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Researcher in anaerobic cell biology. With Donald G. Lindmark, Müller characterized the hydrogenosome and its role in pyruvate metabolism, connecting an unusual organelle with energy production without oxygen.[ref]
Researcher in gene silencing. Fire and collaborators demonstrated potent sequence-specific interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans, providing an experimental foundation for RNA interference.[ref]
Researcher in developmental gene regulation. Lee and collaborators identified small RNAs encoded by lin-4 microRNA with complementarity to lin-14, establishing a molecular basis for a new form of developmental regulation.[ref]
Researcher in genome defense. Aravin and collaborators investigated a piRNA pathway linked to new DNA methylation in mice, connecting individual transposable elements with small-RNA-guided genomic regulation.[ref]
Researcher in epigenetic inheritance. Ashe and collaborators investigated multigenerational memory triggered by piRNAs in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline, connecting a small-RNA signal with a persistent inherited state.[ref]
Researcher in epigenetics. Zilberman and collaborators investigated ARGONAUTE4 control of small-RNA accumulation and DNA and histone methylation, connecting RNA-guided targeting with localized chromatin regulation.[ref]
Researcher in nucleic acid-guided interference. Swarts and collaborators investigated DNA-guided DNA interference by a prokaryotic Argonaute, connecting sequence recognition by a guide with selective action on a target.[ref]
DNA-guided DNA interference by a prokaryotic Argonaute by Daan C. Swarts and others. Title, author list and reported study
Researcher in plant gene silencing. Herr and collaborators investigated RNA polymerase IV in silencing endogenous DNA, connecting a specialized transcription enzyme with regulation of genomic sequences.[ref]
RNA polymerase IV directs silencing of endogenous DNA by A. J. Herr and others. Title, author list and reported study
Researcher in microbial evolution. Imachi and collaborators isolated an archaeon relevant to the prokaryote–eukaryote transition, connecting cultivation of a previously inaccessible organism with hypotheses about complex-cell origins.[ref]
Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote-eukaryote interface by Hiroyuki Imachi and others. Title, author list and reported study
Xinran Wang is the first-listed author of Atomic layer deposition of metal oxides on pristine and functionalized graphene by Xinran Wang and others. The experiments show that atomic layer deposition grows preferentially at edges and defects on pristine graphene, whereas surface functionalization enables more uniform coating. This makes surface chemistry an explicit control on film nucleation.[ref]
Adrianus I. Aria is the first-listed author of Parameter space of atomic layer deposition of ultrathin oxides on graphene by Adrianus I. Aria and others. The study examines conditions for atomic layer deposition of ultrathin oxide films on graphene. It connects a deposition process to the challenge of obtaining controlled coverage on an atomically thin surface.[ref]
Ashish K. Khandpur is the first-listed author of Polyisoprene-polystyrene diblock copolymer phase diagram near the order-disorder transition by Ashish K. Khandpur and others. The work examines the phase diagram of a diblock copolymer, where the chemically different blocks organize into distinct microstructures. Its measurements near the ordering transition connect molecular composition and segregation to the morphology of the material.[ref]
Neha Arora is the first-listed author of Kinetics and energetics of metal halide perovskite conversion reactions at the nanoscale by Neha Arora and others. The study examines how conversion reactions proceed in nanoscale metal-halide perovskites, connecting reaction rate and energetics to material formation. The verified authorship identifies this particular research contribution without attributing unrelated same-name work.[ref]
Shunsuke Sakurai is the first-listed author of A phenomenological model for selective growth of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes based on catalyst deactivation by Shunsuke Sakurai and others. The work uses catalyst deactivation to model why growth conditions can select semiconducting carbon nanotubes. It connects a change in catalyst activity to the composition of the resulting nanotube population.[ref]
C. Cawthorne coauthored Voids in irradiated stainless steel by C. Cawthorne and E. J. Fulton, reporting microscopic cavities in irradiated stainless steel. A related coauthored study, High-temperature Embrittlement of Stainless Steel irradiated in Fast Fluxes by A. S. Fraser and others, examines loss of high-temperature ductility. Together these contributions connect observations of irradiation damage to distinct dimensional and mechanical changes.[ref][ref]
E. J. Fulton coauthored Voids in irradiated stainless steel by C. Cawthorne and E. J. Fulton. The report describes thin-foil electron microscopy of irradiated type 316 stainless steel, making cavities visible inside the material. These observations connect a microscopic defect population to the phenomenon of void swelling.[ref]
Voids in irradiated stainless steel by C. Cawthorne and E. J. Fulton. opening experimental description
Rory Hulse coauthored An atomistic modelling study of the properties of dislocation loops in zirconium by Rory Hulse and Christopher P. Race. The work constructs and relaxes atomistic models of dislocation loops in zirconium, comparing their energies, shapes and orientations. Such comparisons help connect microscopic defects with irradiation growth in a structural material.[ref]
Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project
Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
Intro to OurBigBook
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- a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
- a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.
Figure 1. Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page. View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivativeVideo 2. OurBigBook Web topics demo. Source. - local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
- to OurBigBook.com to get awesome multi-user features like topics and likes
- as HTML files to a static website, which you can host yourself for free on many external providers like GitHub Pages, and remain in full control
Figure 2. You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either OurBigBook.com or as a static website.
Figure 3. Visual Studio Code extension installation.
Figure 5. . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally. Video 3. Edit locally and publish demo. Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension. 
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