I found this kinda beautiful

[Reterr]

A bit cheesy but still rather fun ;):

http://www.dnatube.com/video/23/Keratocyte-Dance--Cool-video

Keratocytes are cool. If I am not mistaken they are some of the fastest migrating cells (approaching 60um/s) but I could be wrong. That is some beautiful DIC imaging.

[Lisa0825]

1. That was fun to watch!

When I was a research assistant, part of my job was growing and harvesting human tumor cells in flasks. Sometimes when I had downtime, I would split the flask and watch the new cells "finding" the bottom and attaching themselves. I was fascinated by being able to watch them move in real time. It was also cool when I found cells dividing, because that was fast enough to watch over time too, especially when they "let go" of the flask long enough to separate and give each other space.

I could sit there are the scope and watch the for a couple hours, and I'd be entranced by it all. I guess it's the scientist's version of "watching the grass grow." LOL! I often thought that as complex as a single cell is, it's amazing that organisms like us function, reproduce, evolve, etc.

[Reterr]

2. Very cool

Yeah I have looked at 'em on a confocal when they are just starting to adhere. It is always fascinating to watch them bleb and attach and detach and so on. Absolutely fascinating.

Tumor cells are fun because they bleb such a lot! Part of what my company works on is trying to identify all the different proteins that play a role in helping certain cell lines adhere and spread. As you can imagine it gets pretty complex pretty fast since there are so many families and pathways coming into play.
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