Species-specific typing of DNA based on palindrome frequency patterns (Publications)
DNA in its natural, double-stranded form may contain palindromes, sequences which read the same from either side because they are identical to their reverse complement on the sister strand. Short pali
Genetic diversification of <em>Neisseria meningitidis</em> during waves of colonization and disease in the meningitis belt of sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
Although Neisseria meningitidis is a highly variable organism, most invasive disease is caused by a minority of genotypes. Hypervirulent lineages have been identified and their pandemic spread has bee
Evidence based public health - the example of air pollution (Publications)
Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) has become a common paradigm in medicine. The notion that action should be based on scientific evidence also applies to public health. The assessment of evidence and the
Long-term health effects of particulate and other ambient air pollution: research can progress faster if we want it to (Publications)
There is need for the assessment of long-term effects of outdoor air pollution. In fact, a considerable part of the large amount of U.S. research money that has been dedicated to investigate effects o
Regional distribution of glycine receptor messenger RNA in the central nervous system of zebrafish (Publications)
We report the cloning of the zebrafish beta subunit of the glycine receptor and compare the anatomical distribution of three glycine receptor subunit constituents in adult zebrafish brain (alphaZ1, al
Inhibitors of adenosine consuming parasites through polymer-assisted solution phase synthesis of lipophilic 5'-amido-5'-deoxyadenosine... (Publications)
Given the more or less global spread of multidrug-resistant plasmodia, structurally diverse starting points for the development of chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of malaria are urgently nee