Aimee Whitcroft • Nov 28, 2012 •
If there’s one thing you watch today (well, other than wall-to-wall coverage of The Hobbit* and perhaps some videos of sorting algorithms explained through folk dance), it needs to be this. Secret Universe – The Hidden Life Of the Cell… Read more › … Read More
Grant Jacobs • Jan 20, 2012 •
One part of biology that fascinates me is the three-dimensional structure of genomes and all that goes with them within the nucleus, the central organelle in our cells containing our genomes and the molecular machinery that organises, moves and processes our genetic information. In the TED lecture below Drew Berry speaking in Sydney, Australia, shows off … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Aug 16, 2011 •
Today I was looking into HTML5 (as one does), when I came across an incredible site: CANVASMOL. (click to enlarge) HTML5 is the newest incarnation of HTML (the language in which large bits of the web are written*). What has people extremely excited about it is that one no longer needs to embed … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Dec 03, 2010 •
You can thank the rampant speculation caused by NASA’s press release for this blog post’s title1. [UPDATE: There’s now a lot of controversy over the paper, which a number of microbiologists says it’s not, um, terribly good…] Very, very tough little bacteria And the thing is, … Read More
aimee whitcroft • Apr 09, 2010 •
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpd4Dyn_sok&feature=related … Read More
Grant Jacobs • Mar 26, 2010 •
A very striking image features on the cover of the March 2010 of PLoS Computational Biology (below), showing a molecular simulation of the interior of the cytoplasm of the bacterium Escherichia coli. Source: PLoS Computational Biology; image credits: Elcock, University of Iowa. One of the things that has impressed me as important to understand molecular … Read More
aimee whitcroft • Mar 09, 2010 •
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9h_SwVmILA … Read More
Grant Jacobs • Mar 09, 2010 •
The past fifty years has seen the rise of molecular biology. Many museums have little to represent molecular biology and it’s impact on medicine, perhaps because the objects studied in molecular biology are usually visualised indirectly, whereas museum visitors traditionally go to view objects with their own eyes. [caption id="attachment_1573" align="alignright" width="350"] Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand. Note … Read More