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Kimiko Monique Mirabal
No full textRodney James Mirabal's daughter Kimiko Monique Mirabal in her Christmas outfi
Phaeodactylum tricornutum as a food source for Texas oysters
No full textMentor: Ivy C. Jones, Ph.D.Could the algae Phaeodactylum tricornutum serve as an adequate form of nutrition for seed oysters of species C. virginica? Water sheds of interest: the Laguna Madre and the Copano Bay water sheds Laguna Madre: “Southern Oysters” Copano Bay: “Northern Oysters
Ralph Galvan Orchestra at C.P.O Club
No full textAngled View of the Ralph Galvan Orchestra playing at the C.P.O Clu
Recruitment Dynamics of Serpulid Worms in Baffin Bay, Texas: Implications for Habitat Restoration in a Hypersaline Estuary
No full textLow inflows cause predominantly hypersaline conditions in Baffin Bay, TX (USA), which are inhospitable for oysters, the
dominant reef-builder in other northern Gulf of Mexico estuaries. Instead, extensive biogenic reefs contain dense aggregations of the ubiquitous tube-building serpulid worm, Hydroides dianthus. The distribution and size of these reefs have
declined over the last several decades. Although serpulid reef habitats have increased in conservation importance, there is a
need for ecological knowledge to inform resource management and habitat restoration planning. This study examined spatial and temporal recruitment patterns of serpulid worms and other encrusting species over an 18-month-long period, using
recruitment tiles, and live serpulid reef as a reference. Recruitment of H. dianthus occurs year-round; however, the greatest
recruitment occurs between September and December. No consistent differences in serpulid recruitment were detected among
locations within Baffin Bay, which could be because salinity and temperature were similar among locations, and/or because
sampling replication was low. H. dianthus cover was greater on the lower surface of horizontally oriented recruitment tiles
(28% cover), whereas Amphibalanus eburneus (barnacle) cover dominated the upper surface of tiles (34% cover). Furthermore, there is no evidence that predation by megafauna (>1 cm) is hindering serpulid recruitment. There is sufficient larval
supply of H. dianthus to suggest that the restoration of serpulid reefs can be successful by providing additional substrate
with appropriate microhabitat complexity. Study findings can be used to support planning and successful implementation
of serpulid reef restoration
Paging the clinical informatics community: Respond STAT to Dobbs v. Jackson's Women's Health Organization
No full textIf the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was a wake-up call that clinical informatics and digital health play vital roles in our future, the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (Dobbs)[1] is a blaring alarm. Dobbs, which overturned Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, allows states to individually regulate access to abortion. This ruling has triggered the enforcement of existing state laws that ban or restrict abortion and efforts to pass similar new laws
MariClus: Your one-stop platform for information on marine natural products, their gene clusters and producing organisms
No full textBackground: The marine environment hosts the vast majority of living species and marine microbes that produce natural products with great potential in providing lead compounds for drug development. With over 70% of Earth’s surface covered in water and the high interaction rate associated with liquid environments, this has resulted in many marine natural product discoveries. Our improved understanding of the biosynthesis of these molecules, encoded by gene clusters, along with increased genomic information will aid us in uncovering even more novel compounds. Results: We introduce MariClus (https://www.mariclus.com), an online user-friendly platform for mining and visualizing marine gene clusters. The first version contains information on clusters and the predicted molecules for over 500 marine-related prokaryotes. The user-friendly interface allows scientists to easily search by species, cluster type or molecule and visualize the information in table format or graphical representation. Conclusions: This new online portal simplifies the exploration and comparison of gene clusters in marine species for scientists and assists in characterizing the bioactive molecules they produce. MariClus integrates data from public sources, like GenBank, MIBiG and PubChem, with genome mining results from antiSMASH. This allows users to access and analyze various aspects of marine natural product biosynthesis and diversity.This research was funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), grant number S001422N, and by a PWO grant with acronym MetaTec, provided by Howest University College and the Flemish Government