Peregrine Horden – Nicholas Purcell, “The Boundless Sea”

Peregrine

Use of second generation sequencing (SGS) technologies for transcriptional profiling (RNA-Seq) has revolutionized transcriptomics, enabling measurement of RNA abundances with unprecedented specificity and sensitivity and the discovery of novel RNA species. Preparation of RNA-Seq libraries requires conversion of the RNA starting material into cDNA flanked by platform-specific adaptor sequences. ...

Boundless Fluids Using the Lattice-boltzmann Method

Boundless Fluids Using the Lattice-Boltzmann Method

Nicholas Swindale

(EOL), has now become available online. The project, coordinated by a secretariat at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC, plans to create pages containing the estimated 1.8 million known species of organism on the planet, when completed. The plan is to include data on distribution, behaviours and endangered status, to further help researchers. The mass of data is being drawn from a varie...

Peregrine breather revisited

Nicholas Wade

be traced back to My Family and Other Animals. “That book and his subsequent books bred a whole generation of zoologists,” says Lee Durrell. And although captive breeding has its critics, there is no doubt for some species it has been crucial. A report last month from BirdLife International described the existence of 31 bird species in conservation efforts, including captive breeding. Californi...