User talk:Gfanucci

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Thanks, Gail--Gfanucci (talk) 20:44, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Day 1
Welcome to Wikipedia. Here's a huge load of information in an impersonal format. --Moni3 (talk) 23:56, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Account Names

 * Account name for Yong-Mo Ahn


 * My wiki name is Ymahn and I created antimicrobial peptides->protegrin page and updated sections, structure, Antimicrobial Activities, [edit] Determination of AMP action and Bacterial Resistance.

Account Names

 * Account name for Kyle


 * My wiki name is Lunska and I would like to make a link from second messenger system to lipid signaling page. Also, I will edit the lipid signaling page to include some history about how lipids were discovered to be second messengers.Kyle

--Lunska (talk) 16:07, 21 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Account name for Xi Huang


 * My username is rochellehx. I will work on Cardiolipin. There has a page about cardiolipin already. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiolipin. The level is Stub. --Rochellehx (talk) 16:43, 13 April 2009 (UTC)rochellehx


 * Account name for Ian De Vera


 * My username is idevera. I will work on sphingolipid second messengers. On the lipid signaling page, I'll do my best to improve Section 1, entitled "Second Messengers." Under this section, I will create five new subsections, namely: ceramide, sphingosine, sphingosine-1-phosphate, glucosylceramide and ceramide-1-phosphate. --Idevera (talk) 02:07, 6 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Account name for Matt Chandler


 * Its Matt and my acount name is MBChandl. I'll be writing about cubic phase lipids, however, there is not really an article on cubic phase lipids...they are mentioned in an article talking about liquid crystals, but that is it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MBChandl (talk • contribs) 19:04, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


 * You have the option of either writing an article on cubic phase (lipids) or expanding a sub-section on each phase in Lipid polymorphism. The article on Cubic crystal system might be a useful comparison. Tim Vickers (talk) 17:35, 6 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I suggest that you edit Lipid polymorphism. You can add examples of the HexII, HexI, Lamellar and then Cubic Phase to the main list and describe the cubic phases in more detail. We can try to find someone else to add information about HexII or HexI phases, and even Bicelles.--Gfanucci (talk) 00:49, 7 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Account name for William Hardy


 * My username is William-the-chemist. I will be writing about cell penetrating peptides but more specifically about mechanisms of membrane translocation. I will also add to the introduction and maybe add a subsection about the history of cell penetrating peptides. —Preceding unsigned comment added by William-the-chemist (talk • contribs) 22:39, 7 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Account name for Lamees Hegazy


 * My user name is The hope. I will write about the hydrophobicity scales and the different methods used to obtain the scale since there is no existing wiki page about this topic.--The hope (talk) 21:58, 8 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Account name for Lisette Fred


 * Hi. My username is LFred 3. I would like to do my wikipedia page on platlet activating factor. I will be editing a page on wikipedia on platlet activating factor.


 * Account name for Star Gonzales


 * Hi it's star and my username is star.gonzales. I'll be editing a page on ATP-binding cassette transporter particularly on sections of function, structure, and method of operation. The page is currently Start-Class.--Star.gonzales (talk) 21:22, 14 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Account name for Jacina Redden


 * Hello Dr. Fanucci, My username is Dream22. Initially I was going to do an overview of non-lamellar phases but decided to narrow my topic. Therefore, my topic will be "Ethanol Induced Non-Lamellar Phases for Phosopholipids". I will give a brief introduction of factors that lead to polymorphism/mesomorhphism for lipids, compare non-lamellar phases versus lamellar phases, described different analytical techniques used to study lipid phases primarily (Atomic-Scale Molecular Dynamic Simulations and Nearest Neighbor Recognition), describe the overall importance of ethanol, present scholarly research that supports how ethanol can induce non-lamellar/non-bilayer phases in phospholipids,how this process can be hindered in the presence of sterol compounds such as cholesterol, and the significance of these findings.Dream22 (talk) 06:55, 15 April 2009 (UTC)Dream22


 * Account name for Whitney Stutts
 * Hi Dr. Fanucci,My username is Wlstutts. I plan to improve the existing page on lipid rafts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipid_raft. The references for this page are all from before 2005. This information needs to be updated. Thanks!--Wlstutts (talk) 13:46, 19 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Accunt Name for Zhi Zhu


