User talk:Graham Beards

Hello Graham I am completing the second edition of my book Quantum Reality and would like to include one of your images in the section on wave/particle duality. Specifically, I would like permission to use the image of a double slit interference pattern in green light: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment#/media/File:Young's_slits.jpg

Many thanks! Jonathan — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 31.51.67.147 (talk) 10:33, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Hello Jonathan, I am am happy (and pleased) for you to include my image in your book. Please credit Dr Graham Beards, and provide a link if possible.

Best regards,

Graham Beards

Excellent! Many thanks. Would you like a link to the image, or to something else (eg this page??) — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 31.51.67.147 (talk) 17:12, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

A link to the image would be a bonus. Good luck with the book. Graham Beards (talk) 18:43, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Hello Graham, I am an anaesthetist editing a text book for obstetric anaesthetists with Springer Publishers. We would really like to use your image 'coagulation in vivo' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coagulation) in one of our chapters. Could you let me know if this is possible?

Many thanks Signed Phillips

Many thanks Graham, thats much appreciated.

Sioned

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August Blue

The picture you provided for "August Blue", a painting by Henry Tuke, is actually a scanned image of a print of that painting. You can see the paper grain and "flat" look of an inkjet print - not a painting. The best image I could find of it was provided at the Tate,but I'm not sure how their license works. http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/tuke-august-blue-n01613 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelt65 (talk • contribs) 01:39, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

electron microscope

Hello,

I work at CNN and would like to use your image of an electron microscope for our shows and platforms. We would gladly credit you. Please let me know if we can have your permission. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siemens-electron-microscope.jpg

Thank you, Adrienne

electron microscope

Hello,

I work at CNN and would like to use your image of an electron microscope for our shows and platforms. We would gladly credit you. Please let me know if we can have your permission. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siemens-electron-microscope.jpg


Thank you, Adrienne adrienne.zulueta@cnn.com

You have my permission to use the image as you wish in accordance with the license. Graham Beards (talk) 23:07, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Factor XI - Plasma thromboplastin

Hello, and thank your for sharing files on Wiki. I am a Laboratory medicine student. I think there is a mistake on the scheme: where it said "Factor XI - Plasma thromboplastin, antecedent serine protease" may be it should said "Factor XI - Plasma thromboplastin antecedent, serine protease". Excuse me if there is a misunderstand from myself. Kind regards, Armando


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OUP : Hires Image & Permission

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Hi, the image is high resolution; just download it and you have my permission to use it in your book. Best wishes, Graham Beards (talk) 23:07, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Classic Coagulation figure

Dr. Graham Beards, I would like to use the Classic Coagulation figure in a chapter for Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America Critical Care. The chapter is "Coagulopathy in the Critically Ill". I am writing for permission to use this figure and see if I and how to obtain a copyright? Please email me, taraannpaterson@gmail.com. Thank you. Tara

use an image of yours

Dear Graham - I am a retired pathologist and editor of Lab Tests Online Australasia. I would like to use your image: File:Target cells and spherocytes.jpg to illustrate a short case of beta thalassaemia trait with target cells. We are using these short cases in Lab Tests Online contributions to a GP newspaper called Medical Observer. If you have a better image to illustrate target cells in beta thal trait I would be grateful. I think I would crop the image to just the top left corner where there are fewer target cells as there are too many for just the trait in this image.

Regards

Bruce Campbell

Dear Bruce, feel free to use the image as you wish. Graham. Graham Colm (talk) 06:17, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Hello Graham

Hello Graham i want to know if i can use your file Antibiotic sensitvity and resistance.JPG in a essay for Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University in Bihar India — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rigsofrods (talk • contribs) 21:04, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Yes of course you can. Best wishes Graham Beards (talk) 21:21, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

permission use figure

Dear dr Beards,

I am writing a manuscript on EQA in coagulation as well as preparing a presentation on this topic. I highly appreciate if you give me permission to use your figure on Wikipedia on Blood Coagulation in vivo. Thank you in advance.

