In PRIMER, is it possible to downweight certain taxa in multivariate community datasets to reflect uncertainty around identification??

I have a dataset with about 80 different species. As usual, some species are very easy to identify with certainty whereas others are more difficult, which means that I am less certain of my...

03 March 2021 8,066 4 View

How to get onecolumn document from standard IEEE ACCESS LateX template?

I have prepared a manuscript in IEEE Latex template, but for some purpose, I need to prepare a word file as well (detailed format is not required). Compared to two column .tex file, one column...

02 March 2021 1,830 3 View

Gel electrophoresis result for total RNA samples, 1.5 Agarose gel was used, How to improve the integrity of RNA?

Gel electrophoresis, RNA degradation, RNA extraction from fresh tissue

02 March 2021 5,433 5 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

OpenBCI eeg--has anyone used them?

I'm looking to try out an off-the-shelf EEG set for some exploratory work. Curious if anyone has used the OpenBCI, and how much set-up work is required. I've heard they are more difficult to get...

01 March 2021 4,128 3 View

How to remove DCU and HOBT from my reaction?

I am doing a acid and a chiral amino alcohol reaction using DCC and HOBT in DCM or THF? Can anyone suggest me how to remove DCU and HOBT from a reaction mixture??

28 February 2021 2,153 1 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

How to eliminate Steady state error from Reinforcement learning genetic algorithm code?

The following code (see 1st 2 images attached) is used to produce PID controller values that are designed to control the system (G). The code finds the PID controller values (noted as k) by using...

28 February 2021 6,560 14 View

B-mercaptoethanol (BME) protocol?

Hi everybody, I have been running a multiplex IHC which allow me to stain the same tissue with different markers (Primary Ab + Secondary conjugated Ab) (AF487, AF555, AF647). Since I would like to...

27 February 2021 5,028 2 View

What is the suitable range of Sulfur content and Viscosity of Heavy fluid Oil that used in Kiln?

What is the disadvantages of high sulfur content to the ceramic burning process? and what is the effect of outranged viscosity?

24 February 2021 8,219 2 View

Blast analysis of RC,UHPC slabs using material model *MAT_72R3 in LS-DYNA?

20 February 2021 5,984 3 View

Good day sir/ma. Please, where can I have access to equipment for conducting XRF, XRD and SEM analysis?

I'm using blast furnace slag for stabilizing subgrade soil.

17 February 2021 7,333 3 View

Is nr blast important?

Hello, I have designed a specific primer for my Gene, when I blast this primer, it just finds the mRNA of the gene, but in nr blast, I have found some CDSs that are not relevant to my Gene. Do...

05 February 2021 5,842 3 View

Abaqus - plate is going up under gravity+blast loads?

Hi, I have modeled concrete plate with reinforcement supported on 2 concrete block. between concrete block and the plate I have added regular contact. I have created 2 steps: 1) only gravity load...

30 January 2021 2,772 1 View

Is there any alternative to BUSCO for searching orthologues within genomes available?

I have a need to search for single-copy conservative orthologs within several plant genomes and used BUSCO tool for that. However, I found that the results produced by different versions on the...

29 January 2021 7,764 6 View

How to check "no blast hit" sequences of NGS data output?

My environmental sample was analyzed for fungi by both DGGE (18S) and NGS (ITS2), resulted in some different names (in the top 5 of strong bands in DGGE, or most abundant sequences in NGS) between...

21 January 2021 5,310 3 View

Best way to optimize species-specific primers? Can I use a temp gradient to test a Ta where I will get target (and no non-target) amplification?

Hello, I am testing different species-specific primer sets. I have two targets (two species, but same gene target). I am trying to select the best primers -- one that will amplify the target...

18 January 2021 1,981 6 View

Can BLAST/ search by using known Domain in Transcriptome/Genome data for a gene family?

Dear Researchers, I have Transcriptome/Genome data and want to list all the member of a KCS/CER gene family whose Domain AP2/ERF, FAE1_CUT1, according to the Arabidopsis database, so is there...

15 January 2021 2,293 3 View

How can I build a local KEGG db?

I want the info (gene name, metabolic pathway, and organism of origin) of some key identified metatranscriptome genes obtained from MG Rast (I have the sequences). The KEGG ftp site seems to...

12 January 2021 9,985 1 View

Why do I keep obtaining the same secondary PCR band along with the specific product band?

Hello everyone! I need to amplify a specific DNA fragment in order to do Sanger sequencing for the detection of a point mutation in human patients. The fragment is in an exon of my gene of...

25 December 2020 1,805 3 View