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PhD student in chemical engineering


Feb
22
comment X chromosome “weight”?
Is that difference due to the weight or rather the metabolism of the sperm due to having a different sized genome?
Feb
22
asked Can a cell culture insert plate be used with a vacuum manifold?
Feb
18
asked How often can you reuse coomassie stain?
Feb
17
comment What is the origin of “melting” in molecular genetics?
From a statistical thermodynamics standpoint, DNA denaturation and renaturation is certainly a phase transition. The question is going from which phase to which? I would argue that the description of a rigid polymer going to a freed fluid polymer sounds like a solid to liquid transition to me.
Feb
17
answered What is the tRNA gene copy variation between different yeast strains?
Feb
15
answered Can protein structure be determined by X-Ray Diffraction in a single image?
Feb
15
awarded  Commentator
Feb
15
comment Can protein structure be determined by X-Ray Diffraction in a single image?
CryoEM also doesn't use any X-ray beams either.
Feb
3
comment Why are restriction enzymes not frozen?
It does get the point across.
Feb
3
awarded  Analytical
Feb
3
comment Is it the case that all changes in phenotype during life are not inheritable?
That last paragraph is completely unnecessary. Anyone who knows what is going on would know this.
Feb
3
comment How does water buffer a sudden drop in temperature?
Biologists should still know about statistical thermodynamics.
Feb
3
comment How do I clean phenol contaminated RNA without losing any of the sample?
@jp89, From what I understand the IPA and Ethanol cleans only effectively take care of the salts. The Phenol Choloroform extraction does a much better job with the removal of proteins. Possibly you could take some of the interphase and clean again. The phenol will affect your columns and affect your yields.
Feb
1
awarded  Scholar
Feb
1
accepted How do you knockout an E. coli gene without disrupting the rest of the gene cluster?
Jan
30
revised How do you knockout an E. coli gene without disrupting the rest of the gene cluster?
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Jan
30
awarded  Student
Jan
30
asked How do you knockout an E. coli gene without disrupting the rest of the gene cluster?
Jan
29
awarded  Enlightened
Jan
29
awarded  Nice Answer