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My catLoki.

Hi, I'm Tim Vickers, glad to be here.

I am a biochemist with interests in microbiology, tropical diseases and enzymology. I did myPhD in biochemistryontrypanothionemetabolism, atDundee UniversityinScotlandunder the supervision of ProfessorAlan Fairlamb.I am now working onEnterotoxigenic Escherichia coli,in America. If anybody has any questions about enzymology, parasitology etc I would be delighted to try to help. I am usually glad to answer questions and research stuff for articles, after all, favours owed are valuable things.

At the moment I'm the director ofMolecular and Cellular Biology wikiprojectand working on bringing as many basic molecular biology, biochemistry and infectious disease articles up tofeatured articlelevel as I can. Even with the help of all the expert editors in the project, this is going to be a very long process, but generations of students will bless our efforts as they plagiarise our text!

The MCB project is a group of editors interested in improving the quality of Wikipedia articles on molecular life sciences. Since these pages are usually the top Google hit on any biochemical subject you care to mention, this is more important from an academic viewpoint than you might think. Anybody interested in helping out can sign up on the project page(link).You will be most welcome.

Please note that I am not an employee of the Wikimedia foundation and my views are my own.

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Barnstars and shiny things
Awards from other Wikipedians. Thank you.
The E=mc² Barnstar
While trawling through the deleted revisions ofBacteriain an effort to delete 1 bad revision, I noticed you had put in a huge effort on that article so I am awarding you this barnstar.ViridaeTalk00:58, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
A Barnstar!
The Editor's Barnstar

for tireless & good-humoured work on the Homeopathy page; well done Tim!Peter morrell12:13, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
The Featured Article Medal
Awarding you this long overdue award for bringingenzyme,enzyme kinetics,enzyme inhibitor,influenzaandtuberculosis(FAR) (back) to featured level. I'm looking forward tobacteria(in review).

Samsara(talkcontribs) 14:22, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
A Barnstar!
Golden Wiki

ThisGolden Wikiwas well-earned by newbieTim Vickersfor his months of work in bringingEnzymetoFeatured Article status,and for his constructive way of interacting with other editors; a truly professionalWikipedian.
Willow6 September 2006
The Barnstar of Diligence
I award Tim Vickers thisBarnstar of Diligencefor an amazing feat—one I thought undoable—bringingEvolutionback to featured status. This article is truly a testament to your ability to work with others to produce quality, neutral, well-sourced articles. Here's hoping it stays in good shape:-))SandyGeorgia(Talk) 17:26, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Bravery
Tim Vickerstruly deserves thisBarnstar of Braveryfor his undaunted zeal in bringingEvolutionback toFeatured Article status.His steadfast devotion to the article and his calm, professional interactions with other Wikipedians of differing viewpoints are reminiscent of aDanielcome to judgment — in the lion's den. Truly, angels rush in where fools fear to tread.Willow16:52, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
The Tireless Science Contributor Barnstar
Tim Vickers,please accept this Tireless Science Contributor Barnstar in recognition of your ceaseless efforts on science articles and your fine work in bringingEvolutionback toFA status.Are you really just one person?
--Plumbago12:38, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
I,ClockworkSoul,do hereby award this barnstar to Tim Vickers in recognition to all of his hard work in perfecting a long series ofenzyme-related articles.
I,ClockworkSoul,do hereby award the Tireless Contributor Barnstar to Tim Vickers in recognition for his being aFEATURED ARTICLE MACHINE!Keep up the good work!
I,Peter Znamenskiyaward thisBarnstartoTim Vickersfor his brilliant work onEnzyme kineticsand otherbiochemistryarticles.
I,Poindexter Propellerhead,hereby award this barnstar to Tim Vickers, for his wonderful contribution of reference materials to the editors ofAsperger syndrome.
ToTim Vickersfor his edits tobacteria,which truly made it one of Wikipedia's finest articles. --Samirधर्म04:37, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
for your extreme kindness and calmnessSushant gupta16:32, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar
Thank you for your participation in theGAC backlog elimination drive!¿SFGiДnts!¿Complain!¿Analyze!¿Review!20:43, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Knight-errant of the FA
The noble Theodor,High KinginWikipedia,gazes with marveling favour on theFeatured ArticlesofTim Vickers:


The king therefore dubs Tim aKnight-errantof theFAe.MayMabherself bless Tim's work!
The Special Barnstar
For the exceptional quality shown by putting ego aside and doing what is best for an article.BirgitteSB04:18, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar
For creating up to 8 featured articles on Wikipedia, and having a P.H.D. in biochemistry, I award you the Editor's Barnstar. Congratulations!!!--U.S.A.(talkcontribs) 16:23, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
I award Tim Vickers thisBarnstar of Diligencefor a conspicuous and sustained display of effort, common sense, and patience an a wide range of topics, under a wide range of situations. A tip of the hat.Pete.Hurd23:40, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For patient dicussion and guidance onOrthomolecular psychiatry,and since I can find a barnstar for just being great and negotiating a tricky disagreement, I'm giving you the original barnstar. Go TimVickers (and Loki)!WLU(talk) 18:06, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar
For your dedicated work onArchaea.We need more editors like you!
The E=mc² Barnstar
Because you seem to have been a major contributor to everychemistryorbiochemistryFeatured Article I read!Shuddetalk07:03, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Thank you for working hard to makeArchaeaaccessible to the interested lay reader! We autodidacts really appreciate such efforts!Awadewit(talk) 02:32, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
The AFD Barnstar
I just wanted to say thanks for your recentWP:AfDwork. I've seen you close many AfDs recently when I was closing some myself, and I must say, well done.;) That must have been tiring. Regards,RyRy(talk) 07:37, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
The Medicine Barnstar
I, delldot, hereby award TimVickers the medicine barnstar for lending his time and expertise in helping bringpulmonary contusionto FA status.delldottalk19:59, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
Thank You!
for your assistance in helpingVirusto become aFeatured Articletoday.

