User talk:NighthawkJ

Welcome!

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DNA recombination

Hi there, I was trying in this section to discuss homologous recombination such as occurs between sister chromatids. I don't think this involves double-strand breaks. Is it not clear which type is being discussed? TimVickers 22:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I see. I've replaced your change in the article. Thanks for spotting my error! :) TimVickers 23:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for Autism contribution

Thanks for your recent edit to Autism#Genetic component. You saved me a lot of work; one of these days I was going to wade into that part of the article, which was quite messy, and your rewrite is better than what I would have done. I just now added some wikilinks to it. Please edit more, if you can spare the time!

Perhaps the point is moot now but what I was going to add is a brief summary of Beaudet AL (2007). "Autism: highly heritable but not inherited". Nat Med. 13 (5): 534–6. doi:10.1038/nm0507-534. PMID 17479094.. Beaudet covers both Jacquemont et al. and Sebat et al. I'm a sucker for memorable phrases like "highly heritable but not inherited". Eubulides 07:13, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lyme disease microbiology

Thanks for your excellent contributions to this article. In this edit [1] you expanded the explanation of the Osp proteins, but also deleted the Bergstrom(1989) citation and associated text. I don't understand your reason for this deletion from your edit summary (Osps are lipoproteins presumed to play a role not only in virulence, but also in persistence in the tick). Why did you delete Bergstrom(1989)? - Neparis 00:39, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That was a mistake on my part -- sorry about that. I restored the Bergstrom 1989 citation, which supports the statement that the sequences of OspA and B are similar. I deleted the statement about the similarity to prokaryotic lipoprotein signal sequences because most of the Osps, not only OspA and B, have been shown experimentally to be lipoproteins in various papers published since 1989. There is now a general statement in the first paragraph of the Osp section, and I plan to enter the appropriate citations soon. NighthawkJ 01:07, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, no problems; thanks for restoring it. I look forward to the additional citations. Keep up the good work! - Neparis 03:47, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hepatitis B virus

Thank you for your very helpful comments. I'll make a new diagram of the genome incorporating your suggestions. Best wishes GrahamColm ^Talk 11:57, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lyme disease work

NighthawkJ, Thank you for your Lyme disease work. I am new to the article and Wikipedia but I am here to help if I can. It concerns me when fringe POV editors like Elena Cook/Freyfaxi/shine-a-lite/shine a lite/etc. turn an important article like Lyme into a battleground for their personal beliefs. Also am I wrong on this or is chronic Lyme something the medical community does not currently accept? I'm kind of a scientifically minded person so I can get swayed by evidence, but it looks from my reading the chronic Lyme position is just a few doctors in an association with kinda loose membership requirements (ILADS). RetroS1mone talk 14:51, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have been asked by another editor to look at this article, and have made some comments there. I know you'll see it there, but I wanted to let the key people in the discussion know. I'm not looking at technical aspects for now. DGG (talk) 20:08, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Babesia life cycle human en.svg

hi i am LadyofHats and i just finished doing a diagram on the babesiosis, i was looking for biologist or Medical doctors who could check my work and tell me if they find any visible mistake before i add the images to the articles, it would be of great help if you could have a look at them and let me know your opinion.. thanks. -LadyofHats (talk) 21:21, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Survey request

Hi,
I need your help. I am working on a research project at Boston College, studying creation of medical information on Wikipedia. You are being contacted, because you have been identified as an important contributor to one or more articles.

Would you will be willing to answer a few questions about your experience? We've done considerable background research, but we would also like to gather the insight of the actual editors. Details about the project can be found at the user page of the project leader, geraldckane. Survey questions can be found at geraldckane/medsurvey. Your privacy and confidentiality will be strictly protected!

The questions should only take a few minutes. I hope you will be willing to complete the survey, as we do value your insight. Please do not hesitate to contact me or Professor Kane if you have any questions.

Thank You, Sam4bc (talk) 17:19, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template

I guess the old version is still in your browser's cache, see Wikipedia:Purge. Tim Vickers (talk) 18:33, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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