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3/July/2012 - 2012 Ganley lab retreat
The Ganley lab has returned from its lab retreat! We went to the Waitakere ranges, specifically a place near Muriwai beach, for a couple of days of research talk and relaxation. Great venue, with views down the coast. Discussions of lab projects were very useful, and were aided by the incredible range of props (including […]
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19/June/2012 - Article on Tar1
Good news: the article from Ant Poole and myself on a proposed role for Tar1 is finally out in BioEssays! Has been a long time in the making, but it can be found here.
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10/April/2012 - Letter on yeast aging
Our letter to the Editor in response to an article on the effect of hypertrophy on yeast aging has just been published in FEMS Yeast Research – see here for the letter.
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28/March/2012 - Pierre Thuriaux has died
It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Pierre Thuriaux on March 17th. Among Pierre’s many interests, he worked a lot with the RNA polymerases and had a vast knowledge of yeast biology. Pierre had an incredible passion and enthusiasm for biology and research that put many younger researchers to shame, and […]
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23/March/2012 - Death of Oscar Miller
Also sad to note the passing of Oscar Miller, from which “Miller spreads”. He pioneered making these images, which we still use today.
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13/March/2012 - Roy Britten has died
Sad to note the passing of one of the real god-fathers of repeat biology, Roy Britten. See the obituary in Science.
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12/March/2012 - Nucleic acid measurements with spec
Here are the links to the sites that talk about monitoring RNA and DNA contamination and amount using a spec.
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29/February/2012 - Book chapter out
A book chapter written together with Ross Hannan’s group on the rDNA and aging is now out – see here
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27/February/2012 - Congratulations to Ilog and Ting
Well done to Ting and Ilog for both completing the Research in BioSciences paper in the lab! Very nice work.
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20/November/2011 - Yeast in mol. biol. review
Two of the legends of yeast molecular biology (Botstein and Fink) have written an essay on yeast research in the 21st century in the journal Genetics. You can find it here.
