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A question of (audience) reach (2015)
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Weitkamp, E. (2015). A question of (audience) reach. Journal of Science Communication, 14(3),

Taking the International Science in Popular Culture conference as a starting point, this editorial considers audiences for cultural products, considering the size of audiences (from blockbuster films, to intimate science slams), their pre-existing (o... Read More about A question of (audience) reach.

The hedgehog inhibitor cyclopamine reduces β-catenin-Tcf transcriptional activity, induces E-cadherin expression, and reduces invasion in colorectal cancer cells (2015)
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Qualtrough, D., Rees, P., Speight, B., Williams, A. C., & Paraskeva, C. (2015). The hedgehog inhibitor cyclopamine reduces β-catenin-Tcf transcriptional activity, induces E-cadherin expression, and reduces invasion in colorectal cancer cells. Cancers, 7(3), 1885-1899. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers7030867

© 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Colorectal cancer is a major global health problem resulting in over 600,000 deaths world-wide every year with the majority of these due to metastatic disease. Wnt signalling, and more specifi... Read More about The hedgehog inhibitor cyclopamine reduces β-catenin-Tcf transcriptional activity, induces E-cadherin expression, and reduces invasion in colorectal cancer cells.

Effect of high pressure processing in combination with Weissella viridescens as a protective culture against Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat salads of different pH (2015)
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Stratakos, A. C., Linton, M., Tessema, G. T., Skjerdal, T., Patterson, M. F., & Koidis, A. (2016). Effect of high pressure processing in combination with Weissella viridescens as a protective culture against Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat salads of different pH. Food Control, 61, 6-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.09.020

This study explored the effect of HPP (400 MPa/1 min) and a Weissella viridescens protective culture, alone or in conjunction, against Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) salads with different pH values (4.32 and 5.59) during storage at 4 an... Read More about Effect of high pressure processing in combination with Weissella viridescens as a protective culture against Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat salads of different pH.

Beyond the techno-thriller: Michael Crichton and societal issues in science and technology (2015)
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Stengler, E. (2015). Beyond the techno-thriller: Michael Crichton and societal issues in science and technology. Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research, 2(3), 23-30

Michael Crichton is primarily known for being an outstanding writer of techno-thrillers and co-creator of the genre. In this paper I suggest that his fictional works can and should be considered under the deeper and wider perspective of his concern f... Read More about Beyond the techno-thriller: Michael Crichton and societal issues in science and technology.

Ground rules (2015)
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Dawkins, T., & Ellwood, M. D. F. (2015). Ground rules. Biologist, 62(5), 26-30

Review paper on the state of the world's soil.

The identification of genes important in pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola plant colonisation using in vitro screening of transposon libraries (2015)
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Manoharan, B., Neale, H. C., Hancock, J. T., Jackson, R. W., & Arnold, D. L. (2015). The identification of genes important in pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola plant colonisation using in vitro screening of transposon libraries. PLoS ONE, 10(9), Article e0137355. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137355

© 2015 Manoharan et al. The bacterial plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (Pph) colonises the surface of common bean plants before moving into the interior of plant tissue, via wounds and stomata. In the intercellular spaces the path... Read More about The identification of genes important in pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola plant colonisation using in vitro screening of transposon libraries.

Comparative analysis of multiple inducible phages from Mannheimia haemolytica (2015)
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Niu, Y. D., Cook, S. R., Wang, J., Klima, C. L., Hsu, Y. H., Kropinski, A. M., …McAllister, T. A. (2015). Comparative analysis of multiple inducible phages from Mannheimia haemolytica. BMC Microbiology, 15, Article 175. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-015-0494-5

© 2015 Niu et al. Background: Mannheimia haemolytica is a commensal bacterium that resides in the upper respiratory tract of cattle that can play a role in bovine respiratory disease. Prophages are common in the M. haemolytica genome and contribute s... Read More about Comparative analysis of multiple inducible phages from Mannheimia haemolytica.

