User:Zephyris

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ZEPHYRIS' USER PAGE

The most important thing: I love pretty pictures :D

A sucrose specific porin from Salmonella typhimurium, a gram-negative bacterium. Enzyme 1A0S at PDB.

The bacteriophage lambda genome.

The optical path through a differential interference contrast microscope.

An example of RNA polymerase control by chromatin structure.

For more images by me see my gallery.

[edit] Real world me

I am a 20 year old from Burghfield Common which is near Reading, Berkshire, England. I am currently studying an undergraduate course in natural sciences at the University of Cambridge, and am in my third year of (hopefully!) four.

My primary academic interests are biochemistry, molecular biology and physics, and have done (so far) approximately one third of my course on each of these areas. Other interests include music (both listening and performing, I play trumpet and piano to about grade 8 standard), photography and graphic design.

I also spend far too much time on Wikipedia...

[edit] Pages I have worked on...

65daysofstatic - The best band in the world along with The Fall of Math - Their first album and One Time For All Time - Their second album.

Microscope, Optical Microscope, Microscopy and the related articles differential interference contrast microscopy, dark field microscopy,

Love Hearts - Awesome sweets.

Reading School - My old school.

Polymerase Chain Reaction and the PCR techniques - Nested PCR, Inverse PCR, RT-PCR, Q-PCR, Real-Time PCR and Touchdown PCR.

mRNA, Post-transcriptional modification and the modifications - Polyadenylation, Splicing and 5' cap.

Translation (genetics), RNA polymerase, RNA polymerase I, RNA polymerase II, RNA polymerase III and the related TATA Binding Protein, TATA box, Promoter, Transfer RNA and RNA polymerase control by chromatin structure.

Glycolysis, Oxidative decarboxylation, and all the proteins and enzymes in these pathways.

Chromatin and Chromosome

Transposons as a genetic tool and Transposons

Mating of yeast

Prokaryotic translation

Eukaryotic translation

Burghfield - Where I live!

Antiportal

Porin (protein)

[edit] Wikiprojects I am involved in...

[edit] I run...

Wikipedia:Wikiproject Metabolic Pathways

[edit] I participate in...

[edit] Templates I have created...

Template:Biochemical Reaction

Template:Enzymatic Reaction

Template:Complex biochemical reaction

Template:Complex Enzymatic Reaction

Template:Glycolysis

Template:Metabolic pathway

Template:Metabolic pathway stub

Wikipedia:Wikiproject Metabolic Pathways/Userbox

[edit] Common References

Stryer et al. Biochemistry 5th Edition. WH Freeman & Co Ltd , 2002. ISBN 0-716746-84-0
Alberts et al. Molecular Biology of the Cell. Garland Science, 2001. ISBN 0-815340-72-9
Alan Fersht, Structure and Mechanism in Protein Science : A Guide to Enzyme Catalysis and Protein Folding. W. H. Freeman, 1998. ISBN 0-7167-3268-8
ExPASy Biochemical Pathways - Metabolic Pathways
ExPASy Biochemical Pathways - Cellular and Molecular

[edit] Referencing Papers

[Author] ([year]). "[[Link to article] [Title]]". [Journal] [volume] ([issue]): [pages]. [[Pubmed link] PMID [Pubmed ID]].

[edit] Barnstars

		The DNA Barnstar
		Thank you for all your biology-related work at Wikipedia including editing of articles such as Trypanosoma brucei and the uploading of images such as Trypanosomatid Cellular Forms. Thanks for your work on PCR-related articles, Mating of yeast, Transposon-related articles, various RNA and DNA-related articles.....and all your other edits. This DNA Barnstar, is meant to be "a good thing" and hopefully to contribute to motivation in support of your future Wikipedia contributions.

--JWSchmidt 22:44, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User Boxes

I am a mad scientist.

My favourite colour is orange.

If I make a mistake, please let me know.

I am a deviantART deviant at Zephyris.

Google
talk

My Google Talk screenname is Zephyris.

msn

I use MSN Messenger
be_very_happy_or_else@hotmail.com

I am proud to be a Wikipedian.

I live in the United Kingdom.

This user is from Earth.

I enjoy photography.

I contribute using The GIMP.

n00b

I am a n00b.

I own 3 cats.

I am male.

agn

I am agnostic.

.....

I am a professional procrastinator.

I am addicted to computer and video games.

I am a scientist.

C₂H₆O

I use alcohol at an advanced level.

This user is a member of the Molecular & Cellular Biology WikiProject

This user contributes to the Metabolic Pathways WikiProject

I have a user page on Last.fm.

This user scored 2748.683 on the Wikipediholic test (revision 85956121).

I am strictly apolitical.

This user is a wikifairy.

SSB

I think the best Smash Bros. character is Kirby.

I can lick my own elbow.

[edit] Articles I wish I had time to work on

Impedance matching - add a section on energy transmission at a gradual impedance change.
Brass instrument - add and correct information on the physics of brass instruments, and improve valve diagrams.
Quorum sensing - add improved details of the pathways involved.
Protein folding - add details on the mechanism of glycosylation mediated folding.
Chromatin - general clarification and improvement.
~~Operon - clarification as a set of cotranslated genes, ie. under the same operator. Create the regulon and stimulon pages.~~

[edit] Random Stuff

An awesome artist... User:LadyOfHats

There is no article called 'drainpipe' or 'drain pipe'! I would make one, but I don't want to spoil this novelty find... feels like a googlewhack but better :)

Friends of gays should not be allowed to edit articles! lol.