Andrew Rowan graduated from Queen’s University Belfast (2004) with a degree in medicinal chemistry. During this time, he has spent two summer placements as a synthetic chemist in the chemical industry at C.S.S. (Chemical Synthesis Services). He is currently studying for his PhD under the supervision of Chris Hamilton at Queen’s University Belfast. His research focuses on the synthesis of cell-p...

Species composition, frequency distribution of diameter classes, species diversity, and stem vitality of woody plants were analyzed in a Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb.) forests in permanent quadrates of Mt. Nam and Mt. Jeombong, which were installed for Long Term Ecological Research (LTER). The principal objective of this study was to clarify the ecological characteristics of...

In plants, apomixis results in the production of clonal offspring via seed and can provide reproductive assurance for isolated individuals. However, many apomicts require pollination to develop functional endosperm for successful seed set (pseudogamy) and therefore risk pollination-limitation, particularly in self-incompatible species that require heterospecific pollen. We used microsatellite p...

Sharad P. Adekar, Igor Klyubin, Sally Macy, Michael J. Rowan, Alan Solomon, Scott K. Dessain, and Brian O’Nuallain From the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania 19096, the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland, and the Human Immunology and Cancer Program, Department of Medicine, U...