Does anyone have a recommendation for yeast reporter gene plasmid/protocol?

Hi, could anyone recommend a plasmid and/or protocol for reporter gene assay in S. cerevisiae? I want to assess the effect of growth conditions on a transcription factor, so I want to clone it`s...

01 March 2021 210 1 View

Plant research: Watering uniformity/consistency. How important is it?

Trying to gather insight from an unresolved discussion with a colleague here, and either the available literature surrounding this topic and/or my keywords in search of are lacking. Context:...

21 February 2021 6,389 3 View

How to get rough estimation of the concentrations of Oxygen and moisture inside the glove box?

Dear colleagues, I was just wondering if you can suggest a good method to get a rough estimation to the concentration of O2 and H2O inside the glove box as unfortunately, our glove box doesn't...

17 February 2021 1,012 3 View

Onset of Photo Oxidation in Polymers?

Hi! I am looking for some specific information in regards to the minimum amount of UV intensity required to begin the photo degradation process in polymers. I understand each polymer is...

15 February 2021 7,703 4 View

Are you looking for a quality online conference on teaching and learning technology?

This large international conference will be held online this year due to COVID. I am submitting a paper to the Technology Enhanced Language Learning track (8). It is about a topic I have never...

15 February 2021 1,975 15 View

How do you calculate a discrimination index for polytomous data?

Hello, I'm currently running a PCA on a polytomous data set (5 point Likert). I want to create a discrimination index to narrow down my items before running the PCA. After looking around, I'm...

13 February 2021 3,517 2 View

Regarding immunology, transmissivity, herd immunity and vaccines in Sars CoV-2?

This is a follow-up on an earlier question regarding mechanistics of vaccines: why current vaccines don't block transmission. In summary, they don't engage mucosal immune cells to produce IgA....

08 February 2021 8,321 3 View

Which tropical country is the most easy for obtaining research permit (for biological research)?

Dear all, High beurocracy hihly complicate field ecolocial and evolutionary research nowadays. Nearly all tropical countries (maybe all?) requires research permit for performitng research and in...

04 February 2021 3,672 6 View

Can I polymerize NIPPAm with PEGmethacrylate or only with PEGacrylate?

I want to perform the synthesis of a hydrogel and I want to know if I can polymerize NIPPAm with PEGmethacrylate or only with PEGacrylate?

02 February 2021 2,106 6 View

What is the maximum storage time for samples used in soil enzyme assays?

01 February 2021 4,616 3 View

Anyone know of a good progesterone antibody?

I am looking for a good progesterone antibody to quantify levels of progesterone in zebrafish. Applications would be ELISA, and immunohistochemistry.

28 February 2021 5,929 2 View

Which polarizers are usually used to measure the birefringence of zebrafish muscles?

I already found several publications on that topic, however, the specifications for the used filters are often missing. Some more specific information than "fish is placed between to polarizing...

23 February 2021 1,934 1 View

Is there any free software for behaviour analysis of zebrafish ?

I need to do novel tank test and light/dark test for zebrafish. So I need a tracking software for tracking in these tests. Is there any free softwares available for tracking of zebrafish ?

16 February 2021 1,541 1 View

Has anyone used a premade hybridization buffer (from Roche for example) for zebrafish in situ hybridizations?

Our in situs (alkaline phosphatase based) have stopped working. Probes are fine, but or homemade hybridization buffer seems to be the issue. Using the same supplier of deionized formaminde as...

03 February 2021 8,540 2 View

Can any tell me or suggest any research article or review about the concentration of peptide dissolve in system water and given to Adult Zebrafish?

Hello, everyone! I have chemically synthesized antioxidant peptide isolated from the plant. I have to validate its bioactivities in Adult zebrafish. I have to administer this peptide to zebra...

01 February 2021 5,809 3 View

Helicoverpa armigera eggs are not hatching in lab condition, why?

Dear RG friends, I am providing a complete H. armigera diet for larvae and maintaining the eggs in the growth chamber as well as in-room conditions. But since three months, eggs laid from the...

21 January 2021 5,546 32 View

Detection of insect eggs in stored and processed products?

Currently, in order to identify insect eggs in stored or processed products (such as contaminated flour or wafer samples), staining was performed based on the method mentioned in the below...

15 January 2021 6,362 5 View

Has anybody a protocol to determine the AChE activity in larvae zebrafish brain?

Even following the instruction of Karnovsky and Roots (1964), I still do not know how long I should fix the larvae and in what fixative. Could anyone help me? Thank you!

14 January 2021 385 2 View

How to inject RNAi into moth larvae?

Hi, I would like a detailed explanation/photos/video How to do it in moth? (I work with Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera frugipreda larvae)

04 January 2021 8,194 4 View

Could you suggest me some suitable pesticides for insect larvae in spirulina farm?

Hi everybody , I hope all is well. I've got a question Could you suggest me some suitable pesticides for insect larvae in spirulina farm? Thanks

30 December 2020 2,297 7 View