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Translation support for Osmoregulation related graphics required
Hi everyone, de:Benutzer:Biezl from de.WP has created two images depicting the issue of osmoregulation in freshwater and marine fishes which would perfectly fit into article Osmoregulation. As English is not our mother tongue we would appreciate to have the english wording/spelling checked prior to adding these images:
If you have any remarks/proposals for a better wording, please answer directly on User Biezl's talk page. Regards, --Drahkrub (talk) 16:18, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
- Done, improved versions:
Smartse (talk) 15:51, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
- Cool - I see that you added the images already to the article. Thx a lot. --Burkhard (talk) 22:11, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Devyn Smith
Someone associated with the Frankel Group has created a spate of WP:COI articles, including one on Devyn Smith who may be a notable stem cell researcher. Does anyone here have the time to check the refs? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:52, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Small problem at ELISA
Hi everyone,
Gcarotsans (talk) pointed out a possible problem with the ELISA page, section Indirect ELISA; see talk. Just thought I'd mention it here to catch the eye of an expert. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 12:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
Sulfation need attention
Sulfation page seems in need of splitting into several articles; I'm no specialist, so if any biochem expert is willing to look at it, it would be great. Cheers, --CopperKettle 12:41, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Photosynthesis lead section
Because of my lack of the english language I can't rewrite the lead section of photosynthesis by myself, so I need some help of other guys.
As written in Wikipedia:Lead section: "In general, specialized terminology should be avoided in an introduction. "
Terms as organic compounds, Archaea, source of Carbon, might not be really specialized terms but rather simple biology terms, but many people who will try to read this introduction just want to know what photosynthesis basically is and how it affects our life every day. So I think that these sentences:
"Photosynthetic organisms are called photoautotrophs, since it allows them to create their own food. However, not all organisms that use light as a source of energy carry out photosynthesis, since photoheterotrophs use organic compounds, rather than carbon dioxide, as a source of carbon."
... should be changed to some proper information about: autotrophs, heterotrophs and how photosynthetic organisms are fundemental to the food chain and atmosphere in ecosystems. It might be also good to explain the difference between the terms inorganic and organic compounds. Kasper90 (talk) 08:46, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
RuBisCO
The RuBisCO article has accumulated a large number of edits apparently by someone called Hadi Farazdaghi. Many of the edits cite the personal website of Hadi Farazdaghi, which seems to have a collection of self-published articles. If you can help sort this out please see Talk:RuBisCO#reference check. --JWSchmidt (talk) 04:26, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
In response to JWSchmidt I have three comments: 1) I have used the reference to my site for further discussion and clarification of the subject. 2) A more detailed discussion of Rubisco reaction is provided in chapter of a new book by Springer that I have referenced to (Farazdaghi 2009). 3) As I have discussed on the site, the model of Farquhar, von Caemmerer and Berry which has been dominantly used for the last thirty years is based on a mathematical mistake in which the velocity of reaction is equated with the efficiency of reaction at low CO2 concentration levels (see the abstract of von Caemmerer and Farquhar 1981, referenced in the text). The latest article by Sharkey et al (2007, Plant Cell & Environment 30:1035-1040)has added additional problems which are also discussed in Farazdaghi (2009). Further discussion by interested parties on the author's site are welcomed.
Hadi Farazdaghi
Fluorescence in the life sciences and copyright
Upset about the mess and lenght of the paragraph for fluorescence in life science in the fluorescence article, I have copied it and expanded it into a new page fluorescence in the life sciences, (a valid policy see Wikipedia:Splitting).
My doubt: A lot of dyes are owned by invitrogen (they own the market), so do I pretend copyright does not matter or add (R) symbol or similar? If I do the latter options, jit is quite likely that someone may think I work for them and messes up the article...— Preceding unsigned comment added by Squidonius (talk • contribs)
- According to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks), ™ and ® should generally not be used in Wikipedia for trademarks. Celefin (talk) 16:54, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
WP:JOURNALS need helps!
I've noticed that most of the most popular missing journals are biology related. Help would be appreciated to turn that see of red into a sea of blue. Most of these seem to be abbreviations that should be redirected to the main journal. Thanks. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 05:30, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Bad code on NFIL3 page?
Could somebody check the code on the NFIL3 page, preferably with Firefox 3.5.3?
