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Prof Pat Heslop-Harrison and his research group in Leicester university

niuhuifei — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:34:38 +0000

Pat Heslop-Harrison and the Molecular Cytogenetics and Plant Cell Biology Group study the biology of the cell nucleus: its spatial and dynamic organisation or architecture, the function and interactions of its components, and the nature, evolution, expression, recombination and segregation of the DNA sequences within the nucleus at interphase, mitosis and meiosis.

They look at repetitive DNA and its evolution, with a particular focus on tandemly repeated satellite sequences and retrotransposons. Key methods include molecular cytogenetics, DNA sequence analysis and systems biology approaches. Taking a comparative genomics approach, they have interlinked projects with a range of different species: a particular focus is on plant crop species (banana, cereals including wheat, rye and barley, brassicas, and cowpea), while important projects include work with Dictyostelium, Drosophila, Scallops (Pecten), and bovids.

Heslop-Harrison now is a professor of Plant Cell Biology and Molecular Cytogenetics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Leicester. Also, he is the Chief Editor of Annals of Botany.

Five reasons why scientific research is cool

niuhuifei — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:09:22 +0000

Daniel Gorelick concluded the five reasons why scientific research is cool, do you agree?

You’re encouraged to find flaws in people’s work and correct them
No dress code – I didn’t know how to tie a proper tie knot before I came to the State Department
Make your own schedule – no 8:30 to 17:15 with a 45 minute requirement for lunch. Many grad students work 12:00 to 20:00.
Constant intellectual stimulation
Cutting edge exploration – make a discovery and you are the first person to know something nobody else knows

Tracking updates of scientific journals with Google reader

niuhuifei — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:05:15 +0000

Google reader is becoming more useful for us following news in internet. In scientific research, it is also useful for us tracking updates of journal articles. Of course, we should understand what is a RSS and how to use Google reader subscribe to RSS of journals.

What is a RSS feed

RSS or atom feeds are a file format used to distribute contents of frequently updated works, such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video, in a standardize format. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place.

How to subscribe to a RSS feed with Google reader

Google reader is one of the most famous online software used to subscribe to news feeds. It is welcomed because of its user friendly UI. Now, many famous scientific journals have begun to provide RSS feeds, which make us more available for tracking their updates without frequently visiting their websites or databases. In browsers, such as firefox and opera, a RSS icon will occur in the address bar when a journal provide RSS fees. So if you have a Gmail account, you can use the free reader software online and subscribe to the RSS feed when clicking the RSS icon simply.

Why only Google reader

There are lots of ways to subscribing to RSS feeds. Google reader is my best choice because it has more attractive traits, such as adding start to a special post or sharing some contents to your friends. Thus, when you use Google reader to track journal articles, you can give a comment to a paper you favorited or share it to others and discussing commonly.

OK, enjoying it and happy to improve your scientific researcher.

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