Using DNA metabarcoding to identify the floral composition of honey: A new tool for investigating honey bee foraging preferences (2015)
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Hawkins, J., De Vere, N., Griffith, A., Ford, C. R., Allainguillaume, J., Hegarty, M. J., …Adams-Groom, B. (2015). Using DNA metabarcoding to identify the floral composition of honey: A new tool for investigating honey bee foraging preferences. PLoS ONE, 10(8), Article e0134735. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134735

Copyright © 2015 Hawkins et al. Identifying the floral composition of honey provides a method for investigating the plants that honey bees visit. We compared melissopalynology, where pollen grains retrieved from honey are identified morphologically,... Read More about Using DNA metabarcoding to identify the floral composition of honey: A new tool for investigating honey bee foraging preferences.

Managing conflict between bats and humans: The response of soprano pipistrelles (pipistrellus pygmaeus) to exclusion from roosts in houses (2015)
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Stone, E., Zeale, M. R., Newson, S. E., Browne, W. J., Harris, S., & Jones, G. (2015). Managing conflict between bats and humans: The response of soprano pipistrelles (pipistrellus pygmaeus) to exclusion from roosts in houses. PLoS ONE, 10(8), Article e0131825. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131825

Copyright: © 2015 Stone et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and sour... Read More about Managing conflict between bats and humans: The response of soprano pipistrelles (pipistrellus pygmaeus) to exclusion from roosts in houses.

DNA repair by MGMT, but not AAG, causes a threshold in alkylation-induced colorectal carcinogenesis (2015)
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Fahrer, J., Frisch, J., Nagel, G., Kraus, A., Dörsam, B., Thomas, A. D., …Kaina, B. (2015). DNA repair by MGMT, but not AAG, causes a threshold in alkylation-induced colorectal carcinogenesis. Carcinogenesis, 36(10), 1235-1244. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgv114

© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Epidemiological studies indicate that N-nitroso compounds (NOC) are causally linked to colorectal cancer (CRC). NOC induce DNA alkylations, including O6-methylguanine (O6-M... Read More about DNA repair by MGMT, but not AAG, causes a threshold in alkylation-induced colorectal carcinogenesis.

Light-emitting diode street lights reduce last-ditch evasive manoeuvres by moths to bat echolocation calls (2015)
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Wakefield, A., Stone, E. L., Jones, G., & Harris, S. (2015). Light-emitting diode street lights reduce last-ditch evasive manoeuvres by moths to bat echolocation calls. Royal Society Open Science, 2(8), Article 150291. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150291

© 2015 The Authors. The light-emitting diode (LED) street light market is expanding globally, and it is important to understand how LED lights affect wildlife populations. We compared evasive flight responses of moths to bat echolocation calls experi... Read More about Light-emitting diode street lights reduce last-ditch evasive manoeuvres by moths to bat echolocation calls.

SUMOylation of synapsin Ia maintains synaptic vesicle availability and is reduced in an autism mutation (2015)
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Henley, J. M., Tang, L. T., & Craig, T. J. (2015). SUMOylation of synapsin Ia maintains synaptic vesicle availability and is reduced in an autism mutation. Nature Communications, 6, 7728. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8728

© 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. Synapsins are key components of the presynaptic neurotransmitter release machinery. Their main role is to cluster synaptic vesicles (SVs) to each other and anchor them to the actin cytoskeleto... Read More about SUMOylation of synapsin Ia maintains synaptic vesicle availability and is reduced in an autism mutation.

A high-throughput genome-wide siRNA screen for ciliogenesis identifies new ciliary functional components and ciliopathy genes (2015)
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Nguyen, T. M., Wheway, G., Szymanska, K., Wheway, G., Doherty, D., Schmidts, M., …Johnson, C. (2015). A high-throughput genome-wide siRNA screen for ciliogenesis identifies new ciliary functional components and ciliopathy genes. Cilia, 4(SUPPLEMENT 1), O12. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-2530-4-S1-O12

Defects in primary cilium biogenesis underlie the ciliopathies, a growing group of genetic disorders. We describe the first whole genome siRNA-based reverse genetics screen for defects in biogenesis and/or maintenance of the primary cilium, obtaining... Read More about A high-throughput genome-wide siRNA screen for ciliogenesis identifies new ciliary functional components and ciliopathy genes.