I searched for E4BP4 using Firefox 3.5.3, but I couldn't get to the page. Instead of opening the page, Firefox stalled, Windows Task Manager told me CPU usage was up to 100%, Firefox finally froze, and I had to end Firefox with Windows Task Manager.
Same thing happened when I searched for NFIL3.
I tried again in Internet Explorer, and it worked fine.
I went back to Firefox again, tried searching other WP pages, and the other pages worked fine.
So I suspect there may be some funny code on the NFIL3 page that freezes at least some configurations of Firefox 3.5.3.
(E4BP4 was just mentioned on Slashdot.) --Nbauman (talk) 20:04, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
- P.S. Now it's working OK. When you bring your car to the mechanic, the problem stops. Maybe you should forget about it unless somebody else has this problem. --Nbauman (talk) 20:08, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
I am writing for a HIV positive person for 22 years. He is currently living in Arizona and is having problems getting medication. This is really important to him and he is open to help or suggestions. Thanks.
Articles with confused content to clean-up
Heya, I've been going through a lot of pages relating to protein domains lately and there's a few sets of interrelated pages where the subject matters have become confused. The ones which I'm currently looking into are:
- Phosphofructokinase and the related pages Phosphofructokinase 1, Phosphofructokinase 2
- Viral neuraminidase, neuraminidase, Hemagglutinin, Hemagglutinin (influenza) and hemagglutinin-neuraminidase
If anyone fancies helping out with tidying these pages up, that would be awesome! ((PS, i hope i've put this on the right page :s)) Ta, Abergabe (talk) 15:23, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- I have done some work on phosphofructokinase and the related pages. Undoubtedly these pages need additional work, but hopefully they are now a little bit less confusing. Cheers. Boghog (talk) 22:28, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
- Boghog, you are an utter legend ^_^
Ribosome mRNA image
I am the author of the ribosome image, and recently recieved a mesage saying that the image is inacurate since the mRNA appears to go through the large ribosomal subunit, which also appears to carry the A- and P-site tRNAs. and in reality the mRNA and A and P site are on the small ribosomal subunit. after cheking my sources it would seem in all of them that theA and P sites are in the large subunit, so i wanted to ask here wetheris this right, or i have to change the image.-LadyofHats (talk) 12:02, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Make Alipoprotein L1 page easier to find please
Could someone make the Alipoprotein L1 page easier to find?
It is located at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APOL1
But APOA1 is located at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolipoprotein_A1
And when I type in a search for apololiprotein l, I don't find the APOL1 page.
I haven't worked on a Wikipedia page since the first year or so so don't have the skills.
But APOL1 has had some major news lately so needs to be very accessible.
Thanks, Jackie Aldridge, MLIS
denature vs denaturate ?
Stumbled upon denature in Denaturation (biochemistry) - my feeling tells me it should be denaturate. Hm.. google thinks otherwise. What sounds more natural to you? Richiez (talk) 19:55, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
- Google is right. Definitely denature. Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 22:15, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
Casein - improve section on Opioids
Hello everyone, I'm new to editing wiki pages and could use some help. I was poking around in an entry on Casein and stumble into a subsection titled "Opioid" under the Controversies section.
I started a discussion entry about improving it and perhaps creating a new section "Bioactivity" to encompass the relevant information on the bioactive peptides and opioid receptor ligands derived from the Casein protein.
Anyway, the section as it stands now seems woefully incomplete and heavily biased. I've listed some sources on the discussion page, but I could really use some help from some more qualified persons than myself to get the ball rolling on the changes.
Alister 77 (talk) 01:59, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
ChEMBL addition to the compound pages
Hi Everyone, I am the Chemical Content Curator for the ChEMBL group, based at the EBI in Hinxton, UK.
We are looking for some help to add direct links to our compound pages from the Wiki drug pages. Other sites such as ChemSpider are doing this and as we have direct links to ChemSpider and vice versa, it would be good to have these links from Wikipedia.
An example of this is:
We would like to have a hyperlink in the same box as the ChemSpider one on the right hand side to link to:
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembldb/index.php/compound/inspect/CHEMBL112
by displaying the id of: CHEMBL112 as the hyperlink.
Is there an autobot that could do this for us or any way that I can do this manually?
Thanks,
Louisa Bellis — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.62.194.249 (talk • contribs)
- This seems more relevant to the pharmacology project so I'll drop them a note to ask their opinion on this. SmartSE (talk) 12:24, 4 January 2011 (UTC)