TWIMC, metabolomics film noir and case stories for your own investigation ( secim.ufl.edu/casefiles/ ): Some Cells Know How to Keep Their Secrets. Citing the Dr. Francis Collins comment in his blog: Today’s feature in my Cool Video series is a scientific film noir from the University of Florida in Gainesville. Channeling Humphrey Bogart’s hard-boiled approach to detective work, the protagonist of this video is tracking down metabolites—molecules involved in biological mysteries with more twists and turns than “The Maltese Falcon.” If you’d like a few more details before or after watching the video, here’s how the scientists themselves describe their project: “Inside our cells, chemical heroes, victims, and villains leave behind clues about our health. Meet Dr. Art Edison, one of many metabolomics PIs who are on the case. Their quest? To tail and fingerprint small molecules, called metabolites, which result from the chemical processes that fuel and sustain life. Metabolites can shed light on the state of health, nutrition, or disease in a living thing—whether human, animal, or plant. Funded by National Institutes of Health grant U24DK097209, the University of Florida Southeast Center for Integrated Metabolomics is sleuthing through these cellular secrets (directorsblog.nih.gov/2014/08/14/cool-videos-metabolomics/). https://youtube/embed/kErW35pVHQc?feature=plcp&rel=0&showinfo=0&autoplay=1
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 06:01:25 +0000
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