Coolest Biology Video You Will Ever See.

[roy-nexus-6]

neutrophil wending its way through a crowd of red blood cells to destroy its bacterial nemesis.
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/top-10-amazin-1.html

I'd be interest to know how this thing is tracking the bacteria - its not as though it can use sight or smell,... chemotaxis?

[Slag]

I came in here with a joke in mind, but that is indeed cool.

[scienceiscool]

chemotaxis ftw

here's a video about axon guidance (the axon is the output arm of a neuron).  the cool thing is watching the effects when you add attractant or repellent factors.

edit: i have no idea how to embed a video.  here's the url:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_9YTeEHp1E&feature=related

edit2: apparently that's how you do it.   

[DY]

This looking at biology at the microscopic level is fascinating!  These things are actually IN us!

[Le Pirate]

good video

I spend much of my day looking at things under a microscope. I'm amazed by things I see just about every time...it's really a whole other (little tiny) world

[somegirl]

good video

I spend much of my day looking at things under a microscope. I'm amazed by things I see just about every time...it's really a whole other (little tiny) world

Me too.  One of the main parts of my job is helping our customers collect data like this.

As for the neutrophil, that is indeed chemotaxis.   I used to do research on this as a postdoc.

[zarn02]

neato.

[teddy037.2]

thread... tooo... smart....


so I dropped out of college, ok?   cool vids anyway! go science!!!!

[mstevens]

chemotaxis ftw

My wife would probably kill for a sweatshirt that says "chemotaxis FTW!" You may just have solved my Christmas shopping problems in one swell foop.

[Le Pirate]

My wife would probably kill for a sweatshirt that says "chemotaxis FTW!" You may just have solved my Christmas shopping problems in one swell foop.

I'd totally wear one of those


...but my wife would make fun of me for it.