biological pictures from all over the world!

Blastocyst (my gif)

2017-01-10T14:38:00.000+02:00

Blastocyst. Mouse. 2007. Kyiv, Ukraine :)

MSC movement in culture

2016-11-11T12:51:00.002+02:00

That's how our mesenchymal stem cells move on a culture flask. Aren't they cool?
Our old work.

single neuron

2016-07-26T13:57:00.000+03:00

Wow, this single neuron is fantastic!
Unfortunately I can't find the author of this picture or any relevant source for details abot the methods used for creating of this image. Found it on pinterest.

16th passage of MSC

2016-04-16T00:33:00.002+03:00

Aren't they beautiful? Mesencgymal stem cells derived from umbilical cord tissue by explant method and staind with DAPI and FITC at firs picture and DAPI and Nile Red at the second. And it's 16th passage! They are quite old. :) My photos.

MSC-spheroid

2016-03-21T23:06:00.000+02:00

3D-vizualisation of spontaneous mesenchymal stem cell spheroid. MSCs were obtained from human umbilical cord. Confocal microscopy. From my good old PhD-thesis ^_^.

Stem Cells Appreciation Post

2016-03-07T15:46:00.000+02:00

Found these on tumblr and I just cannot miss the opportunity to post it here. Because stem cells are really great!

AmoebaSisters!

2016-02-23T14:23:00.000+02:00

Hey guys!
I've found a treasure!
http://www.amoebasisters.com/ - that's so cool, i just can't describe! Gifs, pictures, videos - all about biology and processes in cells and organisms. I'm in love :) Also http://amoebagifs.blogspot.com/ - only gifs.
My fav:

Christmas Cells

2015-12-19T00:34:00.000+02:00

When Christmas and New Year are near, cell biologists are doing some funny stuff too.
So here we go - the cell conglomerate as Santa in human umbilical cord tissue (Wharton jelly) derived mesenchymal stem cell culture. My photo from thesis-making times and some photo-editing.

Morphological characteristics of cultured fresh and thawed pericardium cells

2015-09-11T12:50:00.000+03:00

Hey, wonderful news. Our paper is published in CATB!
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10561-015-9532-7

Abstract
The need for selection of the optimal material for the manufacturing of cardio-patches can be resolved by the use of cryostored autologous pericardial tissue. This short communication is a concise fragment of a large-scale research and demonstrates only the efficiency of cell culturing before and after pericardial preservation in the low temperature conditions.
Keywords: Pericardium Fibroblasts Cell culture Autologous tissue

Lifespan - for those who care about science against ageing

2015-08-26T20:27:00.000+03:00

Let me introduce a very useful and innovative platform both for scientists and for people who wants to live forever.

http://www.lifespan.io/ - there you can find the first crowdfunding anti-ageing project.

Welcome!

You can contribute here.

Pink Cells

2015-07-26T14:30:00.000+03:00

Some pink beauties from archives of my old lab. Mesenchymal stem cells again. Romanowsky-Giemsa stain.

Cell Culture Helper

2015-07-24T23:50:00.002+03:00

Very good idea!

In previous post I've asked about the necessity of mobile application development.
Now let's talk more specific.
While working with cell cultures I always notice lots of possibilities to improve the performance and make all procedures easier and to avoid mistakes.
However sometimes it's really hard to manage all cell cultures and to have all data available anywhere anytime.

That's why once I found myself thinking about the creation of something handy, trendy and highly useful for people who need to spend lots of time in laboratory.
My current idea is to develop the application for smartphones that will simplify some routine steps in cell cultivation process.
I'm not an application developer and I don't have enough funding to hire a good one today. That is why I've launched the campaign for this goal. Moreover, I'd like to hear any comments, wishes and recommendations from both cell scientists and people who know how such stuff as mobile app development works. It's important because I'd like to give the most precise description of this task to engineers.
Here's the donation page
All features are still under construction but here are some crucial goals that I want to see in ready-to-use app:

Interactive Journal with the opportunity to put data abot the culture: isolation day (for primary cultures), seeding day (for other), number and date of passage, medium used (chose from given options e.g.: MEM, DMEM, RPMI etc), serum used (type of serum and %, e.g.: FBS, 10%), medium additives presence such as glutamine, glucose etc, the initial number of cells, type of flask used and other nesessary characteristics.
This Journal will provide notifications - reminders of a regular medium change, subculturing etc
Tools for cell counting such as population doubling time calculator, plotting options etc.
One of my wishes is to make some sort of color detector that will give the possibility to determine the pH of the medium based on color on the photo
Maybe there would be tools for image processing with microscope (linked to existing programs or connected with new simplified mobile programm)
The possibility of additional (or only) marking of the culture flask using a code with information that appears in a smartphone
Maybe a tool for rapid qualitative detection of signs of contamination by turbidity, color, environment
An analytical package for the interpretation of test results (PRO)
Of course it's just a raw draft and you may also take part in creative process with your vision.

