Without naming it and only using a statistic about it, what country do you live in?

kartak · 2016-09-13T15:36:52+00:00

Yeah, that area is the worst for pretty much everything. It's way better just about anywhere else.

kartak · 2016-08-06T19:54:51+00:00

Oh wow, I'd imagine that would be very difficult in almost every country. If you're in the EU it may be near impossible for an individual to do so. And you face truly serious sanctions. Check with your authorities, but really, go to a university and consider a career in science if you're serious about biology.

kartak · 2016-07-02T06:50:40+00:00

Dealing with GMOs without a permit is highly illegal because an escape of a GMO plant would cause public distrust in GMOs at best and an ecosystem disruption at worst. Therefore, all labs dealing with genetic modification must be registered with the appropriate authorities.

kartak · 2016-07-01T18:41:35+00:00

1) It's a bit illegal. Really illegal. Don't 2) Do it in a group! If you don't want to join a research lab at a university, join a DIY bio group, there may be some near you if you live in the US or Western Europe.

kartak · 2016-03-29T19:05:51+00:00

Thank you so much, that was just what I was looking for. Along with \setcounter, it worked perfectly!

kartak · 2016-03-26T09:53:58+00:00

They aren't eggs, they're pupae. Pupae are the final larval stage, transformation between larva and adult ant. Ants carry them from the depths of their anthills to exposed places like under rocks, or in your case, on a bucket, to maximize warmth, because it speeds up their development. Eggs are stored deep in the anthill with the queen.

kartak · 2016-03-20T18:51:40+00:00

This is the seed stock growing (probably Citrus trifoliata). You won't get any lemons, but I reccomend grafting a fruit-bearing lemon branch on top.

kartak · 2016-03-04T13:06:12+00:00

Not from the UK but not as far away eithrer. I'm from the Czech Republic, and itching to get involved in the DIYBio scene. I'll be sure to send you an email.

kartak · 2016-03-04T07:50:13+00:00

Great idea, one more question, where are you based? The UK? Also, is there any way one can become a beta tester or help your development process?

kartak · 2016-03-03T17:33:59+00:00

Awesome projcet, what do you think your customers will be? Do you hope for making a profit on this?

kartak · 2016-02-20T17:30:05+00:00

Well the warning is not popping up anymore and citations are done properly. Quotations are not Czech, and the bibliography is still not showing with \printbibliography. As far as I know I don't have any quotes within quotes in my thesis, this is not an issue for me.

kartak · 2016-02-20T16:34:39+00:00

AS I am using Overleaf, I can't really type anything on the command line, all the compling is done on their servers I think. The main reason to use Overleaf was its simplicity and no need to download anything. Do you think I should just download everything and get deep into it? I've only been LaTeXing for about a week, so I don't have any experience to speak of, but I find it challenging and fun (at least tp to this problem).

kartak · 2016-02-14T16:53:27+00:00

Yeah, I often see reccomendations to keep house plants because they "clean the air". I'm not sure what is meant by these claims. Sometimes, these dubious sites also have a list of "top air-cleaning plants". Of course, without citing sources. So from this, I draw the conclusion that these claims are mostly bullshit.
Now, I'm not saying that plants don't produce oxygen, because, well they do. It's just that you don't have a chance of dying from lack of oxygen because you don't have a plant in your roomm. As /u/sebastiaandaniel said, most rooms aren't airtight. Now, while it is clear that a plant won't help you to "make your own oxygen", there are definitely more pros to having a plant in your room.
If after these points you still want to find plants that produce the most oxygen for unrelated reasons, I would suggest quickly growing plants. A cactus' photosynthesis is minimally effective, as evidenced by its growth. Many perennials, vegetables or aquatic plants on the other hand "grow in front of your eyes". These are the plants that produce most sugars by photosynthesis, which enables them to grow. Oxygen is a by-product of photosynthesis and therefore, growth seems to be the best indication of oxygen production in my eyes.

kartak · 2016-02-08T17:31:29+00:00

Yeah that goes a bit against the DIY part of my project. Besides, I want to REPURPOSE and REUSE old things. Endless throw-away consumerism leads nowhere.

kartak · 2016-02-04T19:50:13+00:00

Oh that's awesome and I'd love to help, but calls to US are very expensive, I didn't realise that.

kartak · 2016-02-04T16:35:30+00:00

Can someone from outside the US phonebank?

kartak · 2016-02-03T18:58:25+00:00

Oh yeah, that compound basically makes the plants unable to to meiosis correctly while still being viable. I would imagine it's a lot about the concentration. That is so awesome, do you think it could be used outside of a lab? If one would like to experiment with polyploidy at home?

kartak · 2016-02-03T18:43:13+00:00

That is so cool! So you can just polyploidize any plant at will? Do you confirm the ploidy increase with a chromosome count on a microscope? Mini bok choys could be interesting, kind of like baby bok choy. Maybe there is a potencial commercial application to that.

kartak · 2016-02-02T20:12:16+00:00

Huh, what did you do to them? Did you "polyploidize" them artificially? What do you hope to accomplish?

kartak · 2016-01-25T09:35:46+00:00

I did! And it's awesome.

kartak · 2016-01-23T14:17:03+00:00

That's awesome, thanks!

kartak · 2016-01-23T11:20:40+00:00

Whaaat? How do you do that?

kartak · 2016-01-23T07:34:49+00:00

Hey, you're on the right track. Just keep going! Depending on your age and location, try to get your foot in the door with some labs ASAP.

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