Hood College

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Neuroscience

Growth and Differentiation of Adult Hippocampal Arctic Ground Squirrel Neural Stem Cells

Kelly L. Drew¹, Rebecca C. McGee², Matthew S. Wells³, Judith A. Kelleher-Andersson⁴

¹Alaska Basic Neuroscience Program, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska at Fairbanks, ²Department Biochemistry, Hood College, ³Department of Cell Biology, Neuronascent, Inc., ⁴Research and Development, Neuronascent, Inc.

Neural stem cells were prepared from the hippocampus of adult non-hibernating yearling Arctic ground squirrels (AGS). These neural stem cells can be expanded through numerous passages, differentiated and maintained as a nearly 50:50 neuron to glial culture.

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A Video Surveillance System to Monitor Breeding Colonies of Common Terns (Sterna Hirundo)

Jennifer Lynn Wall^*1, Paul R. Marbán^*2, David F. Brinker³, Jeffery D. Sullivan⁴, Mia Zimnik⁵, Jennifer L. Murrow⁶, Peter C. McGowan⁷, Carl R. Callahan⁷, Diann J. Prosser⁸

¹Chesapeake Conservation Corps, Chesapeake Bay Trust, ²Department of Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Science, University of Maryland, ³Natural Heritage Program, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, ⁴Natural Systems Analyst, ⁵Department of Biology, Hood College, ⁶Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, ⁷U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Chesapeake Bay Field Office, ⁸U.S. Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

This paper describes a protocol that uses a remote video monitoring surveillance system to continuously monitor breeding colonies of ground-nesting waterbirds. The system includes five cameras monitoring individual nests and one camera monitoring the colony as a whole, and is powered by car batteries that are recharged via solar panels.