netwatch | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 30 2007 | science, photography, images, gallery, medicine, artA neuroscientist might describe a nightmare differently, but an 1810 image by the English engraver Jean Pierre Simon certainly captures the terror. It's one of thousands of medically themed photos and art housed at Wellcome Images, a new gallery from the British biomedical charity the Wellcome Trust.
The site's contemporary collection is the place to search if you want, say, a spectacular photo of dividing cells caught at the moment of parting or an electron micrograph of influenza viruses barging into tracheal cells. To trace changes in medical knowledge and practice, browse the historical collection, whose holdings include rarities such as 15th century Chinese anatomical drawings and a 1920s Soviet propaganda poster on the dangers of typhus. If your intentions are pure (that is, noncommercial), you can download the images free.
Volume 317, Number 5836, Issue of 20 July 2007
- netwatch | Shared With: Everyone - May 18 2007 | science, biology, cellular, databases, images, video
In an early Drosophila embryo, the cell nuclei twirl and divide with the impeccable synchrony of dancers in a Hollywood musical. A lengthwise cut through two sperm tails shows mitochondria lined up like kernels in an ear of corn. Those are a couple of the highlights from this gallery hosted by the American Society for Cell Biology in Bethesda, Maryland.
The videos and electron micrographs have all been peer-reviewed to make sure they are scientifically valuable. Included are descriptions of what they illustrate and how they were taken. The gallery boasts a slew of historic shots from society founders such as the Romanian-American scientist George Palade, now 94, who shared a 1974 Nobel Prize for helping to reveal the internal structure and workings of the cell. Curator David Ennist encourages other biologists to contribute footage and images.
Volume 316, Number 5822, Issue of 13 April 2007
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