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In focus:
Magazine
Index image details, kindly supplied by
Rolf Dieter-Müller:
Pinus nigra leaf cross section, 15 µm, stained with Acridine Red,
Acriflavine and Astra Blue.
I prepared myself the cross section from Pinus nigra and stained with the W-3A
stain by Robin Wacker. Robin Wacker develops the staining process for paraffin
sections and published the process in the German magazine Mikrokosmos, 2006,
page 210-212.
The original procedure for paraffin sections is
here: http://www.aeisner.de/methoden/farb117.html
I
prefer sectioning without paraffin and tried the dehydration with
isopropyl alcohol. It was successful and I presented it in the German
Mikroskopie-Forum: http://www.mikroskopie-forum.de/read.php?2,41849,41849#msg-41849
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Meeting
notice:
Simon
Laman of Earthwatch has kindly provided us with
the following meeting notice, which includes
a lecture on plankton.
Earthwatch
Debate: Irreplaceable – the World’s Most Invaluable
Species
Thursday
20th November, 7.00pm-9.00pm, at the Royal
Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore,
London SW7
2AR.
The ever-popular and
thought-provoking Earthwatch Debate this year focuses on the world’s most
irreplaceable species – choose between bees, bats, fungi, plankton and primates
(but not man!), championed by leaders in their
field.
Chair -
Andrea
Catherwood, TV broadcaster & independent film producer
Our speakers for
the evening
Bats - Dr. Kate Jones, the
Zoological Society of
London
Bees - Dr. George McGavin,
Honorary
Research Associate, Oxford University Museum of Natural
History
Fungi
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Prof. Lynne Boddy, Cardiff School of
Biosciences
Plankton - Prof. David Thomas,
School of Ocean Sciences, University of Bangor
Primates
-
Ian Redmond OBE, Chairman of the Ape Alliance
Doors open at 6.00pm (cash bar);
debate to be followed by a second cash bar,
9.00-9.30pm.
Entrance free to Earthwatch
supporters; otherwise a small donation will be requested on the door. Optional
buffet supper, 9.00-10.30 – supper tickets £25.00
For tickets and more information,
please contact the Earthwatch Europe Events Department on (01865) 318856; events@earthwatch.org.uk
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Wellcome
Image Awards - an attractive gallery
of images by the winners of this competition.
With thanks to Bob Goldsack for letting us
know of the link.
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