The inner life of the cell...

[James3shin]

enjoy, and credit goes to my Prof. for finding this

 

[illusion88]

Just fancy flash. I don't know what any of those things are supposed to be.

 

[James3shin]

Originally posted by: illusion88
Just fancy flash. I don't know what any of those things are supposed to be.

What you just watched was a whole bunch of cell organelles and proteins carrying out various duties required to keep a cell functioning.

 

[zinfamous]

very cool. marked

however, if myosin actually "walked" that slowly, I can't imagine how we'd have a functioning muscle in our body, hehe....

I liked the translation/protein folding sequences the most.

 

[Accipiter22]

whoah....cool! what's your major..

 

[James3shin]

Chemistry is my current major and Biology will be my second. Some of the things were done for dramatic effect I think in regards to the walking myosin, the organelles and matrices are supposed to be much more tightly packed as well. They got the fluidity thing right though.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Originally posted by: illusion88
Just fancy flash. I don't know what any of those things are supposed to be.

I wouldn't exactly call it "just fancy flash." Those look like renders that were built from a set of confocal or electron microscope images. That means they're not some kind of artistic impression, but rather they're the way things really look, with enhanced coloration and contrast to exhibit the organelle morphology.

OP, I work in microscopic imaging. If you ever have any questions about digital microscopic imaging or microscopes in general, feel free to PM me. I also have contacts with people in the Northeast in the same field if your prof needs hands-on assistance.

Cool vid. Wish I had an AVI or MPG of it. Anyone know if the Firefox video downloader will capture a flash vid like that?

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: James3shin
Chemistry is my current major and Biology will be my second. Some of the things were done for dramatic effect I think in regards to the walking myosin, the organelles and matrices are supposed to be much more tightly packed as well. They got the fluidity thing right though.

Pretty cool. I recognized some stuff from my 9th grade bio class.

I'll be taking molecular biology next year (to fulfill my bio core requirement and to possibly go on to be a Bio-Chem major; currently trying to decide between biochem and chem).

 

[James3shin]

Oh snap, my professor said the walking giant with two feet is NOT myosin, rather it is KINESIN. Just a heads up and FYI.

 

[eits]

wow, that's pretty goddamn accurate and amazing. thanks :thumbsup:

 

[HaxorNubcake]

Originally posted by: Garth

Originally posted by: illusion88
Just fancy flash. I don't know what any of those things are supposed to be.

I wouldn't exactly call it "just fancy flash." Those look like renders that were built from a set of confocal or electron microscope images. That means they're not some kind of artistic impression, but rather they're the way things really look, with enhanced coloration and contrast to exhibit the organelle morphology.

OP, I work in microscopic imaging. If you ever have any questions about digital microscopic imaging or microscopes in general, feel free to PM me. I also have contacts with people in the Northeast in the same field if your prof needs hands-on assistance.

Cool vid. Wish I had an AVI or MPG of it. Anyone know if the Firefox video downloader will capture a flash vid like that?

http://aimediaserver.com//studiodaily/harvard/harvard.swf

:thumbsup:

er nvm that doesn't work :thumbsdown:

 

[IntrinsicValue]

Originally posted by: James3shin
enjoy, and credit goes to my Prof. for finding this

Neat. I wish it explained what everything was, though. It's been many years since I've taken chemistry/biology/etc.....

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: James3shin
Oh snap, my professor said the walking giant with two feet is NOT myosin, rather it is KINESIN. Just a heads up and FYI.

Oh yeah, myosin provides motility for muscles. Kinesin, if I remember correctly, provides transprot within the cell of other organelles and molecules along microtubules. Same function I believe, unless myosin is just the fancy name for muscle cells. When we do western blots, the majority of protein junk you get is myosin (this from heart tissue/cells)

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

was this on a tv news report a few months ago? Ive seen it anyway.

mind giving detail on what you research?

 

[StevenYoo]

nice, i liked the actin and microtubule dynamics

 

[BigPoppa]

One of my favorite classes so far has been cellular/molecular biology. Watching vids of motor proteins(ATP bonds, phosphate cleaved, protein leg kicks out, ADP unbinds, rear leg springs forward) and DNA replication (Okazaki fragments in particular) were some of the most awe striking things i've ever seen.

 

[James3shin]

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
was this on a tv news report a few months ago? Ive seen it anyway.

mind giving detail on what you research?

I study cells, specifically cancer cells, so I can FVCK them up with loaded nanotubes. I basically research cancer and nanotech.

 

[TheChort]

sweet!!
:thumbsup:

 

[HaxorNubcake]

Originally posted by: HaxorNubcake

Originally posted by: Garth

Originally posted by: illusion88
Just fancy flash. I don't know what any of those things are supposed to be.

I wouldn't exactly call it "just fancy flash." Those look like renders that were built from a set of confocal or electron microscope images. That means they're not some kind of artistic impression, but rather they're the way things really look, with enhanced coloration and contrast to exhibit the organelle morphology.

OP, I work in microscopic imaging. If you ever have any questions about digital microscopic imaging or microscopes in general, feel free to PM me. I also have contacts with people in the Northeast in the same field if your prof needs hands-on assistance.

Cool vid. Wish I had an AVI or MPG of it. Anyone know if the Firefox video downloader will capture a flash vid like that?

http://aimediaserver.com//studiodaily/harvard/harvard.swf

:thumbsup:

er nvm that doesn't work :thumbsdown:

http://aimediaserver.com/studiodaily/harvard/harvard.flv

download the file and then it's playable with VLC or any other video programs :thumbsup: