Intro

Doug Thrower (thrower@lifesci.lscf.ucsb.edu)
Thu, 24 Oct 1996 13:56:01 +2100

I joined the cp discussion group about a week ago so I guess I should
introduce myself. My name is Doug Thrower, I am a postdoctoral researcher
in the Biology Dept. at the University of California at Santa Barbara. I
am currently involved in unraveling the biochemical mysteries of chromosome
movement using the common brewer's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a
model organism. I originally got into cp about 15 years ago.
Unfortunately, mold dispatched with most of them within a year. I rejoined
the cp world about 3 months ago through the cp database page on the web.
Thanks to the info provided through the various linking web sites, I was
able to find plant sources as well as cultivation info that will hopefully
help me keep the plants alive longer this time. My plants as before are
growing in a terrarium, but this time, as suggested in Barry Meyers-Rice's
home page, I have a small computer fan mounted on my fluorescent light
setup; it keeps the humidity at a reasonable level (thus inhibiting fungal
growth) as well as reducing the heat output of the lights. I currently
have the following species in cultivation: N. bicalcurata X khasiana, C.
follicularis, D. multifida extrema, D. adelae, D. capensis, and of course
the ubiquitous VFT; all quite healthy thus far. I look forward to
participating in the group as interesting topics come up or to call upon
the advice of the "cp doctors" should my plants get sick.

Doug Thrower