Natural Science Forum / Biology / Biology / January 2006

I'm working here in a tissue culture lab which has a Robotic Liquid
Handling system thats only kept as a showpiece. I asked the people why
they aren't using it, they replied that because they dont have a
laminar flow room, they cant maintain sterile conditions in the machine

Does anyone know what the S in 16S stands for?

LONDON, England (AP) -- A whale swam up the River Thames past Parliament and Big
Ben in central London on Friday, then beached itself.
The whale was a Northern bottlenose, said Richard Sabian, a zoologist at the
Natural History Museum in London, who went to the scene.

Respected sir/madam,
                                I am first year student of
Bsc.biotechnology from mumbai university.
I just want to ask that is T.YBsc.biotechnology syllabus for mumbai

What are your thoughts (anybody) on whether it would be appropriate to
teach General Biology students at the college level how to make biodiesel
fuel as part of a course unit on Ecology/Biosphere (along with
discussion of fossil fuels, renewable energy, Peak Oil)?

I think the concept of "stand" for a species of trees is one where you
have proper environment conditions such as soil pH and where the
environment is conducive to growing the species, not necessarily having
to be "native" environment. And most importantly, that the species

--- quoting a email I sent an hour ago ---
Hello Mr. Julian F. Derry,
Wish you luck on your article about Darwin. My only comments would be
so far into the future about Darwin that it is sort of out of place

In the following sentence:
"The activity of the omega peptide can be fully restored either in
bacteria or in vitro if a small fragment (called alpha peptide)
corresponding to the intact N-terminal portion of the b-gal is added in

If we have a radiation emitting device inside the human body, I believe
we will measure different radiation levels on the exterior of human
body because of the attenuation/reflection caused by different tissues.
However, I was wondering if the speed of radiation would change

What experiment proved that plasmid in an extrachromosomal particle?

An explanation of Natural Law by Intelligence of Nature can be found in
"Natural Science Founded on A New Atomic Model" by Dr. Hansik Yoon:
Egg contains a little space of air gap inside of its flatter side.
Examine that before you eat it.

Is it possible to culture rhizobium bacteria in a lab bioreactor? I've
read somewhere that these bacteria lack a cell wall and cannot be
easily cultured?
Regards,

Can anyone help me work out how to calculate DNA polymerase unit
activities from radioisotope assays? I have all the data: activity of
the isotope, decay factors, volumes and concentrations of the dNTPs,
DNA, buffers, incubation times and dilution factors of the enzymes

    It also has been said that mutations may be a key to the rapid
change called for by the "punctuated equilibrium" theory. Writing in
Science Digest, John Gliedman stated: "Evolutionary revisionists
believe mutations in key regulatory genes may be just the genetic

hello i want to design a primer for pneumosistis carinii please tell me
any thing that is nessesary about these.