Calculation the Pump power needed in a pressurized flow system?

Hi all, I am design now a liquid high pressure flow system to be used up to 50 bar, and I am having some doubts concerning how I can estimate the pump power. Besides the pressure drop in the...

15 December 2020 8,411 1 View

Design of a membrane system to remove CO2 from a flue gas current?

Hi all, I am trying to design a membrane system to remove the CO2 from a flue gas current, and I am having difficulties in finding information. Does anyone have any technical information,...

15 December 2020 3,655 2 View

Can the potential of LIPIDMICS improve the diagnosis and understanding of metabolic changes in various neurodegenerative disease (PD, HD, AD, MS, etc?

08 November 2020 7,209 1 View

What pressures should I choose in a reheated rankine cycle?

09 October 2020 9,117 4 View

I want to measure cytokine levels in mouse spinal cord tissue and I can not decide which method is best, a cytokine array or ELISA?

Hi everyone. So I need to measure different cytokines in mouse spinal cord tissue and I can not decide which method is the best one, a cytokine array or ELISA. Does anyone that has experience in...

26 July 2020 1,757 2 View

Anyone interested in Collaborating on Covid-19 Pandemic and Learners' Satisfaction?

The Covid-19 pandemic, described as unprecedented, has forced many educational institutions to switch from traditional or conventional (physical) mode of learning to a more flexible and digital...

15 June 2020 1,258 32 View

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Nutritional science has provided functional foods with the required amounts of natural antioxidants, vitamins, fats, proteins, polyphenols, carbohydrates, and other components required to maintain...

03 June 2020 7,377 1 View

Is there any protocol capable of simulating an epileptic seizure in vitro using direct electric stimulation?

I am trying to simulate epileptic seizure activity in cell cultures by using direct electric stimulation. However, I am struglling to find an acessible and relatively easy-to-use protocol. Thank...

28 January 2020 4,951 2 View

How can I map brain in live rats after a certain stimulus without an imaging technique?

I need to look for brain rat regions activation after a certain stimulus made to live animals. The marker to be looking for needs to be maintained fro long periods because the stimulus that I need...

10 December 2019 8,626 2 View

How to avoid non-negative solutions in ODE solvers in R?

I'm using the package deSolve in R to model a biological ODE system, however I have the problem of, with certain parameters or with certain initial conditions, the ode solver produces negative...

09 December 2018 7,114 6 View

Any research papers for extraction of nutrient deprivation on macroalgae? Analysed by HPLC-UV and GC/MS. Possibly from macroalgae genus Rhizoclonium?

I am doing my thesis on the nutrient deprivation on the macroalgae Rhizoclonium sp. I will be analysing the levels over a period of roughly 5 days by HPLC-UV and GC/MS. I will be using seawater as...

28 February 2021 6,477 1 View

What is better to buy a real-time pcr machine or an endpoint?

Hello everyone, we are acquiring a new molecular biology laboratory with the fundamental objective of identifying species of microalgae and cyanobacteria. Perhaps you could help us decide if it is...

24 January 2021 8,320 4 View

Why below-ground ecology is still unexplored (majority of it) in our country ?

Below ground ecology or below ground ecological functions and ecosystems roles are very crucial and highly significant for any ecosystem especially for the forest ecosystems. The interaction among...

02 January 2021 6,912 3 View

If we are going for co digestion of microalgae with wastewater but the sample is having low pH, What are the effective ways to increase the pH ?

wastewater with low pH

07 December 2020 2,716 3 View

Anyone an expert in algae in Victoria, Australia?

I found this (very pretty) algae (see picture) in a bore-fed and suburban catchment run-off fed, human made lake (Newport Lakes) in Newport, Victoria, Australia. I'm a vertebrate zoologist with a...

09 November 2020 7,587 3 View

Is there a good review article on the limits of modeling in ecosystem sciences?

Over the past decades, ecosystem and climate change modeling have made great advances. However, as indicated by the uncomfortably large deviations between predicted climate change and today's...

30 October 2020 6,918 2 View

At what time points should pro-inflammatory cytokines levels be tested in a mouse model of Prototheca algae infection?

I'm working on establishing an murine infection model of the Prototheca algae. Not much is known about the dynamics of the infection, nor the induced immune response. I'd like to use the...

19 October 2020 2,908 2 View

Someone knows of a DNA purification protocol from polysaccharides (for brown seaweed extracts)?

Hi, I have this "bad" DNA extract of a Fucus spp. and I want to purifying this because the PCR analysis that I need don't show results. I alredy try to extract twice the DNA both with the Genomic...

06 October 2020 1,500 1 View

Anyone working on Molecular Taxonomy?? I would be highly obliged if anyone could help me with primer selection and Phylogenetic analysis ??

I have a wide range of freshwater microalgae collected from various districts of Tamil Nadu. I am looking for a collaborator who could help me with molecular identification of some rare unknown...

23 September 2020 8,030 1 View

Which research institutes in India have an algal identification facility?

I am currently pursuing my research in Phycology and planning to conduct a study on microalgae. Is there any place where I can send my samples to be identified? (Preferably in South India) Also,...

17 September 2020 4,440 2 View