“The inner life of the cell”: an amazing 3D animated conception from Harvard

Originally posted by TheoOne
Fake.

How do I know all of this is real?

I'd say it's probably 15% accurate, but that's just my guess.

Well it came from harvard university, so it has some credibility.

These links might help explain things a little better.

And to the guy who said this was fake and 15% accurate, this ones for you!

www.studiodaily.com...
www.xvivo.net...

A guy named Alain Viel, Ph.D. is said to have helped in the process of making academic knowledge of the cell turn fluid motion for the eye.

Great stuff here!

lol - fake.

HEY! It's CGI! It's photoshopped! That's NOT A REAL CELL!


lmao

Okay, my lunch break's over.

Now THAT was incredibly awesome. Who woulda thought the cell could be so complex and interesting!

Hi All,

Well, to say that that video made my day would be an understatement !! That really tickled my nerdy bone, and reminded me how overwhelmingly awesome we, and all life on earth, really are. (giggle-- I wont mention how our universe makes me feel... I probably couldnt put it into words anyway! )

Thanx a bunch for posting that. Strangely, my favorite part of the cell has always been mitochondria, although I couldnt explain why. Just as another poster mentioned, it was fun searching for it.

Here is a nice picture and introduction to animal cell biology, if anyone is interested. (Oh and congrats Val, on going back to school! I wish you all the luck on your exams!! )




(This is from)
Molecular Expressions

There are also some cool photos there that are worth checking out.

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I feel the exactly same way about this and the universe!, all the things we can learn!!! so beautiful!

It's actually more breath taking to me that all of this came together accidentally. I see absolutely no reason to decide that, due to how amazing everything is, there must be some omnipotent force that made it this way. No, this just happened, and that in itself is amazing.

Beautiful video, thanks for the post. Starred and flagged.

Originally posted by Thain Esh Kelch

One holds a special place for me:

I wrote a paper on 2 variants of that motor protein for my Bachelor project at the university,

What is it doing?
That's a dna strand it's walking on, isn't it or a amino acid chain maybe?

[edit on 8-2-2008 by undo]

No, it's not a DNA strand, it's a microtubule that it's moving along.

en.wikipedia.org...

And the motor protein is either a kinesin

en.wikipedia.org...

or a dynein

en.wikipedia.org...

That is amazing, i would have never thought that the inside of a cell looks like that and i learned about cells many times and my teacher never taught me about that. It's like an advanced factory inside.

Very nice find


Here is the same video with narration – makes it easier to understand:



Isn’t it strange that we operate a body and yet know not much about how it works!!!

Just a quick reminder: the interior of the cell is completely packed with various macromolecules...and I mean completely...instead of a 'watery' environment like they show in this CGI, it's A LOT crowdier and also, it would have the consistency of a gel...
Anyway, to non-scientists, this stuff looks sci-fi, but that's how complicated cellular metabolism is...
Great post!

What I have read somewhere can't remember the exact quote :
"Each cell performs a task alone but in coherence with all other cells in the body, in harmony like a music, each is separated but all dance together without effort"




[edit on 8-2-2008 by pai mei]

" Fake.

How do I know all of this is real?

I'd say it's probably 15% accurate, but that's just my guess. "


When you study physiology you are blown away by the boundless complexity if you let it sink in. My friend who studied medicine put it something like this - "When you study the processes in the body you have to keep reminding yourself 'even this is an almost infinitely simplified version of the reality.'"

The contributor quoted above is right - we can only represent the reality with enormously simplified representations, and in that sense it is not real. The irony is that the video is inaccurate because it is understating the complexity...

Thanx for posting that vid OP. And especially thanx for posting that narrated one frozen. Truly amazing these vessels we call bodies.

If ya find anymore this great, please put them up.

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Here are the 'bacterial flagellum with rotary motor' (which has a microscopic motor that can rotate at over 1000 times a second) and the 'ATP synthase motor,' which trumps everything - worth a read if you are open-minded:

www.answersingenesis.org...


crackedkid: thinking outside the box is when you begin to question what is presented as fact through school, but is based on speculation - the scientific method relies on replicable data to test theories; as the origin of living organisms is not a repeatable event/process science should really only present its deductions in this matter as possible interpretations of observations, not create its own 'orthodoxy' so as to stifle open, honest debate. I find it astounding how secular science fears to consider and openly present data that appear to undermine the accepted paradigm (evolution).

Sadly very many scientists appear more driven by concern for their 'reputation' and fears over funding for research projects than by pursuit of the truth. The handful of people who made quantum leaps in science (such as Tesla) were mavericks in this sense. Just occasionally you will hear scientists grudgingly admit that the whole 'peer review' method of deciding who should publish in journals actually stifles progress by making sure that data that really rocks the boat is surpressed...

excellent video.

for a long time now, even before i ever studied microbiology or physics, i realized that the more we discovered about our "inner world" (our bodies), the more we'd uncover outer space. there is a correlation to be made. sometimes i wonder if certain ETS are like cosmic macrophages... as above, so below.

cheers,

chutso

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Just because you don't understand what complex chemical reactions took place does not mean that it was created by a divine creator.

Originally posted by altrock


Just because you don't understand what complex chemical reactions took place does not mean that it was created by a divine creator.

And just because you do understand, doesn't mean it wasn't. So let's just drop it there...and enjoy the awesome work of some people who put a great deal of time into something for the purpose of educating us.

WOW, can't wait for the microscopic docs about cells and nanotechnology to come to TV.

I will definately show this to my biology teacher.