What solvent can I used for Paal Knorr reaction between 6-amino hexanoic acid and 2.5 hexanedione?

I am try to make the Paal Knorr reaction between 2.5 hexnedione and 6-amino hexanoic acid, my problem is type of solvent to use, because 6-hexaminohexanoic acid is soluble in water but I am not...

02 March 2021 4,443 2 View

Measurement invariance of a bifactor model with categorical indicators. What is the recommended approach?

I have a bifactor model with categorical indicators: 4-option Likert-type items. One of my research objectives involves testing measurement invariance between two groups. I have been doing it as...

16 December 2020 4,601 2 View

How to concentrate a PCR product before sequencing?

Hi everybody, I'm planning to sequence several phytoplasma strains by doing a nested PCR and cloning the resulting amplicons. Standard phytoplasma universal primers pairs will be used (P1/P7...

08 November 2020 2,155 4 View

Discrepancy protein levels and receptor expression?

I measured the expression of a protein that is a receptor in a panel of cell lines. When I measured the protein levels by Western blot the protein levels were about the same in all cell lines ,...

09 September 2020 6,671 3 View

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24 July 2020 9,872 3 View

Who decides if a paper is submitted or not?

If one of the coauthors of a research paper does not contribute intellectually but financially only to a project, is he/she entitled to call off the submission of the paper?

10 May 2020 2,851 7 View

Does anyone know home range databases for mammals and birds?

I am conducting a study using wildlife traits, however, home range data is limited. Pd. I have already used data from Tamburello et al. 2015, but I still have lots of species without home range data.

30 April 2020 6,608 2 View

IEEE 34 node test feeder in DigSilent PowerFactory?

18 April 2020 1,949 2 View

Can pressured steam carry small biomolecules?

Apparently there is a belief that contaminated steam in the autoclave can contaminate your pipette tips while sterilizing them with biomolecules such as peptides and DNA, and that this can be a...

05 March 2020 1,439 3 View

Narrowband filter before or after sLoreta transformation?

Hello everyone: I was wondering about narrow band filtering the EEG (ALPHA, BETA, THETA) and doing a source analysis with sLORETA in a particular set of ROIs. Filtering before (EEG electrodes...

24 February 2020 538 5 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