It's much appreciated, Graham.GrahamColmTalk13:07, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

The Admin's Barnstar
for laying out your reasons in a way that both made your thinking clear and discounted the typical irrelevant AfD nonsense present in the discussions forWikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of problems solved by MacGyver (3rd nomination),I award you this BarnstarotherlleftNo, really, other way...00:08, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
The Article Rescue Barnstar
Thanks for the good assist atAlcohol and sex.Have a beer and...Colonel Warden(talk) 21:16, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
You are unquestionably one of the best administrators on Wikipedia.J.delanoygabsadds18:56, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Peace
For actively encouraging compromise on flu articles and in other placesPontificalibus(talk) 20:16, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
For an exemplary piece of dispute obviation by article improvementJheald(talk) 12:10, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For your improving and well sourced edits to theReincarnation researcharticle.Verbalchat17:56, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
The Bio-star
Thanks for the continual efforts in the wikiproject MCB in welcoming new users, helping needy users and greatly increasing the Knowledge stored in wikipedia!Squidonius(talk) 10:39, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

This user is a member of theMolecular & Cellular Biology WikiProject

Eudes A, Kunji ER, Noiriel A, Klaus SM, Vickers TJ, Beverley SM, Gregory JF, Hanson AD."Identification of transport-critical residues in a folate transporter from the folate-biopterin transporter (FBT) family."J Biol Chem. (2009)

Laurent MR, Vickers TJ."Seeking health information online: does Wikipedia matter?"J. Am. Med. Inform. Assoc. (2009)

Nare B, Garraway LA, Vickers TJ, Beverley SM."PTR1-dependent synthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin contributes to oxidant susceptibility in Leishmania major."Current genetics (2009)

Vickers TJ, Murta SM, Mandell MM, Beverley SM."The enzymes of the 10-formyl-tetrahydrofolate synthetic pathway are found exclusively in the cytosol of the trypanosomatid parasite Leishmania major."Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. (2009)

Murta SM, Vickers TJ, Scott DA, Beverley SM."Methylene tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase/cyclohydrolase and the synthesis of 10-CHO-THF are essential in Leishmania major."Mol Microbiol. 2009 Mar 71(6):1386-401

Huss JW, Orozco C, Goodale J, Wu C, Batalov S, Vickers TJ, Valafar F, Su AI.A Gene Wiki for Community Annotation of Gene FunctionPLoS Biol. 2008 Jul 8;6(7):e175.

Wyllie S, Vickers TJ, Fairlamb AH.Roles of trypanothione S-transferase and tryparedoxin peroxidase in resistance to antimonialsAntimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Apr;52(4):1359-65

Scott DA, Hickerson SM, Vickers TJ, Beverley SM.The role of the mitochondrial glycine cleavage complex in the metabolism and virulence of the protozoan parasite Leishmania major.J Biol Chem. 2008 Jan 4;283(1):155-65.

Vickers TJ, Orsomando G, de la Garza RD, Scott DA, Kang SO, Hanson AD, Beverley SM.Biochemical and genetic analysis of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase in leishmania metabolism and virulence.J Biol Chem. 2006 Dec 15;281(50):38150-8.

Greig N, Wyllie S, Vickers TJ, Fairlamb AH.Trypanothione-dependent glyoxalase I in Trypanosoma cruzi.Biochem J. 2006 Dec 1;400(2):217-23.

Ariza A, Vickers TJ, Greig N, Armour KA, Dixon MJ, Eggleston IM, Fairlamb AH, Bond CS.Specificity of the trypanothione-dependent Leishmania major glyoxalase I: structure and biochemical comparison with the human enzyme.Mol Microbiol. 2006 Feb;59(4):1239-48.

Vickers TJ, Greig N, Fairlamb AH.A trypanothione-dependent glyoxalase I with a prokaryotic ancestry in Leishmania major.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Sep 7;101(36):13186-91.

Vickers TJ, Wyllie S, Fairlamb AH.Leishmania major elongation factor 1B complex has trypanothione S-transferase and peroxidase activity.J Biol Chem. 2004 Nov 19;279(47):49003-9.

Saravanamuthu A, Vickers TJ, Bond CS, Peterson MR, Hunter WN, Fairlamb AH.Two interacting binding sites for quinacrine derivatives in the active site of trypanothione reductase: a template for drug design.J Biol Chem. 2004 Jul 9;279(28):29493-500.

Vickers TJ, Fairlamb AH.Trypanothione S-transferase activity in a trypanosomatid ribosomal elongation factor 1B.J Biol Chem. 2004 Jun 25;279(26):27246-56.

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