Science and Art: Beauty in the Lab A painting of sea roses by Claude Monet and a fluorescence image of a coculture, can you tell where one begins and the other ends? Bull’s head sculpture by Pablo Picasso, made from a bicycle’s seat and handlebar Because this post is going to be about art, it …
Cells from Cells from Cells – The (never)ending cycle of life Prometheus being attacked by an eagle, depicted in a sculpture by Nicolas-Sébastien Adam, 1762 (Louvre) In a tale of ancient Greek mythology, Prometheus is chained to the rocky mountains of the Caucasus, having his liver ripped out every day by an eagle, only for …
What’s in a dish – food for cells and thought https://personalizeaf.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ezgif.com-crop-1.mp4 “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” – just on of the many phrases reminding us that having a balanced diet is good for our health. And just like our whole body stays healthy from a variety of food, the individual cells of …
Duel of Fates – or “Am I an atrial cell yet?” Heart cell specification and differentiation The human body is made up of a lot of cells and most of them are very specialized: letting them bear loads, absorb nutrients, secrete hormones or process blog posts about specialized cells. The heart is no different in …
A Dutch “Hoi” from Thomas HiPSC and me; new beginnings and endless possibilities Morning in the Netherlands In German when you speak of someone who is in need of a change of scenery, who wants to set out for something new, you refer to them as aching for “a wallpaper change”, as wanting a new …
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