Eclecticus

biocanvas:

A confocal view of cells expressing heat shock proteins that are localized to intermediate filaments.

Image by Dr. Alan R. Prescott, University of Dundee.

scipsy:

Aster of actin

This specimen is an aster of artificial filopodia assembled in vitro from purified components. Photo was taken in old Leob building at MBL, 07/2009. Chen Wei (via)

sciencecenter:

“Responding to wind, sand can take on an infinite variety of shapes.”

scientificillustration:

Cross section of a tortoise

From: Anatome testudinis Europaeae indagavit, depinxit, commentatus est Ludovicus Henricus Bojanus. Published 1819

‘Henry Louis Bojanus (born July 16, 1776 in Bousville , died. 2 April 1827 in Darmstadt) - Polish biologist and physician , of German origin. Initiated the development of modern veterinary medicine in Poland. In 1823 he founded the first so-called Polish school of veterinary medicine’ google translation of Polish Wikipedia article

medicalstate:

3D VR CT Scan.

A 360 degree view of the thorax. You can see the skeletal structure, the mediastinum and the major blood vessels coming off of the heart. The floating points on the chest are for the 12-lead ECG, constituting V1-V6 as you move laterally from the midline to the apex of the heart.

medicalstate:

The superficial layer of the cervical fascia by Erich Lepier from Eduard Pernkopf’s Topographische Anatomie des Menschen.

This work represents only one of more than 800 watercolour paintings of the human anatomy found within the seven-book masterpiece by Pernkopf. It’s attention to detail and the art form occupied a number of Viennese artists for three decades to produce.