 * My username is zz6. I will work on Endocytosis. There has a page about Endocytosis already, which is a start level. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocytosis Thanks --Zz6 (talk) 01:01, 21 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Account Name for Herbert
 * My user name is trebreh2013. I will be working on the page Cerebrosides. --Trebreh2013 (talk) 19:40, 21 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Account name for Zheng Zheng
 * Hi, Professor Fanucci, my username is laozhengzz. I and Hao Liu both are now working on Membrane Receptor. Although there already has a page about Transmembrane receptor and the level is Start, but the information and the composition are quite different from what we planed to do. So, we decide to open a new entry with the name Membrane receptor. --Laozhengzz (talk) 4:39, 23 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Account name for Hao Liu
 * Hi, Professor Fanucci, my username is haoliulh. Zheng Zheng and I opened a new entry named Membrane receptor, Thanks! --Haoliulh (talk) 4:48, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Clarification and Questions from Ian de Vera
Perhaps Pam misunderstood me on which page I'm going to edit. I'm not editing the Second Messenger Systems page but the Lipid Signaling page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipid_signaling. When I clicked the link in the Articles and Members section of our Biomembranes wiki page, I was surprised to know that I was assigned to edit a different article. The article on Second Messenger Systems is a very broad topic since it encompasses basically all types of second messengers. Whereas the page I proposed to edit is more focused on lipid signaling, with a section on second messenger lipids (Section 1)--same topic I presented in class (only, I focused on sphingolipid second messengers). As far as I can remember, Kyle informed me that she will be working on phosphatidylinositol and its derivatives, so I think we will just combine our individual contributions to the mentioned section in the Lipid Signaling article.

I'm just wondering if editing one section of an article will be enough to elevate the quality of the article to GA... or do we still have to edit the rest of the article even if those sections are beyond the scope of the talk we gave in class? The article is currently Start Class..--Idevera (talk) 20:38, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Lipid Signaling Article (Ian de Vera)

Hi, I would just like to inform you that I edited the lipid signaling page (first attempt). I just couldn't figure out how to upload the figure I created using ChemSketch (ACDLabs 12.0). The file was exported as .png.

Also, I'm not sure if the format for my references is correct. I visited other wiki pages, and most reference styles explicitly show the PMID. I'm crossing my fingers that changing the reference format to this one is not that cumbersome..

For comparison, I saved the html files for both the previous and current versions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Idevera (talk • contribs) 09:05, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

The link posted was spelled incorrectly: signaling lipids2.png != signalling lipids2.pngMarsInSVG (talk) 20:24, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Admin help
Hi there, if you need any help with this project please get in touch, either on my talk page, or by e-mail. Tim Vickers (talk) 19:07, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Tim, yes, please help in any way. I can assist with most of the Wikipedia issues, but there are some that I cannot advise on. Particularly the question above: should the student create an article for cubic phase lipids or will it be merged into another? --Moni3 (talk) 19:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I think it is ok to create an article for cubic phase lipids. The article will most likely be rather distinct from the liquid crystal article. --Biophyschem (talk) 19:24, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Article Does Not Exist
Dr. Fanucci or Moni3,

I notice that when i click on my topic from the group page nothing appears and it says that I'm currently editing. Yes, I am editing the page but I don't understand why nothing appears on the page at all since I have submit information for readers to make edits before my final submission. --Dream22 (talk) 01:15, 23 April 2009 (UTC)Dream22


 * perhaps I have the link incorrect. When I go to your talk page, the link is correct so I will look into this. Thanks for letting me know. --Gfanucci (talk) 13:07, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

License tag for image
The license tag error was for the first image that I uploaded. If you check the file info, it's already the fourth version of the image--the license tag of which, is already valid. Idevera (talk) 04:04, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Encyclopedia-like
I did not define the technical terms for most of the write up because I thought that if the reader will just click on the word that is unfamiliar to them, they will be brought to a linked page which will give them additional information. Also, I thought that defining all the terms will make the article inordinately long, and it also defeats the purpose of putting the links. I will try my best to rewrite some of the sentences to make it more appealing to a "high school" audience. Idevera (talk) 04:16, 24 April 2009 (UTC)


 * If you get so inspired that you want to take the article to WP:FA so that it may appear on the main page, you will be asked to make the article accessible to readers ranging from high school to professionals in the field. This would entail explaining many of the scientific terms per the jargon policy. Some issues are so complex they require and "Introduction to" article per Virus and Introduction to virus. Don't worry about length. Someone keeps those statistics for featured articles. You can see them here. Lipid signaling has 45 kB of prose. You would have to double the text in the article to make it on that list. --Moni3 (talk) 13:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Problem Solved
Dr. Fanucci,

I was able to figure out what was wrong. Sorry for the inconvenience but thanks for the quick response. --Dream22 (talk) 02:01, 26 April 2009 (UTC)Dream22

Assignment Complete
Dr. Fanucci,

I'm done completing my article. Also, I forgot to log in during my final editing to the article. Therefore, under the history section of my article my signature name will not displayed but the number 72.188.148.72 refers to my contributions and editing to the article. This project did require a lot of time but it was very beneficial and I feel that I have provided very useful information for researchers interested in the topic ;)I hope that you continue on with this project in future courses. --Dream22 (talk) 16:14, 27 April 2009 (UTC)Dream22