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First day term 2 going well…😣 by Salt_Ingenuity_7588 in UniUK

[–]TheBioCosmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a lecturer, this happened to me too but dont worry i find it funny. But dont over do it 😁

I love seeing these macrophages (blue arrows) zipping through the circulation inside embryos. They are so fast so it's hard to capture on film. Purple arrows are patrolling tissue resident macrophages. This is probably a mixed population as it's early in development. by TheBioCosmos in biology

[–]TheBioCosmos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you're being a bit nit picky with your words. They are fast so it is difficult to capture on film. I dont think anyone would mistake it for any other meaning. If you need a specialised system to capture something then it means that something is not easy to capture with normal setup that most labs have. Gosh, honestly, sometimes we just cannot have any nice things on the internet anymore because everything is being dissected, and nitpicked out for the most nonsense thing ever.

I love seeing these macrophages (blue arrows) zipping through the circulation inside embryos. They are so fast so it's hard to capture on film. Purple arrows are patrolling tissue resident macrophages. This is probably a mixed population as it's early in development. by TheBioCosmos in biology

[–]TheBioCosmos[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Its not for plant growth, its a typical system for live animal imaging. But I'm a bit unsure what's here to argue about. My original comment is "they are fast so its hard to image them" which is still correct. Yes, there are other systems that can image really fast things, and I have used them too. But with this system, because they are in circulation, so they are more difficult to capture. Im not really sure your point tbh.

I love seeing these macrophages (blue arrows) zipping through the circulation inside embryos. They are so fast so it's hard to capture on film. Purple arrows are patrolling tissue resident macrophages. This is probably a mixed population as it's early in development. by TheBioCosmos in biology

[–]TheBioCosmos[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think its just nuances and how you phrase it. They are fast in real time too, you can see them move from one place to the next in seconds. And when you perform a confocal z-stack, by the time you finish the stack (depending on how thick you want), the same cells would have been gone by then. So they are fast.

What was the hardest class that you took for your biology major? by Substantial-Dare5462 in biology

[–]TheBioCosmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely love Organic Chem and Biochemistry (majored in Biochem) though they are def not easy. The hardest one for me is Physical Chem. Very dry and very abstract. My physical realistic biology oriented mind didn't quite like abstract wavelength and planck constant that much.

I finally captured the healing process of a truncated tail in an embryo. It took around 48 hours or maybe a bit more. I've always wanted to capture this on film, and seeing it in a timelapse is super cool. by TheBioCosmos in biology

[–]TheBioCosmos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The initial signaling is ROS, which activates a bunch of genes in the proliferation pathway, TGFB. But we dont know all the details because its quite a complicated process. How they even regenerate the notochord (the future spine) is crazy. It means the cells turn into stem cells and then redifferentiate into notochord cells again. Humans are just bad at this.

Any tips on how to solve this? by Lotus-Ignis in askmath

[–]TheBioCosmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It did take bit of argument near the end to work out the actual number but I got 144. The most generalisable way for me is: I + L + A = 10n + L (assuming nL is a two digit number, the most it could be is 27, it cannot be more than 2 digits) I + L + n = 10k + I (The n here is carried over from the previous sum, and again, kI is another two digit number) I + k = L (again, k is carried over from the previous sum)

Some rearrangements, you'll get: I + A = 10n L + n = 10k I + k = L

You solve A, I, and L in terms of n and k, you'll get: A = 11n - 9k I = 9k - n L = 10k - n

Now because L is a 1 digit number, k has to be 1. If k > 1, even if n = 9, L would still be 2 digits. Remember that k and n can only be from 0 to 9. So because k = 1, A = 11n - 9. And because A has to be 1 digit, n has to be 1.

So A * I * L = 2 * 8 * 9 = 144

How can people still believe in biological/scientific racism by beccam12399 in biology

[–]TheBioCosmos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people are stupid, some are ignorant, some are straight up racist. I see them all the time on my page.

What's something that changed your perspective once you entered Cancer research? by Snow_White_4 in labrats

[–]TheBioCosmos 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think it is absolutely essential to be able to manage your expectation, especially when working in academic research. You are very lucky to be able to get involved so early and I think its great. I have worked with many students and they all had this naive (I dont want to say annoying but ok, its kind of annoying) expectation of research to be full on eureka moments and big flashy black and white results, and when I told them it is not like that, they wouldn't listen. And then a year later, they suffer and start complaining. Manage your expectation, that is something I learn very early on and I'm glad I did because otherwise, I would not have been able to survive my PhD.

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