Laurie Graham

2 months ago | tnq.ca | Laurie Graham

They arrive in two ways. Either suddenly present before me, there in full, kablammo, and I’m scrambling to get it all affixed before it disappears or dissipates or morphs or whatever it does by its nature, that nature being beautifully fleeting.

Jun 25, 2024 | febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Laurie Graham |Peter L. Davies

AFP antifreeze protein AFGP antifreeze glycoprotein BH-lp bullhead lunapark gene ER endoplasmic reticulum IBS ice-binding surface LHS longhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus) LHS-AFP longhorn sculpin skin antifreeze protein SHS shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius) SHS-AFP shorthorn sculpin antifreeze protein SHS-lp shorthorn sculpin lunapark gene SRA sequence read archive of NCBI TE transposable element Introduction One subset of ice-binding proteins are the antifreeze...

Jun 5, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Laurie Graham |Peter L. Davies

AbstractThe alanine-rich, alpha-helical type I antifreeze proteins (AFPs) in fishes are thought to have arisen independently in the last 30 ma on at least four occasions. This hypothesis has recently been proven for the flounder and sculpin AFPs that both originated by gene duplication and divergence followed by substantial gene copy number expansion.

Apr 9, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Laurie Graham |Thomas Hansen |Yanzhi Yang |Mustafa Sherik

1 INTRODUCTION Adhesins play a crucial role in anchoring microorganisms to the surfaces they colonize.1-3 The nature of this adhesion is of great interest because it is a property that can potentially be blocked to prevent colonization and subsequent infections by harmful bacteria,4-6 or enhanced in the case of beneficial bacteria.

Feb 28, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Laurie Graham

Text size Line Spacing Comments Share Share Laurie Graham The truth about ‘living with obesity’ Linkedin Messenger Email It’s been brought to my attention that it is no longer done to describe a person as fat. Better, apparently, to say that they are ‘living with obesity’. This weasel construction makes obesity sound like a malevolent squatter who refuses to be evicted. Or like a bit of genetic bad luck, such as ‘living with ginger eyelashes’. It’s someone else’s fault. The western world has...