JOHN HUNTER'S COFFIN.

The Coffin-Lowry syndrome.

The Coffin-Siris syndrome.

We report a white female infant with typical features of Coffin-Siris syndrome including thick eyebrows, flat nasal bridge, anteverted, wide nose tip, generalised hypertrichosis, scalp hypotrichosis, absence of the fifth fingernails and toenails, absence of the distal phalanges of the fifth fingers and of the second to fifth toes, small patellae, inguinal hernia, and sucking and feeding difficu...

Coffin-Siris syndrome.

In 1970 Coffin and Siris described three unrelated female children with severe mental and developmental retardation, sparse scalp hair, and coarse appearing facies with bushy eyebrows, a wide mouth, and thick lips. There were, in addition, lax joints and brachydactyly of the fifth digits of both hands and feet with absence of the nails and terminal phalanges.' To our knowledge, there have been ...

Inquiring Rock Hunters

The Inquiring Rock Hunters project is an example of Citizen Inquiry. Adult citizens designed and ran their own investigations in geology, through the online platform called nQuire, while collaborating with scientists. Analysis of the investigations shows patterns of collaboration and mentoring between novice, intermediate and expert geologists, however further work is needed to create a self-su...

Hunters of Nemrik