Steph Hays

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Does anyone have a preferred spectrophotometric detection method for arsenite vs. arsenate?

So far we have tried a variamine blue assay from Narayana et al. 2006 and a silver nitrate precipitation from Simeonova et al. 2004. In the variamine blue assay instead of intensity correlating...

06 June 2016 2,739 2 View

Does anyone have B. subtilis that is constitutively expressing a fluorophore?

I am looking to co-culture/compete some B. subtilis with other microbes. I am new to this model organism and the field so I don't yet have any contacts to ask for strains. Does anyone on this...

08 August 2013 1,249 3 View

What is your favorite polymerase?

When we optimize PCR protocols, there are tons of parameters to tweak. When you change your polymerase, what is your go-to enzyme?

07 July 2013 8,831 3 View

What is your favorite scientific paper of all time?

I am helping to teach a course on communicating science and through this course, I have come into contact with an absolutely beautiful paper. It is clear, concise, and elegant. I am not at all...

10 October 2012 2,766 3 View

Is anyone familiar with SimBiology (MatLab) and can you describe a functional conditional statement?

I am a biologist who is trying to become more quantitative as well as more model savvy. One excellent tool I have stumbled upon is the SimBiology toolbox for MatLab where you can graphically...

09 September 2012 5,478 3 View

How do you feel about genetically modified organisms? What do you think you know about them?

I was at a scientific conference this weekend and was surprised to hear about the impact that anti-genetically modified organism (GMO) feeling has had on funding and direction in the field of...

09 September 2012 1,502 14 View