Thanks for all comments. It's really important!

Visit it also, please.

Let's help!

CellCult App

2015-07-23T17:39:00.000+03:00

Here we go
Campaign for development of mobile application for cell cultivation process has started:

I'd like to create this useful tool for scientists!

The beauty of MSCs on 3D-printed surface

2015-06-30T01:10:00.000+03:00

Here's my wonderful umbilical cord tissue derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) on the 3D-printed nylon-680 surface. DAPI-stained after 10 days of culturing.

April

2015-04-03T15:36:00.000+03:00

A little bit of biological humour from http://www.memecenter.com/search/biology

Telomere Testing For Everyone!

2015-03-17T00:12:00.000+02:00

My friends are doing wonderful things! Big science is near! ^v^ Here is their new project:

Telomere Testing For Everyone!
The length of telomeres correlates strongly with:
Overall longevity and health
Cancer risk
Lifestyle choices
Longer telomeres (the protective caps of chromosomes which shorten over the course of a lifetime) are a sign of overall good health. Because telomere length has been proven to be strongly correlated to measures of overall health, it is now possible to use telomere length as a metric of good health.

You can learn more and show your support using Indiegogo

fluorescent mesenchymal cells

2015-02-21T01:00:00.001+02:00

My little fluorescent mesenchymal cells in culture. Derived from umbilical cord tissue. Not from blood but from Wharton's jelly. They are cool and these pictures are from my PhD-thesis. DAPI, FITC, thiazine red.
Credit: Olga Maslova, Kyiv, Ukraine

Mitochondrion from an insect muscle

2015-02-08T16:30:00.000+02:00

http://tangledwing.tumblr.com/ shared this wonderful image:

"A tomographic reconstruction of a mitochondrion from an insect flight muscle. Mitochondria are cellular compartments that are best known as the powerhouses that convert energy from the food into energy that runs a range of biological processes. Nearly all our cells have mitochondria."

Guy Perkins, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research

Pregnancy gif

2015-01-31T23:30:00.000+02:00

Wonderful demonstration of processes during pregnancy:

And other materials from the source are very cool!

Cells lining the trachea

2014-11-27T22:43:00.000+02:00

ZEISS ORION NanoFab microscope image of cells lining a mouse airway. Magnification - more than 10,000 times.

This type of cells' organisation (the mucociliary escalator), can also be found in humans. It is the first line of defense against inhaled bacteria, allergens, pollutants and debris. Grey cells secrete mucus, which traps inhaled particles and the colored cells sweep the mucus layer out of the lungs.

Eva Mutunga and Kate Klein, University of the District of Columbia and National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Blood cells

2014-11-15T23:37:00.000+02:00

Human blood with red blood cells, T cells (orange) and platelets (green)
Copyright Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc.

Simply perfect.

Mesenchymal Stem Cells 3D

2014-11-10T20:02:00.000+02:00

Scanning Electron Micrograph of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (colorized). National Center for Regenerative Medicine in Cleveland, OH. Found at http://stemcellgurus.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/semms/

Micronuclei in oral exfoliated epithelial cell

2014-09-29T13:17:00.000+03:00

Photomicrograph showing micronuclei (arrow) in oral exfoliated epithelial cell stained with haematoxylin and eosin stain (×100)

This wonderful scared and wondered cell has been found in the paper: Grover S, Ahmed MB, Telagi N, Shivappa AB, Nithin K P. Evaluation of diagnostic reliability of micronuclei in potentially malignant disorders of oral cavity. CHRISMED J Health Res [serial online] 2014 [cited 2014 Sep 29];1:15-20. Available from: http://www.cjhr.org/text.asp?2014/1/1/15/126776

violet raymoor

2014-09-25T22:35:00.002+03:00

Amoebae

2014-08-10T19:28:00.000+03:00

Cool moving Amoebae from http://exploratorium.tumblr.com/post/94019305700/amoebae-use-molecular-mechanisms-to-move-despite