What are the pros and cons for mice versus rats?

Hi Everyone, I am designing a pilot study using rodents to assess the effects of simulated space environments (radiation + altered gravity) on microbiome and immune system. I have limited...

24 February 2021 1,825 3 View

What should be the duration of exposure to simulated space environments with Rodents?

Hi, I am currently working on a pilot study to get some data related to the impact of long duration spaceflight to the microbiome and the immune system. I plan to use rats and simulate...

22 February 2021 592 1 View

Any interests in participating to an experiment in space?

Hello, The UN Office of Outer Space Affairs has a program called access to space for all that enables institutions to have hands on expertise related to access to space. There are three elements...

22 February 2021 7,980 3 View

Best novel method to optimize 3D geometry and its fluid?

Do you have any idea what is the best method to optimize 3D geometry and its fluid without linking the code with fluent (or any flow solver) ? In order to find the best 3d geometry and decrease...

10 April 2020 9,321 1 View

How can I claim that a particular As-bearing mineral is present in a soil sample by XRD analysis?

How can I claim that a particular As-bearing mineral is present in a soil sample by XRD analysis? How many and which peaks of the miranal should be matched with XRD pattern of the soil sample?

19 January 2020 3,152 3 View

How to dissolve insulin in high concentration?

Hello, I need to prepare a high concentration solution of insulin (20 mg/mL, i.e. around 520 U/mL). I tried dissolving in 0.001 M HCL (pH 2-3) and the result was a milky turbid solution, slightly...

26 November 2019 5,879 3 View

Is there a way to induce solid gelatin to expand?

I was preparing histological sections from a sample containing solid gelatin, when we started cutting the sections, the gelatin evidently expanded (after wetting the block surface), is there an...

04 November 2018 8,156 6 View

How to compute electric current in comsol corona discharge?

17 July 2018 4,327 4 View

How can maintain cancer stemcell in stemness mood when I work with them?

I want to know about situation that cancer stem cell remain stemness and undifferentiated?

07 September 2017 2,671 3 View

Statistical weight ratio

HiI am simulating nitrogen dc plasma in dc discharge interface of COMSOL. I used database from Phelps for nitrogen cross section. For importing nitrogen database to COMSOL, it needs "statistical...

23 May 2017 1,383 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

How can we calculate the sample size for rodents for a particular period of time?

How can we calculate the sample size for rodents for a study for one year? Are there any specific protocols to be followed for designing rodent sampling? How long should be the sampling interval...

01 March 2021 1,056 3 View

Does different dilution factors affect negatively on NH3 reading ?

I have a sample of treated water sample & asked to obtain ammonia conc. in sample using a machine with 5-25 ppm detection range. However, upon testing with different dilution factors, all...

27 February 2021 8,483 3 View

How to compare 2 samples recruited with different sampling methods?

If I want to compare characteristics of 2 groups of patients, one group is recruited from a random sample of the general public while another group is from a sample with a fixed gender (male to...

26 February 2021 3,526 3 View

Can random sampling have inclusion criteria?

As random sampling means that everyone in the population have an equal chance to be chosen, can it have inclusion criteria? My research participants have been chosen based on the inclusion...

26 February 2021 6,905 10 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

What are the pros and cons for mice versus rats?

Hi Everyone, I am designing a pilot study using rodents to assess the effects of simulated space environments (radiation + altered gravity) on microbiome and immune system. I have limited...

24 February 2021 1,825 3 View

What should be the duration of exposure to simulated space environments with Rodents?

Hi, I am currently working on a pilot study to get some data related to the impact of long duration spaceflight to the microbiome and the immune system. I plan to use rats and simulate...

22 February 2021 592 1 View

How do I check the quality of my viral RNA prior to metagenomic sequencing?

I am doing metagenomic sequencing without enrichment for an RNA virus. After my RNA is extracted from the blood I am doing library prep with the NEBNext Ultra directional RNA library prep kit for...

16 February 2021 5,101 2 View

What is the correct common name for Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris?

There are two extant species of Hydrochoerus: Hydrochoerus isthmius, the lesser or Panamanian capybara, and the genotype species H. hydrochaeris. The latter is the more common species of capybara,...

11 February 2021 3,494 14 View