Flow and wakes in large wind farms in complex terrain and offshore

Power losses due to wind turbine wakes are of the order of 10 and 20% of total power output in large wind farms. The focus of this research carried out within the EC funded UPWIND project is wind speed and turbulence modelling for large wind farms/wind turbines in complex terrain and offshore in order to optimise wind farm layouts to reduce wake losses and loads

Comparative analysis of anti-mouse SRY antibodies

The Y chromosome gene SRY is the initiator of male sexual differentiation in mammals, but the molecular and cellular mechanisms operating downstream of SRY remain undefined. A deeper understanding of these issues relies on the ability to visualize SRY protein endogenously under a number of experimental conditions. Here we compare the specificity and effectiveness of several available antibodies to mouse SRY. Two antibodies cross-reacted with other SOX proteins in immunofluorescence analyses of transfected cells, and one of these two was unable to detect SRY on Western blots. A third antibody was both avid and specific, and was able to detect endogenous SRY in developing Sertoli cells in mouse genital ridges. Our findings underline the need to distinguish between useful and spurious reagents for biochemical and immunolocalization studies involving mouse SRY protein