Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

Why tick's salivary gland extract didn't run in the gel (SDS PAGE )??

Greetings, I want to make SDS PAGE for my sample (Tick salivery gland extract), I tried concentrations 10%, 12%. I also tried high molecular weight ladder. But the protein stopped at the top and...

25 February 2021 7,698 3 View

Is it possible to set a breakpoint at a specific DYNAMIC instruction using the GNU Debugger (GDB)?

Using GDB, it is straightforward to debug and monitor a target program by setting a break-point at a specific instruction, since the instruction addresses are known. However, we have two...

24 February 2021 1,598 2 View

How to measure the pH of Peat Soil?

Peat possess organic content above 75% and is highly acidic in nature (i.e. pH < 4). Before commencing stabilization, it is mandatory to know about the pH level of peat. Therefore, your...

18 February 2021 9,424 7 View

How to Measure Consumer Willingness To Change from petroleum-fueled vehicle to electric vehicle?

I wanted to calculate the probability of one consumer shifting from using a petroleum-fueled vehicle to an electric vehicle. Since my background is in engineering I do not know much about how to...

15 February 2021 9,190 5 View

Having trouble mounting the sections on the slides for IHC staining, what solution should I use?

Hello everyone, I just started learning IHC staining and I have some frozen sections to practice with in a 96-well plate. I'm having trouble mounting the sections on the slide, a colleague told me...

08 February 2021 6,880 3 View

How to use Image Lab to take an image for the bands and the ladder in the same image merged together in Western Blot?

Hello everyone. I was trying to use Image Lab software to take an image of both the ladder and the samples merged together in one image to see the position of the bands according to the ladder MW,...

04 February 2021 9,996 2 View

Need a research paper for multi speaker and single microphone acoustic echo cancellation?

Hi, I am working on a problem that involves multiple smartphones/tablets. All devices are playing the same sound with synchronization difference up to +- 5ms. Now, there is an echo issue and I...

02 February 2021 5,929 3 View

Can I use the result from a pilot study to decide the minimum sample size ?

Can I use the result from a pilot study to decide the minimum sample size required to compare the means using independent sample t-test ? Or any other way that can help me to determine the...

29 January 2021 7,677 6 View

How to prepare secondary antibody from lyophilized antibody?

So I'm new to lab research and learning Western Blots these days. I ordered my secondary antibody and it arrived in a powdered form. Here is the...

27 January 2021 5,402 3 View

How does the gut microbiome affect the fibrotic process within the liver?

and Can the gut microbe be used for the treatment or diagnosis of liver fibrosis?

02 March 2021 557 2 View

Advice on growing lactobacillus species in the lab?

Hello everyone, For part of my PhD project, I'm hoping to grow some lactobacillus species in the lab so that I can create standard curves for a qPCR quantification of a faecal sample. However, I...

24 February 2021 3,157 6 View

How do you quantify bacterial qPCR data?

Hi all, How would you use qPCR to quantify the amount of a particular bacterial species in a sample experimentally? I understand you could use specific primers for the 16s V region of a...

01 February 2021 7,153 4 View

What is the best statistical method for analysis of pooled fecal samples?

Hello We performed a study on the intestinal microbiota of rats in six intervention groups (8 rats in each group). It is suggested that since the rats in each group were the same in terms of...

10 January 2021 2,507 4 View

WURSS-11 - how to apply in research practice?

Hello, in the framework of my master's thesis, I would like to assess the efficacy of probiotic on upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) incidence and symptom ratings in athletes under...

07 January 2021 2,284 1 View

Can Fecal Microbiota Transplantation from young heathy person to elderly persons improve health conditions?

06 January 2021 7,353 10 View

Fish gut microbiota extraction and identification protocol?

Hi, I need a protocol to extract and identify microbiota from fish gut. Any suggestions? Thank you. (P.s. Something low tech as I am technologically limited, guess no funds and big high tech...

01 January 2021 808 1 View

Which search engines can I use to get the source of a certain microbial strain?

I am searching for a certain website through which can I get the source of certain microbial strains, especially probiotic strains I mean a search engine contains a database of the identified...

20 December 2020 5,144 5 View

Does anyone know the neutrophil marker for qPCR in human gut (duodenum, ileum, colon) biopsies?

Hello everyone. I have collected intestinal biopsies from stem cell transplanted patients in RNAlater and wish to quantify neutrophils only via qPCR. As we know that the mucosa of gut is filled...

25 November 2020 2,680 3 View

What is singletons in microbiota data?

I have seen in papers that many papers remove singletons from their microbiota data. I am not sure what is actually singletons and why the authors remove the singletons sequences. I would be happy...

23 November 2020 4,649 6 View