Which is the best mitochondrial genome annotation tool? Can anyone provide the list?

I have sequenced the mitochondrial genome of some moths species. I want to annotate and the sequence will submit in the NCBI.

19 November 2020 8,849 1 View

Lithium ion cell holder for Samsung 21700 - 50E cells?

Hello everyone, I have 5 Samsung 21700 - 50 E (NCM chemistry) cells. I want to do basic charge and discharge by connecting it in series. Does anyone know if there is a cell holder available...

05 October 2020 6,133 3 View

Which is the first complete mitochondrial genome sequenced lepidopteran Moth species?

I am preparing a research article about the complete mitogenome of moth. I want to include the details in my research article.

20 September 2020 8,151 3 View

Installation cost of a smart grid or Vehicle2grid ?

Hello, Does anyone know the cost to install Vehicle2grid service at home or commercial places ? I found a rough price as 5000$ in internet, but could anyone recommend a much cheaper solutions or...

07 July 2019 5,677 3 View

Is Oxidation of the PDMS surface necessary before silanizing it with APTES?

How imortant is it to oxidise the surface for silanization? I see some methods that use silnization buffer containing ethanol to activate the APTES and used it directly on PDMS without oxidation.

18 October 2018 5,806 3 View

Function in Scilab similar to Matlab xlswrite ?

Hi, Similar to Matlab xlswrite(filename,A), what is the function name in Scilab to write on a new excel file ? I tried searching, but couldn't find out. There was only write_csv...

25 April 2018 5,190 1 View

Scilab plot window not generated ?

Hi, When I try to plot in Scilab, no graphic window is generated (see pic). This is a simple plot between two columns of one matrix. Sometimes, I get error saying 'invalid index'. Does anyone know...

21 February 2018 3,548 3 View

Why capacitance value of 2RC battery model increases with temperature ?

18 September 2017 2,170 1 View

Why battery model fit goes bad with increase in C-rate ?

I am using 2RC Equivalent circuit model to fit discharge current pulses of LFP cell. I use 4 pulses (8C, 4C, 2C, 1C). The RMSE is good for 2C and 1C~5mV, but for 4C and 8C it seems to increase...

11 September 2017 6,960 3 View

How to fit current pulse data to impedance data

I have a set of discharge current pulse values (Voltage vs Time) as well as Impedance Spectroscopy data of Li-ion battery. How could I transfer these pulses to frequency domain and fit with other...

29 June 2017 5,590 3 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

Does the phylogenetic tree making tool IQTREE use evolutionary placement algorithm?

For my master thesis I am conducting a phylogenetic research and for this I'm using tools like MEGA, IQTREE, FigTree, etc to make a phylogenetic tree. I wanted to know if IQTREE integrates the...

14 February 2021 1,541 2 View

Is there an alternative to PGLS that considers phylogenetic signal when calculating the estimated value?

I have been working on a study trying to estimate body mass in mammals using a skeletal proxy in R. My dataset has high phylogenetic signal (Pagel's Lambda = 0.9) and I am interested in removing...

26 January 2021 6,997 3 View

When making a phylogenetic tree, do I need to concatenate the chromosome and the plasmids for my reference?

This is such a basic question but I come from a non-bioinfo group so I keep getting different answers. I was wondering if when making a phylogenetic tree whether you have to concatenate the...

14 January 2021 2,492 2 View

Are international conferences a dying species?

In our discipline (chemistry), annual meetings of the American Chemical Society (ACS) used to be mega-events with up to 20,000 participants. The current one will be virtual, and the organizers...

06 January 2021 1,882 5 View

How can I build one phylogenetic tree for an arthropod community when I had known their scientific names?

I am working on the phylogenetic analysis for communities of plants and arthropods. A standardized protocol of building phylogenetic tree for plant species list that was widely used in studies....

29 December 2020 181 3 View

Are phylogenetic independent contrasts still used in biology?

I have a regression equation in which I am curious if the amount of scatter around the regression line is driven by phylogeny. I know there is a lot of phylogenetic signal because Pascal's lambda...

22 December 2020 937 1 View

Could anybody provide insights the best tools to create a custom database for taxonomy assignment of metagenomic data?

I am interested in the different tools that can be used to create custom databases for targeted sequencing and how to trim the databases based on the amplicon size? Also, should custom databases...

02 December 2020 3,105 3 View

How can I get Genbank accession code given the scientific names?

Hello! I now have a complete list of about 23k plant species that I want to check if Genbank has the sequencing data for a phylogenetic analysis later, and I am really new to the topic. Is...

02 November 2020 4,450 3 View

Can you recommend me tree databases?

Hi. I have slight experience in searching phylogenetic trees, normaly I use TreeBASE or Dryad but some papers that I found doesn't have the resulting trees in these databases or there are genetic...

26 October 2020 582 3 View