T and 3T). Can you please suggest some websites that I can download dataset including both 0.5T and 3T MR images? Thank you.

02 March 2021 7,735 3 View

Shall I skip the measurement model in SmartPLS?

Hello everyone, I had run a mediation model in SmartPLS using questionnaires that were already validated among my statistical population. A professor who edited my paper -though she is not...

01 March 2021 3,052 3 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