Piet Meijer

Hi Piet, of course you may use the figure, please attribute it to Dr Graham Beards and if necessary include this license . Graham Beards (talk) 19:07, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello Dr Beards, I am writing to request permission to use your image of bacteriophages attached to a cell. I will use the image in training materials for food safety personnel. The project I am creating is funded by USDA-NIFA and so will be free for anyone to access. May I use your image? Thank you, Christina

Hi Christina, yes of course. Best wishes, Graham Beards (talk) 07:40, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

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Sapovirus electron microscopy

Hello Mr. Beards,

I am a physician and postgraduate student in Germany. For the completion of my dissertation it would be great to be able to use your electron microscopic image of sapovirus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapovirus#/media/File:Sappovirus.jpg). Would that be ok?

yours sincerely Pia Mann — Preceding unsigned comment added by P1aMann (talk • contribs) 13:39, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you so much, this is much appreciated. Pia P1aMann (talk) 04:54, 8 January 2020 (UTC)P1aMann

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Neutrophils

Hello,

I'm studying biotechnology and I am currently writing my master thesis. It would be great if I could use your Image "Neutrophil white blood cells (leukocytes)" for the introduction part.

Yours sincerely,

Urban Leitgeb — Preceding unsigned comment added by Urban Leitgeb (talk • contribs) 14:19, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Dear Urban, please use the image as you wish. Regards, Graham Beards (talk) 16:51, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Urban Leitgeb (talk) 07:27, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

rotavirus image virion and genome

SIB images are ok this has been already discussed long ago. See User:Ernsts#ViralZone and see also bottom right at https://viralzone.expasy.org. --Ernsts (talk) 20:29, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. February 2021 was not that long ago in my life! That note on the bottom right is not clear in that it refers to all images. Graham Beards (talk) 21:43, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi Graham, I have a question about your photo of CsCL density gradient purification of rotaviruses? Is this the right way to contact you? Best Denis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Didistein711 (talk • contribs) 12:19, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi Denis, yes. Graham Beards (talk) 12:21, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi Graham,
Wow very fast. You got really two nice separated bands of rotavirus, so I'm interested in how did you prepare the CsCL gradient and for how long did you centrifugate at 100 000 x g?
Best
Denis Didistein711 (talk) 12:29, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
Hi Denis, the details are in this paper: Beards GM (August 1982). "A method for the purification of rotaviruses and adenoviruses from faeces". Journal of Virological Methods 4 (6): 343–52. DOI:10.1016/0166-0934(82)90059-3. PMID 6290520. Graham Beards (talk) 12:40, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
Hi Graham
Thank you very much for sharing your work. One question please, Do you prefer CsCL density gradient or Sucrose density gradient as your final purification step? Have you noticed some big changes in sample purity between these two methods?
Best
Denis Didistein711 (talk) 13:08, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
Hi Denis, it depends on the species of virus. For nonenveloped viruses the last stage I used was CsCl, for enveloped viruses I just used sucrose. I have never directly compared the two. Graham Beards (talk) 14:03, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
Hi Graham,
Thank you for your very fast reply once again. I noticed that with sucrose gradient I got better distinctions between the two bands for VSV virus (enveloped), so I was thinking maybe that my CsCl gradient is not optimal or that I need to use more x g which my ultracentrifuge (250 000 x g for 20h) can not achieve.
Best
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Wrong Description?

Hello @Graham Beards

I saw your picture

with the description „ A green laser passing through two slits 0.4mm wide and 0.1mm apart produces a constructive and destructive interference pattern.“. I doubt that that is correct, for me the pattern looks more that the slits are 0.1 mm wide and 0.4 mm apart.

