Andrew Ting

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No host reference for metatranscriptomics?

One of the steps during the preprocessing of the data from metatranscriptomic analysis is to remove any host reads (host contamination) by comparing to host database. But what if there is no host...

01 December 2020 3,457 2 View

How to extract good quality total DNA from insect larvae for metagenomic purpose?

Good day, currently I am practicing extracting total DNA using drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) adult as well as larvae as my sample with Qiagen DNeasy Blood and Tissue Kit. However, I keep...

29 August 2019 666 3 View

Any software that can calculate only the vertical speed of insect?

Currently working on a project in which we would like to calculate the climbing speed of insects. The insect will move vertically up the wall as well as horizontally, but we only wish to calculate...

16 July 2019 9,114 3 View