Slick animation of plant growth, cell division, meristems, lateral roots, auxin transport...gets a bit too technical in some of its references to molecular biology. An advert for VIB.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Development of Cellulosic Biofuels
Chris Somerville (Director of EBI, UC Berkeley) summarizes the rationale and technical aspects of moving towards second-generation cellulosic biofuels. One-hr lecture/powerpoint. Authoritative and informative.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
PSI - Are my soybeans wearing different genes?
Three Purdue co-eds extract DNA to look for transgenes in their tofu. A 1st prize winner in the ChloroFilms contest #1.
Monday, January 18, 2010
fantastic vesicle traffic
A short, wonderfully whimsical, and funny video showing vesicle trafficking in plant cells. A slick combination of video microscopy (cellular machinery tagged with GFP, a fluorescent protein, clever animation and good acting. This would be a great video to show in cell biology lectures.
Fertile Eyes: Grand Prize winner in the 1st ChloroFilms contest
A fresh presentation of sex in plants, using the human body to such creative effect. Visually captivating. You will look at flowers in a new way after seeing this video. The puns are a extra treat. See additional winners of the ChloroFilms context at this link. Must see.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Photosynthetic peep show
Humorous interviews of MIT grads questioned on the origin of plant mass (wood), followed by a dance of marshmallow peeps simulating carbon dioxide capture and processing into sugars during photosynthesis (Calvin cylce). Won a 2nd prize at www.Chlorofilms.org
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Time Lapse Flowers
Captivating time lapse videos of flowers with music. You won't stop watching this until the end! If you watch on YouTube you will find many suggestions of similar videos. It's a popular topic on YouTube. I like this one the best!
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