Saturday 3 January 2015

Dividing cells under a microscope

http://bit.ly/1HnNnU9          Cells on Film: making movies in biology.

These are the oldest known films of cells under a microscope. 

"To be clear, there is no director in these productions; the cells are responsible for their own performance and I am only there to facilitate their story. Movie making is now commonplace in biology and is part of any experimentalist’s tool-kit." (Dr Brian Stramer, Research Scientist at Kings College, London)


I like the idea of the cells busy acting and interacting within our bodies unbeknownst to us. Microscopic interior universe. We are all a part of the fabric of our universe on so many different levels: as physiological bodies  with biological and chemical and physical interactions and also phenomenological bodies with thoughts and emotions and experiential reactions.


Also interesting is the use of film in the physiological sciences. 

"It is now routine to make movies to address not just basic cell and developmental biology problems, but also cancer biology, immunology, and neuroscience. A look at recent scientific journals reveals that a significant percentage of papers today have supplementary movie files. It was due to these cell biologists, working at the interdisciplinary interface between biology and cinematography, that movie making is now such standard practice." Dr Brian Starmer

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