How to handle milk clotting Issues during media preparation for Screening of Halotolerant Protease Producing Bacteria (with Skim Milk)?

We want to screen halotolerant protease producing bacteria. Since Skim milk (HiMedia) is available in our lab, therefore, we want to screen extracellular protease by this compound/ supplement. We...

04 December 2020 7,657 6 View

What are the mechanism of actions of Ag and Cu nanoparticles on the bacteria and fungi?

We are assessing the activity of nanoparticle incorporated fabrics against bacteria and fungi.

24 November 2020 8,686 6 View

How to estimate nitrogen content (%) in plant using pelican equipment's KELPLUS ELITE-EX VA semi automatic kjeldahl distillation unit? ?

I am using KELPLUS ELITE-EX VA semi-automatic Kjeldahl distillation unit for nitrogen estimation. The salesman told me that unlike the older version; this version does not require making up the...

01 October 2020 844 3 View

Why Magnesium Sulfate is used in Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification(LAMP) reaction instead of MgCl2?

We have designed an in house LAMP assay for the detection of a pathogen. We have used ThermoPol buffer, betaine, MgSO4, Bst polymerase and dNTPs in the reaction. I wanted to know why MgSO4 is used...

22 September 2020 6,916 5 View

Cloning in TRV2 vector: tips?

So, I have been cloning a lot of genes over the years in various plant transformation and overexpression vectors and even though its a struggle always to generate positive clones, I usually am...

26 August 2020 8,364 9 View

Is it possible to hire a portable photosynthesis system in Northern India?

I have an experiment in which I want to estimate the photosynthetic activity and carbon dioxide flux of wheat plant. However, in my institute does not have potable photosynthesis equipment. Is...

11 August 2020 9,701 2 View

Is it possible to publish research paper on plant nutrition having only single year of research work in a Thompson and Reuters IF Journal?

As in Masters of Science in Agronomy in many places have only one year of research work, is it possible to convert it to a paper and publish it in an impact factored journal especially when the...

04 August 2020 4,252 6 View

Has anyone used CABS flex 2.0 for molecular dynamics simulation of docked protein-protein structures?

Hi all, I need an info on the CABS flex and how it works for protein protein interaction simulations. I have docked structures obtained using cluspro and would like to subject them to MD. Please...

24 April 2020 1,509 1 View

What is the difference between Bubble type and Vapor type Precursor?

I am working with La(PrCp)3 Precursor in my Lab. I am not getting enough thickness after oxide layer deposition with ALD. To solve this issue I want to know about the precursor's chemical...

16 February 2020 5,640 3 View

How to register an indigenous variety in India?

The farmers are cultivating an unregistered land-race for a long period; if I wish to register this variety, what are the legal procedure and how to register it.

14 February 2020 525 3 View

How optimize the Size Exclusion Chromatography?

Hello! I'll do a size exclusion chromatography, but I only have an open column, and I'll perform the peptide extraction from yeast, using buffer lysis (sodium phosphate 50 mM/NaCl 30 mM/DNAse and...

01 March 2021 2,215 2 View

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

What test should I use to compare two or three means, if data is not normally distributed but sample size is > 30 in each group?

I personally feel this as a most confusing question. As per my understanding, if sample size is > 30, and sample is skewed, we can still use paramteric approach, as it will follow Z...

01 March 2021 1,587 6 View

Is it necessary to report effect size (ES) in statistics of biomedical research given that we already report p values routinely?

Pls share your thoughts

01 March 2021 7,330 4 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

Is there a method of determining feed digestibility without the need to re-pellet the feed?

I am aiming to determine the ADC values of a commercial fish feed, but I do not have a steam pelleter or extruder available to me. Ideally, the pellets could be coated with some inert marker....

28 February 2021 7,967 3 View

Can Ethovision store the generated data and video recordings directly to NAS system?

The size of data generated by Ethovision is huge. Having NAS system for data storage seems to be a good option, I am wondering whether Ethovision can directly store the data to the NAS system...

27 February 2021 6,350 2 View

The Shannon's index is inversely proportional to Simpson's index (1-D)?

I'm having a problem with my bloxplot with Shannon's and Simpson's indexs. The value of Shannon for my Community 1 indicating higher diversity (in relation of the Community 2), but have lower...

26 February 2021 3,033 9 View

Why there are two peaks while using the mie plot of Silver nanoparticle?

Hi, I am trying to learn the theoretical modelling of silver nanoparticle using the Mie scattering theory. After that, I discovered a software named Mieplot developed by Philip Laven, where it...

25 February 2021 7,493 6 View

How to calculate Z (the number of molecules in a unit cell) for calculating theoretical density?

I am trying to calculate the theoretical density of my ceramics materials. I use the formula below to calculate the theoretical density: Theoretical density = (Molecular weight x No. of molecules...

24 February 2021 3,823 2 View