Surface water characteristics and trace metals level of the Bonny/New Calabar River Estuary, Niger Delta, Nigeria (2015)
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Onojake, M. C., Sikoki, F. D., Omokheyeke, O., & Akpiri, R. U. (2017). Surface water characteristics and trace metals level of the Bonny/New Calabar River Estuary, Niger Delta, Nigeria. Applied Water Science, 7(2), 951-959. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-015-0306-y

Surface water samples from three stations in the Bonny/New Calabar River Estuary were analyzed for the physicochemical characteristics and trace metal level in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Results show pH ranged from 7.56 to 7.88mg/L; conductivity, 3... Read More about Surface water characteristics and trace metals level of the Bonny/New Calabar River Estuary, Niger Delta, Nigeria.

Opportunities for improving the foraging potential of urban waterways for bats (2015)
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Park, K. J., Lintott, P., & Bunnefeld, N. (2015). Opportunities for improving the foraging potential of urban waterways for bats. Biological Conservation, 191, 224-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.06.036

© 2015 Elsevier B.V.. The rapid rate of urbanisation over the past century has occurred over a relatively small proportion of the earth's surface, yet it has had considerable ecological impact at a global scale. Urban waterways have historically been... Read More about Opportunities for improving the foraging potential of urban waterways for bats.

Stress testing the ELBA water model (2015)
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Ding, W., Palaiokostas, M., & Orsi, M. (2016). Stress testing the ELBA water model. Molecular Simulation, 42(4), 337-346. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927022.2015.1047367

© 2015 © 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. The ELBA coarse-grained model describes a water molecule as a single-site Lennard-Jones particle embedded with a point dipole. ELBA was previously reported to capture several properties of... Read More about Stress testing the ELBA water model.

Environmental niche variation and evolutionary diversification of the Brachypodium distachyon grass complex species in their native circum-mediterranean range (2015)
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López-Alvarez, D., Manzaneda, A. J., Rey, P. J., Giraldo, P., Benavente, E., Allainguillaume, J., …Catalán, P. (2015). Environmental niche variation and evolutionary diversification of the Brachypodium distachyon grass complex species in their native circum-mediterranean range. American Journal of Botany, 102(7), 1073-1088. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1500128

© 2015 Botanical Society of America. PREMISE OF THE STUDY: We conducted environmental niche modeling (ENM) of the Brachypodium distachyon s.l. complex, a model group of two diploid annual grasses (B. distachyon, B. stacei) and their derived allotetra... Read More about Environmental niche variation and evolutionary diversification of the Brachypodium distachyon grass complex species in their native circum-mediterranean range.

Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in two matrices of the Bonny/New Calabar River Estuary in Niger Delta, Nigeria (2015)
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Onojake, M. C., Sikoki, F. D., Babatunde, B. B., Akpiri, R. U., Akpuloma, D., & Omokheyeke, O. (2015). Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in two matrices of the Bonny/New Calabar River Estuary in Niger Delta, Nigeria. Ocean Science Journal, 50(2), 203-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-015-0016-2

The concentrations of Ca, Mg, K, Zn, Pb, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni and Na were determined in the sediment and biota of the Bonny/New Calabar River Estuary in Niger Delta, Nigeria using atomic absorption spectrophotometer A-100. The concentration of the... Read More about Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in two matrices of the Bonny/New Calabar River Estuary in Niger Delta, Nigeria.

Cholesterol biosensor based on inkjet-printed Prussian blue nanoparticle-modified screen-printed electrodes (2015)
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Cinti, S., Arduini, F., Moscone, D., Palleschi, G., Gonzalez-Macia, L., & Killard, A. (2015). Cholesterol biosensor based on inkjet-printed Prussian blue nanoparticle-modified screen-printed electrodes. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 221, 187-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2015.06.054

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Abstract Here we describe the construction and optimization of a cholesterol biosensor based on screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) modified with inkjet-printed Prussian blue nanoparticles (PBNPs). The deposition of PBNPs using inkj... Read More about Cholesterol biosensor based on inkjet-printed Prussian blue nanoparticle-modified screen-printed electrodes.