User:Ikehiker

I am recently retired from a position as a research scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. My primarily research focus was on the use of insect cell cultures in the study of insect viruses. The major goal of this research is to develop insect viruses as biological control agents against pest insects. I have written Wiki pages on Sf21 (an insect cell line used widely in biotechnology) and Cypovirus and contributed images and some text to the Baculovirus article.

In my spare time, I enjoy hiking and backpacking (thus the reason for my adopting the user name Ikehiker) and have also contributed to some enthusiast forums on Pocket PCs. As part of this activity, I have created a WiFi Guide to instruct users of these devices on how to connect them to the Internet.

Image Contributions
Image:Baculovirus.jpg|Electron micrograph of a nucleopolyhedrovirus occlusion body File:Npv-life cycle-en.jpg|Diagram of a NPV life cycle Image:nucleopolyhedrovirus.jpg|Diagram of a Nucleopolyhedrovirus Image:CPV-em.jpg|Electron micrograph of a cypovirus occlusion body Image:cypovirus-diagram.jpg|Diagram of a cypovirus Image:Sf21.jpg|Insect cell line Image:Pdv-host.jpg|Diagram of polydnavirus and host relationship