Confused primer dimer or something else?

Hi everyone, i recently did a qPCR to check the best annealing temperature for my primers. So i ran two of my primers on annealing temperature 59C with a melting curve. The melting curve shows...

17 November 2020 1,913 5 View

RNA integrity with agarose gel?

Hi everyone, I just recently did some RNA extraction for my insects sample for RNA-seq. I have checked both the concentration (average 450ng/uL) and 260/280( ~2.0). I also done a agarose gel run...

21 October 2020 1,634 3 View

Designing primer for a gene for DNA methylation purpose?

I need to known a DNA sequence for a gene in the plant(V.faba) in order to design primer for PCR for DNA methylation purpose analysis.However I only had the mRNA seq and AA seq for the gene in...

18 October 2018 3,561 4 View

Bacterial total RNA extraction (including small RNAs) using mirVana renders only molecules under 200nt???

I am trying to extract total RNA from bacteria (Salmonella) using the mirVana kit. I am interested in studying the total trasncriptome, inlcuding small RNAs. But after extraction (I elute in...

21 December 2017 6,971 6 View

Is anyone familiar with cell growth measurement in xylan containing media?

06 October 2014 3,561 2 View

Is stone a sustainable material? Is it a sustainable approach to use natural stone waste in architecture?

I'm designing a zero-waste restaurant and considering using marble waste to make some tables and a bar countertop. My clients think it's not "sustainable enough" and I would like to have more...

01 March 2021 4,326 7 View

Steps to calculate activation energy by coats & redfern method?

I'm a chemistry student and I'm researching the kinetic degradation of mixed plastic waste. I'm having trouble calculating the activation energy by the coats & Redfern method. The data that...

24 February 2021 974 1 View

Droplet PCR in plastic chips always result an unexpected band, any suggestion of possible contaminations and how to improve?

I am doing droplet based digital PCR inside plastic chips. I can get the correct band, but I also consistently get an unexpected band, slightly shorter. I attached a typical gel image here....

18 February 2021 6,618 2 View

Aspen Plus Error: Unknown or undefined bead number?

Hello, in my Aspen Plus Simulation (see attachment) there are two heat exchangers. One HEX1 (oil+gas) ist fed by hot gas which ist coming out of a burner. The other HEX2 (gas+gas) shall work as a...

14 February 2021 8,096 2 View

Can downdraft gasifier for RDF be scaled up?

Dear researchers, In literature, so far I am seeing that downdraft is usually used for small-scale purposes (10kW-10MW). One of the reasons behind is "they do not allow for uniform distribution...

08 February 2021 5,403 1 View

Which is the most ecofriendly and effective activated agent for the preparation of activated carbon from sewage sludge?

I am going to prepare activated carbon from the waste activated sludge coming out of WWTP. Can you please help me in understanding, which chemical/physical activating agent will be most...

07 February 2021 9,507 5 View

Inquiry regarding engineering journals for free publications for my dissertation (laser polishing of 3D printed parts?

my dissertation was on laser polishing of 3D printed plastic parts, i want to publish it, can anyone suggest me a free copy engineer journal for this purpos, plz?

01 February 2021 7,140 4 View

Separation of CaO from Al2O3 and SiO2 in a solid waste, does HCl work?

I have an alkaline solid waste which contains the following components: SiO2, Al2O3, and CaO according to the XRF analysis (as it gives the results as oxides). However, I know from the XRD that it...

28 January 2021 9,469 3 View

Is it possible to economically reuse the heat content of water vapour that is generated during quenching of continuous casting of steel?

A huge amount of water is evaporated to cool down and solidify the liquid metal strands coming out of bottom of CCM mould. The steam contains significant latent and sensible heat energy, besides...

26 January 2021 3,446 4 View

How to measure the hardness for PLA & PHAs polymers?

Hello, I am a bit confused on whether to follow ASTM D785 (Standard Test Method for Rockwell Hardness of Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials) or ASTM D2240 (Standard Test Method for...

21 January 2021 7,487 4 View