Does anyone have a recommendation for yeast reporter gene plasmid/protocol?

Hi, could anyone recommend a plasmid and/or protocol for reporter gene assay in S. cerevisiae? I want to assess the effect of growth conditions on a transcription factor, so I want to clone it`s...

01 March 2021 210 1 View

Plant research: Watering uniformity/consistency. How important is it?

Trying to gather insight from an unresolved discussion with a colleague here, and either the available literature surrounding this topic and/or my keywords in search of are lacking. Context:...

21 February 2021 6,389 3 View

How to get rough estimation of the concentrations of Oxygen and moisture inside the glove box?

Dear colleagues, I was just wondering if you can suggest a good method to get a rough estimation to the concentration of O2 and H2O inside the glove box as unfortunately, our glove box doesn't...

17 February 2021 1,012 3 View

Onset of Photo Oxidation in Polymers?

Hi! I am looking for some specific information in regards to the minimum amount of UV intensity required to begin the photo degradation process in polymers. I understand each polymer is...

15 February 2021 7,703 4 View

Are you looking for a quality online conference on teaching and learning technology?

This large international conference will be held online this year due to COVID. I am submitting a paper to the Technology Enhanced Language Learning track (8). It is about a topic I have never...

15 February 2021 1,975 15 View

How do you calculate a discrimination index for polytomous data?

Hello, I'm currently running a PCA on a polytomous data set (5 point Likert). I want to create a discrimination index to narrow down my items before running the PCA. After looking around, I'm...

13 February 2021 3,517 2 View

Regarding immunology, transmissivity, herd immunity and vaccines in Sars CoV-2?

This is a follow-up on an earlier question regarding mechanistics of vaccines: why current vaccines don't block transmission. In summary, they don't engage mucosal immune cells to produce IgA....

08 February 2021 8,321 3 View

Which tropical country is the most easy for obtaining research permit (for biological research)?

Dear all, High beurocracy hihly complicate field ecolocial and evolutionary research nowadays. Nearly all tropical countries (maybe all?) requires research permit for performitng research and in...

04 February 2021 3,672 6 View

Can I polymerize NIPPAm with PEGmethacrylate or only with PEGacrylate?

I want to perform the synthesis of a hydrogel and I want to know if I can polymerize NIPPAm with PEGmethacrylate or only with PEGacrylate?

02 February 2021 2,106 6 View

What is the maximum storage time for samples used in soil enzyme assays?

01 February 2021 4,616 3 View

What are some of the research gaps in machine learning and artificial intelligence in africa?

i would to know some of the research gaps in the artificial intelligence field in most african countries.

03 March 2021 6,145 3 View

Does Location Map of Informal Settlements in South Africa exist?

I urgently need a map that shows the point locations of informal settlements in South Africa. I am currently working on a study that seeks to relate protests location to the location of informal...

02 February 2021 4,113 7 View

What could be the possible reason for the drastic variation in Qmax value for same adsorbent onto two different cationic dyes itself?

The adsorption capacity of the rice husk biochar was varying drastically with two cationic dyes namely Basic Blue 41 and Basic Red 09? What could be the possible reason behind this?

30 January 2021 1,420 3 View

What is the mechanism or interaction between Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles and biochar?

Lately there are many studies on biochar incorporated/loaded/coated with Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles. But I havent found any paper that describes the interaction or bonding between the two. How...

20 January 2021 3,162 4 View

Kindly suggest sources for covid 19 data over Africa ?

Kindly suggest sources for covid 19 data for all countries of Africa included different provinces if available? Thanks in advance

17 January 2021 6,810 7 View

Johnson et al., 2006 Geology of South Africa?

I am wondering if there is a digital (PDF) version of this book available or if anyone is willing to share this work. It is no longer available from GSSA (Geo Soc. S. Afr) nor does my library hold...

13 January 2021 5,571 2 View

Will the new vaccines be effective against the new SARS-Cov2 strain from the UK?

Two new variants of the coronavirus were detected in the U.K. and have now been followed to other parts of the world including South Africa and North America. The South African variant could be...

05 January 2021 499 4 View

How can I open a SXV4 file (SuperCROSS) in SPSS, R or STATA?

Hello everyone, I received some data from Statistics South Africa in an SXV4 format (SuperCROSS) and would like to open it in SPSS (or a similar programme if need be). I have tried opening it...

05 January 2021 2,463 4 View

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What are the technicalities involved ? What are the reasons ? Can we share some facts on this

31 December 2020 5,698 5 View

Don't we think use of non-functional drugs in different Nations led to genome re-engineering by Sarscov-2 virus to survive,& turns to variants ?

Re-engineering of genome my Sarscov-2 and emergence of variants now in UK, USA, South Africa, Nigeria and now upcoming in other countries.. What are the key facts and reasons ? Thank you...

31 December 2020 745 4 View