Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?

2014-05-02 Thread Ruth McDowell
A friend who worked closely with Inuit hunters in the Arctic told me that they eat botfly larvae from under the skin of caribou they have killed. Ruth On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Judith S. Weis jw...@andromeda.rutgers.eduwrote: I've never heard of pea crabs being consumed on purpose.

[ECOLOG-L] Evenly coating glass beads

2012-10-10 Thread Ruth McDowell
Does anyone have experience coating glass beads with extracts or any type of chemical? If so I have a few questions on obtaining an even coating and would appreciate a reply off list. Thank you! Ruth McDowell Ph.D. candidate University of Alabama at Birmingham

[ECOLOG-L] Macroalgal protein extraction methods

2012-02-16 Thread Ruth McDowell
algal protein extraction methods? I'm particularly interested in discussing the pros and cons of commercial kits vs. non-commercial extractions. If you have experience in algal protein extraction and are willing to discuss some methods, please respond to me off-list. Thank you very much! Ruth

[ECOLOG-L] PSA 2011 Prescott Award: Call for Nominations

2011-01-20 Thread Ruth McDowell
*2011 Prescott Award: Call for Nominations* The Phycological Society of America is soliciting nominations for the Prescott Award presented to the author(s) of the most outstanding scholarly book and/or monograph (excluding edited volumes) in English devoted to phycology published during the

[ECOLOG-L] know a company that sells agar oligosaccharides?

2011-01-11 Thread Ruth McDowell
Hi all, I know this may be a long shot, but I am looking for a company that sells agaro-oligosaccharides. It's time intensive to purify them and I am running out of time to make them before my field season. I'm mainly interested in buying neoagarohexaose, but I would also purchase a mix of oligos

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Quantifying color change

2010-04-19 Thread Ruth McDowell
Hi ecologgers, Has anyone used a stain or a fluorescent probe to assess settlement of algal spores on macroalgae or similar? I'm looking for some advice. Thanks in advance, Ruth PhD student University of Alabama at Birmingham

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Spending the taxpayer's money: Was Palin laughs at fruit fly research

2008-10-30 Thread Ruth McDowell
Thats why Obama's google for government bill is such a great idea. Right now there is absolutely no transparency and we have a right to know how and where tax money is being spent, how much is unaccounted for, etc... I'd wager that the public would be a hell of a lot angrier to know how much