Thomas Robert Peacock

Thomas Bevill Peacock and the early history of dissecting aneurysm.

On 25 October 1760 George II, then 76, rose at his normal hour of 6 am, called as usual for his chocolate, and repaired to the close-stool. The German valet de chambre heard a noise, memorably described as "louder than the royal wind,"' and then a groan; he ran in and found the King lying on the floor, having cut his face in falling. Mr Andrews, surgeon to the household, was called and bled His...

Thomas A . Kelly , Mitchell S . Felder and Robert A .

the cytoskeleton. J. Cell Sci. 104:613-627. 7.Perry, S.W., L.G. Epstein and H.A. Gelbard. 1997. Simultaneous in situ detection of apoptosis and necrosis in monolayer cultures by TUNEL and trypan blue staining. BioTechniques 22:1102-1106. 8.Pollack, A. and G. Ciancio. 1990. PI exclusion coupled with HO342 staining, p. 19-24. In Z. Darzynkiewicz and H.A. Crissman (Eds.), Flow Cytometry. Academic ...

Thomas W . Malone , Robert Laubacher and Chrysanthos Dellarocas

Peacock spiders

How has the environment at the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme influenced your work? We develop and use high resolution, dynamic, quantitative readouts of behavior. This is a real strength at the institute and strongly resonates with me due to the approach I developed while working on the cell biology of trachea morphogenesis. For me, biology is about regulating dynamic processes and if you...

Peacock flies

A quick guide on peacock flies, a species of insect where, unusually, both males and females perform dances apparently to attract mates.