Has anyone tried to scan fluorescence IHC slides with microarray scanner?

I have an old slide microarray scanner (VIDAR Revolution 4200) and would like to give it a "second life", as IHC scanner array (fluorescence dyes), FISH over tissue or similar. Has anyone tried...

24 February 2021 9,210 1 View

Having 2 different substrates under the same deposit conditions (TiN coating) why it is possible to obtain different colours in the 2 dif substrates?

Coating is made by same deposit conditions. substrates are HSS Drill bit and Shim SS 300 series. On the drill bit we are getting some golden color, however on the shim we got no color it is like...

08 February 2021 9,383 7 View

What could be the cause to have an E.coli DH10B transformed with pUC18 to grow in MKL + ampicillin but is not LAC+?

Hello everyone, I did a transformation of E. coli DH10B using pUC18 plasmid. The bacterias did grow on MKL medium with ampicillin but the colonies showed a white/pink colour and the medium was...

08 February 2021 9,720 3 View

Which are the specific cells instructed to constructing the "spikes" after a shot of a mRNA vaccine?

Hello, I am not a biology researcher, but I am working in intradisciplinary research and would like to know the answer to this question, which I have not being able to understand. This questions...

06 January 2021 3,845 4 View

Has anybody seen research on Generative Adversarial Networks not image / video / autoencoder based?

Searching for Generative Adversarial Networks applications.

09 October 2020 2,316 2 View

What are the effects of phosphorus deficiency on dehydrogenase activity in soil bacteria and fungi?

I suspect that under phosphorus deficiency the electron transport chain in the plasmamembrane and mitochondria of soil bacteria and AM fungi, respectively, is disrupted as a result of lower ATP...

30 August 2020 4,659 3 View

Why does the 2D peak intensity in a graphene Raman spectrumdecrease with the number of layers?

If we compare a Raman spectrum of monolayer graphene and bilayer or fewlayer graphene, we will see that the 2D peak intensity decreases (relative to the G peak intensity) for the later cases. I...

24 July 2020 907 3 View

Can the crystallinity of starch or other materials be calculated from the birefringent area?

Hi I would like to know if is it possible to obtain the crystallinity of a material such as starch from the ratio of the birefringent area to total area using the images obtained from light and...

30 March 2020 952 5 View

What business models facilitate higher engagement of health tech start ups' user base so to retain them long term?

what business models are most popular among start-ups in general? There is very little research, if you can recommend some papers, that would be great!

17 March 2020 610 3 View

Cas9 in vitro clevage, no bands or bigger bands?

12 February 2020 8,781 1 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

How to consider effects of rapid warm adaptation in modeling of ecological impacts of warming?

I would highly appreciate it if my fellow ecologists (biologists) provide their opinion on the thoughts below [esp., shortly tell us which path may be more effective, if they know another way, if...

15 February 2021 3,642 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