Comments on: Each of us a cell of awareness

Each of us a cell of awareness

Wolfdog — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:55:01 -0800

The mitochondrion, the Krebs cycle and other cell biology animations. Flash.

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:01:53 -0800

Beautiful.

By: pomegranate

pomegranate — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:34:55 -0800

Fantastic. Thanks Wolfdog! Now I can look like I'm learning something Very Important when in fact I'm just totally amused and fascinated.

By: euphorb

euphorb — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:42:03 -0800

The best part was when the ATP Synthase made ATP.

By: Popular Ethics

Popular Ethics — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:23:30 -0800

Dude, you mean when that giant, floating, rotating contraption came down and started churning out raw molecular energy? The one powered by protons making a break for freedom? Yeah man, that was awesome! I seriously jumped back in my chair when that thing swooped in. OK, so I'm easily amused. But cells were never this cool in high-school biology. Great find.

By: bigtimes

bigtimes — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:36:09 -0800

These weren't bad, but I like the Bloodmobile better.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:39:20 -0800

I found it was almost schizophrenic: too much data packed into too small a space. There were bits of information popping up all over the place, completely unexplained by the text and animations. Very good info, very much requires a fair chunk of scientific knowledge to even begin making sense.

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:08:59 -0800

I love when life science gets dumbed down to my level. I once saw a 16mm academic film from the sixties where dance was used as the metaphor to describe the actions of messenger RNA (I think, I'm having trouble remembering exactly). It was a little hippy dippy, but at the time, very understandable.

By: Popular Ethics

Popular Ethics — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:12:19 -0800

I see where you're coming from FFF, but that's actually why I liked it. I'm no biologist (the one high school class was my only introduction), so I don't fully understand everything that's going on, but the animations give me the general idea. If I want to learn more, I can pause it, hover over the molecules and read more. Rather than dumbing down the science, the animator layers the information so that everyone can learn something.

By: painquale

painquale — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:19:37 -0800

This is awesome.

By: jmd82

jmd82 — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:48:39 -0800

As a senior biochemistry & molecular biology student, this stuff is really cool and wish my profs would show it to us...Helps a lot to have these nifty visualizations instead of static drawings when trying to understand basic concepts. On that note, thanks for reminding me I have some biochem to study...bah!

By: mediareport

mediareport — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:21:17 -0800

This ATP Synthase - it rotates? Great post. Those little jiggly electrons are so cute. And, five fresh fish, keep in mind these are intended to be studied, not skimmed through in 45 seconds. I think the balance between pacing and density of information is a good one.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:20:36 -0800

Fewer jiggly electrons, more jiggly boobs! Enact the Krebs cycle using naked porn stars! I want entertainment, dammit, not knowledge!

By: wadefranklin

wadefranklin — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 07:03:35 -0800

Cool! Thank you, Wolfdog. I have always been fascinated the intricate molecular machinery of living cells. These are great visualizations.