Journey to the Microcosmos
These Mites Are Probably On Your Face Right Now
You might wonder why we would care if a demodex has a butthole or not. Well, we care because they live on our face.
Journey to the Microcosmos
BONUS VIDEO: The Microcosmos Microscope
BONUS VIDEO: The Microcosmos Microscope
Journey to the Microcosmos
The Microcosmos Is Made of Star Stuff
If you’ve been with us on our journey for a while, you’ve probably heard us say the phrase “we don’t know” a lot. The microcosmos doesn’t guarantee answers, and we’ve often found ourselves looking at some unusual behavior or beautiful...
Weird History
American Foods Banned In other Countries
Weird History Food is gonna get your palate banned. Food is one of those things that immediately sets one country apart from another, and edible items or practices taken for granted in one country may in fact be banned somewhere else....
Curated Video
The mutualism relationship between nodular bacteria and leguminous plant
The mutualism relationship between nodular bacteria and leguminous plant
Curated Video
High Five Facts - Immune System
This video explores five fun facts about Immune System.
Curated Video
High Five Facts - Micro organisms
This video explores five fun facts about micro organisms.
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Big Are Viruses?
This video is answering the question of how big are viruses.
Curated Video
What is Toxic Shock Syndrome? (Tampons Disease)
How we treated Toxic Shock Syndrome at the Emergency Department. Tampons use is not the only way to catch the disease. The Bacteria that cause Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) live on our skin and can cause the disease when opportunity...
Curated Video
Bacterial Meningitis : Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments & Pathology
What is Meningitis? Well, Bacterial Meningitis is a True Medical Emergency that requires an urgent Lumbar Puncture for the diagnosis. This real life clinical case is about a young female patient in her thirties who presented with...
Visual Learning Systems
Microscopic Life: Bacteria
Upon viewing the Microscopic Life video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that only during the past few hundred years have people been able to see and study very small life forms, generally referred to as...
Professor Dave Explains
Virus-Cell Interactions Part 2 Multicellular Hosts
We just went over some basics regarding virus-cell interactions, but we have a little more to discuss. We need to understand some more details regarding how viruses interact with multicellular hosts, such as humans. Let's take a look!
The Viral Fever
Food Wastage is Making You Poor
What if I told you everday you're throwing away one third of your cash in the trash. Well unfortunately this is true. Approximately one third of the food that's produced globally goes to waste. And if that's not scary enough, we're...
Professor Dave Explains
Barrier Surfaces of the Innate Immune System
The first aspect of the innate immune system we will examine is the many barrier surfaces, such as the skin, as well as the linings of the respiratory tract and digestive tract. These cells have to constantly prevent infection from the...
Catalyst University
NAD: Structure and Reduction of NAD to NADH
NAD: Structure and Reduction of NAD to NADH
Soliloquy
Why don't we use Viruses to Fight Diseases for Us?
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a big problem, some strains of pathogens are now resistant to all antibiotics normally used in hospitals. But there is an alternative, using viruses that infect bacteria, bacteriophages, to fight the...
Professor Dave Explains
Cholera Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139
What is cholera exactly? Believe it or not, this disease isn't gone, it's still an issue in various parts of the world. It's caused by Vibrio cholerae, and in particular two serotypes of this bacterium. Let's get some details!
Journey to the Microcosmos
We Upgraded Our Microscope!
Differential interference contrast is not a microscope, but rather a method that enhances contrast, and thanks to our new microscope we are able to share some amazing DIC images with you!
Curated Video
Six Kingdoms of Life
This video introduces the viewer to the six kingdoms of life found on planet Earth.
SWPictures
Global Collaboration in Bacterial Diagnosis in Vietnam
This video discusses the use of a special camera developed by a Vietnamese hospital that can take high-resolution photographs of bacterial samples. These pictures are then sent to Dutch experts who can discuss the case over a video link,...