Magician David Blaine explains his research into oxygen deprivation and how this background knowledge helped him hold his breath for over 17 minutes. Scientists take note of David’s dedication. This is one of the most riveting TEDMED talks I have ever seen!!!
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David Blaine: the MAGICAL scientist
:: Posted by avi_wener on 09-20-2011
Largest-ever map of interactions of plant proteins produced
:: Posted by avi_wener on 08-02-2011An international consortium of scientists has produced the first systematic network map of interactions that occur between proteins in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
Known as an “interactome,” the new Arabidopsis network map defines 6,205 protein-to-protein Arabidopsis interactions involving 2,774 individual proteins. By itself, this map doubles the volume of data on protein interactions in plants that is currently available.
The Consortium’s new network map of Arabidopsis has already provided the foundation for new discoveries involving plant growth and disease resistance.
For more information click here.
Watch-Breaking the Code: Sequencing the Arabidopsis Genome. This video was released in December 2000, when Arabidopsis was first sequenced.
You can do WHAT with an inkjet printer?!?
:: Posted by avi_wener on 08-01-2011In a previous post we told you how how Dr. Anthony Atala’s lab at Wake Forest Institute uses a “printer” to print organs such as kidneys from cultured cells. Although the machine shown in that post “prints” cells into organs, the apparatus itself is far from a traditional printer.
However, Dr. Atala’s lab DOES have an actual inket printer which they have modified to print skin cells onto a 3-D scaffold which is currently being used by the US armed forces to treat severe burn victims.
When my friends saw this video they thought it was science fiction. However, as a molecular and cell biologist, I can actually appreciate the video and it is totally out of the realm of science fiction for me.
However, the 3-D printer shown below is unbelievably awesome! Isn’t it funny how our perspective changes depending on where we’ve come from!
or how about this?!?
A Scientific Legend’s Approach to Solving Problems and Developing Technologies
:: Posted by avi_wener on 07-26-2011George Church is one of the founders of the human genome project and continues to play an important role in the personal genome project, stem cell research and biofuel research. In this video, Dr. Sriram Kosuri, a Postdoctoral fellow in George’s lab at Harvard University discusses the Church lab’s approach to solving problems and developing technologies.
Tofu mice: an ethical alternative to the common lab rat
:: Posted by avi_wener on 07-25-2011Below are some of my favorite lines/scenes from the video. What are yours?
- “he’s not a labster-he’s just European”
- “many labster spends at least 2hrs a day searching for journals with impact factors of less than 0.5″
- labsters use “tofu mice” to avoid working with real animals