Measurement and comparison of individual external doses of high-school students living in Japan, France, Poland and Belarus -- the "D-shuttle" project --

Twelve high schools in Japan (of which six are in Fukushima Prefecture), four in France, eight in Poland and two in Belarus cooperated in the measurement and comparison of individual external doses in 2014. In total 216 high-school students and teachers participated in the study. Each participant wore an electronic personal dosimeter "D-shuttle" for two weeks, and kept a journal of his/her whereabouts and activities. The distributions of annual external doses estimated for each region overlap with each other, demonstrating that the personal external individual doses in locations where residence is currently allowed in Fukushima Prefecture and in Belarus are well within the range of estimated annual doses due to the background radiation level of other regions/countries

A Fluorescent Activatable Probe for Imaging Intracellular Mg2+

An activatable BODIPY probe for in vitro detection and fluorescence cell imaging of free Mg2+ without interference from Ca2+ is described. Fluorescence amplification of the probe is observed upon detection of physiological concentrations of Mg2+ due to reduced rotation of the fluorophore and effective chelation by a quinolizine-based core

Additional file 2 of PMEL p.Leu18del dilutes coat color of Kumamoto sub-breed of Japanese Brown cattle

Additional file 2: Fig. S1. PMEL p.Leu18del is responsible for coat color dilution in Kumamoto sub-breed of Japanese Brown cattle

Additional file 1 of PMEL p.Leu18del dilutes coat color of Kumamoto sub-breed of Japanese Brown cattle

Additional file 1: Table S1. DNA polymorphisms in coat color-related genes identified by whole genome sequencing. Table S2. Number of animals used in each experiment