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Factors affecting photobiological hydrogen production in five filamentous cyanobacteria from Thailand
We report here the screening of sixteen cyanobacterial and three green algal strains from Thailand for their potential biohydrogen production. Five...
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Vegetation, Climate and Soil: 50 Years of Global Ecology
In this essay, more than 50 years of studies on a broad spectrum of ecological topics is reviewed. Many research questions in desert ecology, in...
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees: The Firewood Trade in Southern Chile
Since the first settlers arrived in Aysén from the Archipelago of Chiloé, residents have depended on the abundant hardwood forests of the region to...
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J. B. S. Haldane and
Journal of Genetics This is a brief sketch of the history of Journal of Genetics from its beginning in 1909 to the taking over of its publication by the Indian Academy...
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Vyacheslav (Slava) Klimov (1945–2017): A scientist par excellence, a great human being, a friend, and a Renaissance man
Vyacheslav Vasilevich (V.V.) Klimov (or Slava, as most of us called him) was born on January 12, 1945 and passed away on May 9, 2017. He began his...
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Human Contradictions
Discussing contradictions in the history of ornithology and taxonomic literature, as well as the myriad populartion vogues of natural history and...
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Paul Henry Latimer (1925–2011): discoverer of selective scattering in photosynthetic systems
We provide here a brief tribute to Paul Henry Latimer (November 25, 1925 to October 1, 2011), a dedicated biological physicist, discoverer of...
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Ferredoxin: the central hub connecting photosystem I to cellular metabolism
Ferredoxin (Fd) is a small soluble iron-sulfur protein essential in almost all oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. It contains a single [2Fe-2S]...
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A two-fold challenge: the experience of women of color in genomics
What can be done to encourage and support women of color in STEM fields? Genome Biology spoke with three women of color who have had success in the...
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Localization of nuclear-encoded mRNAs to mitochondria outer surface
The diverse functions of mitochondria depend on hundreds of different proteins. The vast majority of these proteins is encoded in the nucleus,...
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The Melin school: a personal memoir by Edward Hacskaylo
One of the pioneers of research on ectomycorrhizas in the mid-1900s was Elias Melin in Uppsala Sweden. The author spent a year in the Melin lab...
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Biophilic Design: The Stories of the Pioneers of the Social Movement
Biophilic design qualifies as a social movement as it was driven by a group of people with a shared vision and passion to achieve common goals. The...
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Obituary: Wolfgang Siegfried Gunther Maass 1929–2016
With the passing of Wolfgang Maass, Nova Scotia, Canada, and indeed the entire world of lichenology has lost an important pioneer in the...
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Training and Knowledge Transfer to Support Strong, Comprehensive National and International Plant Biosecurity Preparedness
Plant biosecurity has been defined as the protection of natural and managed plant systems from the emergence/introduction of pests that would...
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Highlights from the 11th ISCB Student Council Symposium 2015
A1 Highlights from the eleventh ISCB Student Council Symposium 2015
Katie Wilkins, Mehedi Hassan, Margherita Francescatto, Jakob Jespersen, R. Gonzalo...
