User:Zephyris

Hi and welcome to my user page. First things first: I love seeing my images used, if you want to use any of my images for any purpose just email me (zephyris[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk) or leave me a message on my talk page to sort it out... In general I am happy with:

• For academic and non-profit work; a reference to me (Richard Wheeler (Zephyris)) and a link to the image page in question.
• For for-profit usage; please get in touch with me for permission. I normally ask for a reference and a link as mentioned above, but I do suggest a donation to me and/or Wikipedia.
• If you are interested in commissioning an image please get in touch with me at RichardWheeler.net.

Also please don't hesitate to make suggestions on any of my illustrations or any alterations you would like to see.

Galleries

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  The fine structure of a leaf showing the major tissues.

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  The bacteriophage lambda genome.

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  The structure of DNA.

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  The early stages of human embryogenesis.

For more illustrations by me see my gallery.

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  Light microscope oil immersion objective lenses.

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  Stress induced birefringence generating rainbow coloured fringes in transparent plastic in polarised light.

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  Microchips with transparent windows showing the integrated circuit inside. Note the fine silver wires connecting the circuit to the microchip legs.

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  Detail of the vasculature of a bramble leaf.

For more photos by me see my photo gallery

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  Micrograph of paper autofluorescing under UV light.

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  Diatomaceous earth, a central component of dynamite, as seen by bright field light microscopy.

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  Promastigote form Leishmania as seen by scanning electron microscopy.

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  Fibrous caffeine crystals as seen by dark field light microscopy.

For more micrographs by me see my micrograph gallery

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  An animation of the 3D structure of DNA.

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  An animation of a four stroke engine as commonly found in cars.

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  The airflow and basic mechanism of a turbofan engine.

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  Photonasty in Oxalis triangularis.

For more videos and animations by me see my animations gallery and my video gallery

Real world me

I am a 25 year old from Burghfield Common which is near Reading, Berkshire, England. I have recently finished studying my undergraduate degrees in natural sciences at the University of Cambridge, I now have a bachelor's and a master's degree in biochemistry. I have now moved to Oxford University to study for a four year Wellcome Trust PhD in infection, immunology and translational medicine.

My primary academic interests are biochemistry, molecular biology and physics, and have done approximately one third of my undergraduate degree on each of these areas. My current research focus is on the cell biology of Leishmania differentiation and infection. Other interests include music (both listening and performing, I play trumpet and piano to about grade 8 standard), photography and graphic design. I also have a bit of a passion for open source software and primarily use open source programs like the GIMP, blender and inkscape for my contributions. I also heavily contribute graphics to OpenTTD.

I also spend far too much time on Wikipedia...

Some Websites

I have a personal illustration portfolio and science website, have a look around... RichardWheeler.net.

You can find me at these places too!

Deviantart

Last.fm

Facebook

Twitter

Blogspot

Youtube

Instructables

Publications

• Dushek O, Aleksic M, Wheeler RJ, Zhang H, Cordoba SP, Peng YC, Chen JL, Cerundolo V, Dong T, Coombs D, van der Merwe PA (June 2011). "Antigen potency and maximal efficacy reveal a mechanism of efficient T cell activation". Sci Signal 4 (176): ra39. doi:10.1126/scisignal.2001430. PMID 21653229. 
• Wheeler RJ, Gluenz E, Gull K (February 2011). "The cell cycle of Leishmania: morphogenetic events and their implications for parasite biology". Mol Microbiol 79 (3): 647-62. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07479. PMID 21255109. 
• Wheeler RJ (June 2010). "The trypanolytic factor-mechanism, impacts and applications". Trends Parasitol 26 (9): 457-64. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2010.05.005. PMID 20646962. 
• Vaughan S, Kohl L, Ngai I, Wheeler RJ, Gull K (January 2008). "A repetitive protein essential for the flagellum attachment zone filament structure and function in Trypanosoma brucei". Protist 159 (1): 127-36. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2007.08.005. PMID 17945531. 

Barnstars

		The DNA Barnstar
		Thank you for all your biology-related work at Wikipedia including editing of articles such as Trypanosoma brucei and the uploading of images such as Trypanosomatid Cellular Forms. Thanks for your work on PCR-related articles, Mating of yeast, Transposon-related articles, various RNA and DNA-related articles.....and all your other edits. This DNA Barnstar, is meant to be "a good thing" and hopefully to contribute to motivation in support of your future Wikipedia contributions. --JWSchmidt 22:44, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For all you hard work in improving Biological value. I, Quadzilla99, award you this barnstar. Thanks so much for your contributions. --Quadzilla99 13:59, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		Well done! The compression ratio correction truly makes this a gif worthy of being featured. I'm a little disappointed that I've lost an FP in the process, but as they say all good things must come to end... At any rate, for you work to enhance and replace the old gif, and your swift correction of the compression ration, I hereby award you The Graphic Designer's Barnstar. Outstanding effort, and keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 22:19, 29 August 2010 (UTC)