Hi I'm Paphrag. I'm new to the wikipedia thing and getting more hooked all the time.
I live in USA where I work as a molecular biologist. I am interested in topics regarding central Africa as I spent a couple years in the late 1980's in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire) in the Peace Corps. My hobbies include growing orchids (I specialize in Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium), birding, hiking, camping and photography.
Articles I initiated
- 100-Mile Wilderness
- Apheloria virginiensis
- Carolina Dog
- Castle Crags
- Chromosome microdissection
- Coleman National Fish Hatchery
- Donau-Schwabian
- Double minute
- Extrachromosomal DNA
- Genet (biology)
- Homogeneously staining region
- Kahuzi-Biéga National Park
- Laser capture microdissection
- Lucie Eyenga
- Opika
- Oreochromis niloticus
- Paul Mwanga
- Tissue microarray
- Transgene
Images I've contributed
- Photo of the 100-Mile Wilderness warning sign in Maine, USA
- Photo of North American millipede Apheloria virginiensis
- Photo of manioc plants under cultivation in Democratic Republic of Congo
- Photo of Castle Dome in California, USA
- Photo of cloning cell-line colonies using cloning rings
- Photo of die Felsenkirche (church of the rock) in Idar-Oberstein, Germany
- Photo of floatplane taking off from in Isle Royale Nat. Park, USA
- Photo of young women preparing fufu in Democratic Republic of Congo
- Photo of a statue of the Jain prophet Gomatheswara at Shravanabelagola, India
- Photo of the sign at the entrance to Kahuzi-Biéga National Park in Democratic Republic of Congo
- Photo of a kola nut pod
- Photo of flamingos nesting on the shoreline of Lake Bogoria in Kenya
- Photo of a man tapping palm wine
- Photo of the Pearl Mosque inside the Red Fort in Delhi, India
- Photo of the Penobscot River in Maine, USA
- Photo of Oreochromis niloticus in Democratic Republic of Congo
