Laurie Graham

3 weeks ago | news-journal.com | Laurie Graham

Since becoming a Master Gardener in 2015, I started thinking back on when my love of gardening really “blossomed.”I suppose being a farmer’s daughter was certainly an early influence. Having no experience in farm life and after a few years with Dow Chemical during the war years, Daddy decided to try his hand at growing rice. That was not an easy endeavor. He worked long, hard hours and I wish I had thanked him more often for all he did and sacrificed.

Jan 28, 2025 | 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.