James Sinclair

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What are some common challenges and their solutions when designing or implementing a geodatabase?

Recently been asked to describe some challenges when designing or implementing a geodatabase and how the challenges were addressed.

18 March 2020 9,248 3 View

Why is it uncommon (or not possible) for a natural product to have a tert-butyl moiety in its structure?

I recently analysed NMR data for one of my pure compounds and there was a singlet peak (1H NMR) integrating for 18H. My supervisor has said that no natural product comes with a t-butyl moiety and...

02 August 2017 9,123 5 View

Is the bootstrap value the same as branch length in a phylogenetic tree

My knowledge in the DNA field is limited however I need to create a phylogenetic tree in my thesis. I am using MEGA7 to construct a maximum likelihood tree and I wanted to know what the bootstrap...

10 July 2017 3,044 3 View

Is it ok to try and plate marine bacteria "in situ" or in the field?

I will be going on a 2-3 day trip and was wondering if I could just isolate bacteria (from sediments) in the field instead of bringing the samples back to the lab. If I have to bring the samples...

02 July 2015 4,827 6 View