Why and how to avoid negative values in optical density by spectrophotometry when measurements corrected by blank solvent?

I am trying to assess chlorophyll-a content from coral tissue using spectrophotometry (with SPECTROstar Nano, BMG). However, I always seem to obtain some negative values in my optical density raw...

20 January 2021 1,542 4 View

What is the best way to differentiate L. rhamnosus and L. casei in plate co-cultivation?

I'm having troubles in the differentiation and quantitation of each bacteria population during co-cultivation. The morphologic characteristics are very similar and it's really difficult to count...

13 January 2021 1,550 1 View

Have you ever included two last authors in the co-authorship of a publication?

Hello, As you must know, it is now sometimes possible to have several co-first authors in the co-authorship of a scientific publication, when two persons led the paper and had equal contribution...

21 September 2020 2,995 5 View

Which is the viscosity recommended for using Methyl cellulose to perform oral gavage (mice )?

Hello, we would like to perform oral gavage in mice. The vehicle recommended for our drug consist on 0.5% methylcellulose and 5% Dimethylacetamide (0.1 ml/ 10g mouse). Could somebody help us to...

20 August 2020 8,720 2 View

How does internal resistance affects the self discharge in a super capacitor?

If ESR doubles for instance, what should we expect for self discharge?

30 May 2019 3,190 0 View

Article - Research to evaluate the compaction of soils under > 2 years test ?

13 August 2018 9,973 4 View

Wich are the best combination of Restriction Enzimes for double digestion?

I want to do a RFLP assay for DNA of bacteriophages. in this case I want to performance double digestion because not all restriction enzimes cut the specific sequence of strands of DNA. thanks...

06 July 2018 4,134 1 View

Why is RFLP technology so popular for phage studies?

In many papers I see that is so popular the use of RFLP for phages studies? why not use others techniques (PCR,).

04 May 2018 8,407 0 View

Exosome Quantification

24 May 2017 3,750 3 View

Somebody had use Millipore ECM590 | Blood Vessel Staining Kit?

Im trying to use it with cow tissue, but I don't know if Im doing the protocol right.

24 August 2016 3,467 1 View

How to compare two groups with only two measurements?

Hiiiii everyone! I have an enquiry on statistical analysis. I was looking for many forum and it's still cannot solve my problem. I want to compare means of two groups of data but only with two...

03 March 2021 8,796 3 View

Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence?

I am on the lookout for the Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thank you in advance

03 March 2021 3,568 1 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

What is the status of bread making and more bakery foods with the use of insect flour/powder?

Insects have been consumed by human diet since prehistoric times. At present, the idea of looking at insects as food has been getting traction worldwide, also in response to increasing food...

03 March 2021 6,223 5 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

Do we need to write protocol for a second study of a systematic review that has been registered and published?

I have conducted and published a systematic review and meta-analysis research with the topic related to public health and health pomotion (protocol was registed in PROSPERO). Now we want to...

03 March 2021 8,920 3 View

How to increase a model accuracy ?

dear community, my model is based feature extraction from non stationary signals using discrete Wavelet Transform and then using statistical features then machine learning classifiers in order to...

03 March 2021 6,994 5 View

Do I need to do linear regression before running mediation analysis using PROCESS MACRO by Hayes ?

I just wanted to check if I need to run a linear regression separately if I am using PROCESS MACRO to run mediation analysis. Thank you.

02 March 2021 4,359 3 View

Sample dilution for quantitative analysis using ELISA?

If the detection range is in ng/ml but the reference range is in ug/ml for a molecule or protein in serum or plasma .how to dilute and what is the initial volume to be taken for quantitative analysis

02 March 2021 7,670 3 View

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test Fluorescent Compounds Other Than Fluorescence Spectrometers ??

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test The Efficiency Of Fluorescent Compounds Other Than UV Spectrometers ? Suggestions Would Be Appreciated !

02 March 2021 5,785 3 View