Why the watermelon fruit tissues surrounding the seeds deteriorate first?

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I am interested in medicinal chemistry field, which books are highly recommended to learn from?

I am at the beginner level in drug design and drug discovery, and I am interested to learn more about this field. Which books are highly recommended to start from and gives me all essential...

02 March 2021 8,437 2 View

Is there research limitation on the relationships between digital capabilities, market orientation, brand perception and business performance?

I am looking for supporting studies discussing literature limitations on the relationships between digital capabilities, market orientation, brand perception and business performance. Also, a...

14 February 2021 7,457 5 View

What is the difference between master and doctoral degree?

Hello there.. I've recently submitted my master thesis in marketing. As a reseacher, I now know that the purpose of a master degree is to know academic research tools and how to do and write an...

09 February 2021 6,692 9 View

Safety of the SARS-Cov-2 mRNA vaccine?

Dear colleagues I have the following questions concerning the safety of mRNA vaccines targeting the spike protein of SARS-Cov2: 1) The vaccine elicits antibodies which block the peptide domain...

04 February 2021 721 6 View

For a new biofertilizer what efficient methods should I follow to test it's quality(non-presence of pathogens, types &number of symbiotic microbes)?

Also it's effects on plants.

22 December 2020 2,318 3 View

How is the right method to measure the charge mobility of a thin polymer layer?

Dear all, I have right now a problem with measuring the charge mobility of different polymers. I have built different types of thin layers OLEDs using different thickness types of polymers. In...

01 December 2020 5,673 4 View

Calculating BAL cell numbers for flow cytometry??

Hello I am trying to do flowcytometry for BAL fluid so i inject1ml of PBS into the trachrea and aspirate back(this done three times) . to calculate the cell count in bal i use a cell counter...

16 November 2020 2,367 2 View

How to make a solution of resazurin powder ???

I want to test chitosan nanoparticles as antimicrobial against pseudomonas How to use resazurin microtitre assay????

08 November 2020 9,533 2 View

What could I expect to happen if I dilute a solution of PMMA in chlorobenzene with acetone?

I received a bottle of PMMA in solution with no information about which solvent was used, so I started using acetone to dilute the original solution. I had not experienced any consequences or...

03 November 2020 4,065 4 View

Why does the value of displacement applied results in different Load-deflection curve behavior?

Hello, I am trying to model a four point bending for RCC beam using abaqus CDP model. I used displacement control type. The issue is whenever I change the value of the applied displacement, it...

25 September 2020 4,395 2 View

How can I assign a velocity along one direction to CO2 molecules in a molecular dynamics simulation using GROMACS?

Dear all, I am trying to perform a MD simulation about the interaction between CO2 and a polymer. I create my model, solvate it and perform the NVT and NPT equilibration. Now I am not able to...

26 February 2021 10,014 3 View

Recalcitrant seed short-mid storage method?

Dear peer scientists, Ultradry storage is not suitable for recalcitrant seeds. However, theoretically, if we can stabilize the structure of the subcellular membrane, as well as glassify the...

25 February 2021 2,442 1 View

How can I improve the concentration of banana fruits extracted RNA?

Currently, I'm working with banana fruits. I've tried to do RNA extractions with different methods, and I've gotten total RNA without contamination, but I couldn't get a high concentration of...

22 February 2021 6,126 2 View

Is there a suitable way to confine cell attachment area inside a multi-well plate?

Are there any types of cylindrical cell culture inserts that are designed to confine cell seeding area? Say, if I'm using a 12 well plate (3.5 cm^2/well), but only want to seed cells in the middle...

22 February 2021 7,127 4 View

Is it possible to use maize mature seed to do transformation for maize transgenic study?

Almost all research reports which i ever seen work on Early mature embryo for Agrobacterium mediated maize transformation. In other grass families like rice, we can use mature seed and what do...

17 February 2021 1,434 13 View

Does calculating the interaction index between a drug and a food matrix make sense?

Dear all, I'm conducting the revisions of some of my manuscript, with is the impact of the combination of Aspirin and a fruit juice in colorectal cancer cells. Two of the reviewers have asked to...

16 February 2021 3,141 3 View

Dealing with BMDM seeding and RNA extraction ?

biomedical master student here , i am dealing with mice BMDM and would like some help , i seed 0.5 x 10^6 cells/per well in a 6 well plate but when i extract the RNA i get a very low yeild , i...

15 February 2021 1,102 5 View

Is secondary metabolite production more at vegetative growth stage or during reproductive stage?

Hi, I am working on the effect of heavy metals on a medicinal plant by pot experimentation. Analyzing the effect of heavy metals on secondary metabolites is one of the parameters. I will be...

11 February 2021 6,683 6 View

Why is there cloudy white solution in flavonoid test tube?

I do flavonoid test for biscuit incorporated with muntingia fruit powder. Sample extracted with metanol (1:10 ,w/v), macerated 24h, sentrifuged and filtered. Supernatan used for analysis. I have...

08 February 2021 6,779 4 View

Are the topics below viable research in plant biotechnology?

1. Chemically induced mutagenesis in seed and qPCR detection and amplification of desired trait. 2. Site-directed mutagenesis in qualitative traits of a multiline seed.

04 February 2021 9,069 3 View