Is there any free geographic information system (GIS) software to map epidemiology of a disease and its features on a country map?

08 September 2016 8,433 7 View

What is best way to correlate real time PCR values with biochemical features?

Hello everyone I would like to ask question about situations where gene expression values are used to correlate with clinical features of samples under investigation. For example, in an...

31 December 2014 3,972 5 View

Has anyone used the spike-in for circulating microRNA?

I would like to know if there is anyone who has worked specifically with QIAGEN cel-miR 39 spike-in using the QIAGEN miRneasy mini kit.

04 May 2014 9,391 3 View

Why am I getting aqueous phase contamination with Trizol?

I am using the QIAGEN miRNeasy kit for total RNA isolation from tissue and serum samples as per manual instructions. However, I am facing issues with the phenol contamination and the 260/230...

04 May 2014 206 7 View

Can anyone advise me on codon usage analysis, ENC vs GC3 values?

In codon usage studies, it is observed that a correlation between ENC and GC3 values is plotted as a curve following Wright's, 1990 method and hypothesis. However, what should be the case when a...

11 December 2013 699 1 View

Rights of students enrolled in Universities and Research Institutes?

I would like to have your opinions on rights of students when they are enrolled in different degree programs considering following case as an example: 1. A student is studying for his/her higher...

08 September 2013 9,197 9 View

Why is the polynomial trend line inverted?

I am trying to perform the correspondence analysis between the set of values of GC3 and ENC, given in the attached Microsoft Excel sheet. The problem is that I have applied trend line (polynomial)...

07 August 2013 6,048 2 View

Could anyone please tell me if is there any tool/server available for miRNA target prediction in user specified genomes?

There are several target prediction tools but they are limited in terms of options that we can select humans, mouse etc genomes. What if the genome sequence of any other organism, which is not...

06 July 2013 9,876 2 View

COX protein isolation from Blood/serum

Hello everyone Could anyone please tell me is it possible to isolate COX protein from serum or whole blood samples for western blotting?

02 March 2013 8,362 2 View

Annotation of viral genomes

Please suggest a reliable free software/server for annotation of newly sequenced viral genomes

01 February 2013 2,232 7 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

Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

Hi everyone, Illumina provides a list of primers to amplify with high taxonomic coverage the ITS1 region for further fungal sequencing, but I cannot find the exact amount necessary of each...

25 February 2021 6,969 3 View

Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration fors?

Warm greetings My name is Ayichew S. and I am doing my Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology (on Human papillomavirus). At this stage, I have almost completed a clinical sample Cervical swabs)...

25 February 2021 1,660 3 View

Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration forms?

Warm greetings! My name is Ayichew S. and I am doing my Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology focusing on Human papillomavirus). At this stage, I have almost completed a clinical sample (Cervical swabs)...

25 February 2021 3,612 3 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

Differences between sheep blood with Alsever solution vs citrated/defibrinated sheep blood in microbiological media?

I am aware of a study that has compared the use of citrated and defibrinated sheep's blood in microbiological media (Hair Sheep Blood, Citrated or Defibrinated, Fulfills All Req... ), but can...

10 February 2021 5,927 1 View

Hi everyone, I want to lower the pH of microbiological broth, what are the best options?

I will be using the lowered pH broth for MIC test of some disinfectants, and I do not want the acid to have any interfernece with MIC results.

03 February 2021 6,959 4 View

How do microbes tell the presence of an inorganic minaral in the soil?

Due to their ubiquitous nature, there is a tendency of the presence of microbes in a given mineral(s). For instance, if microorganisms that love the of pH less than 6 in the pH value, is isolated...

03 February 2021 4,630 10 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

How can I know the stationary phase of growth of several bacteria?

How can I know the stationary phase of growth of several bacteria? We are aiming to collect exoproteome of several bacteria. We know that the ideal time to collect exoproteome is during the...

31 January 2021 4,528 10 View