Can it be that the values have to be interchanged? ArchibaldWagner (talk) 11:34, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

Possibly, but I no longer have the slide which I bought from this company a few year ago. Graham Beards (talk) 13:22, 8 March 2025 (UTC)
Thank you for answering. The mentioned company does not any longer offer a slide with the geometry defined in your work. But this should be able to produce the pattern you published. ArchibaldWagner (talk) 12:36, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
You was correct. I found the slide and it is labelled as you said. Thanks. Graham Beards (talk) 07:42, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Dry vs. Hydrated Rotavirus

Hi Graham,

I'm curious about your image of rotavirus @ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dried_and_hydrated_rotavirus.jpg. I've a background in biological EM and I'm working on liquid phase EM applications. I was intrigued by the image because it's the only time I've seen images similar to the ones we've found.

A) is dried rotavirus, which I suppose is conventional air dried neg stain TEM but B) the "hydrated" image is definitely not cryo-EM due to the contrast but if not, what were the prep conditions for it?

We found similar results using Graphene encapsulation methods and are trying to figure out the contrast mechanism, any information on the type of prep would be extremely helpful.

Kind regards,

Brian. Bjc553 (talk) 11:40, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi Brian, it is cryo-EM. I reversed the contrast to make the comparison clearer. (That's allowed here but perhaps wouldn't be in a an academic journal). Best regards. Graham Beards (talk) 12:01, 13 April 2025 (UTC)
Hi Graham,
Ah! Ok brilliant no worries. Thanks for the clarification, I was hoping it was in liquid EM rather than cryo EM but thank you very much for clearing that up! Have a great weekend.
All the best,
Brian. Bjc553 (talk) 12:21, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Dear Graham

I am writing a book for my students and would like to request permission to use the picture of red blood cells (dark field microscope) in my textbook. I am reaching out to seek your approval or to inquire about the appropriate steps to obtain permission for using the image. If there is a designated process or a person in charge of handling such requests, I would greatly appreciate your guidance. If the permission is granted, the acknowledgement will be surely placed on the picture.

Best Regards, PathAngel (talk) 10:38, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi, feel free to use my image for your book. There is no formal process, just as long as the acknowledgment is made. Best regards. Dr. Graham Beards (talk) 10:40, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
Thank you very much.
kraisorn.s@rsu.ac.th PathAngel (talk) 05:23, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

sickle cell anemia

Dear Dr. Beards, Good morning!

We're teachers from an Italian High School and recently used your Wikipedia sickle cell red blood cell (RBC) photo as an educational tool for our students. For many years, we've been trying to find physical slides of sickle cell blood for our students to observe directly under a microscope, but we haven't been successful in locating a source.

Would you be able to send us a slide, or could you advise us on where we might be able to obtain one for educational purposes?

Thank you for your time and assistance.

Kind regards, Giulia Andina Luca Campanile

Istituto di Istruzione "Lorenzo Guetti" Tione di Trento Italy 46.226.205.68 10:06, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

I will make enquiries and get back to you. Graham Beards (talk) 10:08, 16 October 2025 (UTC)
Please send me your full postal address. Graham Beards (talk) 12:53, 16 October 2025 (UTC)
Thanks!
giulia.andina@guetti.tn.it 46.226.205.68 06:59, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
Excuse me: here it is the complete postal address:
Giulia ANdina
Istituto di Istruzione "Lorenzo Guetti"
Via Durone 53
38079 Tione di Trento TN
Italy 46.226.205.68 12:03, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
Good morning,
any news about sickle cell anemia glass slides?
Thanks.
Giulia Criptobiosi (talk) 12:27, 9 January 2026 (UTC)
Hi, I sent one to you in November. Graham Beards (talk) 12:54, 9 January 2026 (UTC)
I'm really really sorry, I checked also at my school entrance and the employees told me that they didn't receive anything.
Since my school is quite big and we're 150 people working here, next week I will ask around. Do you remember how was the envelope? Big, small, colored?
Best regards
Giulia Criptobiosi (talk) 17:44, 10 January 2026 (UTC)