Growth

... having "inactivated" the FBS serum. Additionally, I believe the term inactivation is a misnomer and the proposed function is to release growth factors that are typically bound and sequestered by binding protein. A key growth factor in FBS is IGF-1, which is bound to IGF-1 binding protein. ...

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here are some more pics of tanks in the ready to go stage, one pic also shows the pruning of macroalgae which is another way of exporting nitrogen from the system a1.jpg a2.jpg a3.jpg

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... to prepare a suspension of your culture, count the cells in it and measure the OD at your favourite wavelength of a few dilutions (in the original growth medium) of the suspension. This will allow you to calibrate what wavelength you want to have to get the desired concentration, and to see that ...

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you say The octopus, assuming it was a scientific octopus, would have the same understanding of population growth as we do, nothing but an ethnocentric comment ... Can you explain to me how this is an ethnocentric comment, or do you think the fundamental laws of physics and ...

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more pics this is week ~24 with new acropora plugs, then week 105! is that stable enough for ya at a half gallon lol these are running 4 years old now in the vid second plugs.jpg tabular full.jpg

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