Where do you get your science clipart for your presentations? And are you happy with it?

I repeatedly found myself google-ing for the ultimate science image (clipart) for my presentations and had to give up many times admitting that there are un-googleable images :). Probably if I had...

10 November 2012 8,540 4 View

Does a (review) paper with good figures get more citations because of the figure?

In my opinion it does. Especially for review papers. A paper can benefit substantially from good visualizations, it makes the content more understandable and clear. Other scientists like to cite...

09 October 2012 2,039 16 View

Visualizing inheritance patterns

I'm making a series of inheritance patterns, mainly for educational purposes. You can see an example in the attachment. I'm looking for some critical feedback on this. What is good and especially...

08 September 2012 7,845 8 View

Graphical abstracts

More and more journals include an option to submit graphical abstracts these days. It should summarize the presented data in one concise illustration or schematic. I would like to know what you...

02 March 2012 9,377 10 View

I would like to share our website about scientific illustration and animation for the research scientist with you. In my opinion illustration is an im...

I would like to share our website about scientific illustration and animation for the research scientist with you. In my opinion illustration is an important aspect of scientific writing too.

02 March 2012 8,323 0 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 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

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

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

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 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

What could be some reasons why unstimulated monocytes are getting activated?

Im doing PBMC isolation -> CD14+ enrichment using magnetic beads -> stimulation setup. My negative control is just cells in cRPMI but they seem to get activated over and over again.

28 February 2021 7,883 3 View