seeking intelligence

THE CALVIN CYCLE

mouse skeletal muscle

yeah, he worked out

colored SEM

Waning Gibbous, 94% of the Rising Moon is Illuminated taken on June 14, 2014 with a Canon SX50 HS IMG_1585

Toxodon

1.5 million years ago, the Toxodon, a rhinoceros sized beast, roamed South America, where, according to fossil records, was one of the most abundant large mammals on the continent. Though not related to the rhinoceros, there’s evidence that the Toxodon may have also had a horn.

Interesting Charles Darwin, during his Voyage of the Beagle, was one of several Western scientists to take an interest in the beast from which he would ponder why and how these giant animals were different than those in Europe.

Scanning electron micrograph of MRSA (green) being engulfed by white blood cell. This process is known as phagocytosis, and is a form of endocytosis. Receptors on the white blood cell bind to ligands on MRSA in a zip like fashion until they completely surround the target. The foreign body can then be internalised and degraded.

First Cell; First Friends Posted MARCH 05, 2014 on her blog by Beatrice the Biologist   _____________________________________

turns out your brain is lined by gumballs…er…ependymal cells

ependyma is one of the four types of neuroglia in the central nervous system, constituting an epithelium-like layer that lines the ventricles and central canal of the spinal cord

it also produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

note that in the fetus (here), ependymal cells are not ciliated

colored SEM, 1000x