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Social Networking
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The arrangement of nerve cells in the region of the brain called the hippocampus is essential for the formation and storage of new memories.
Crystals and the Color of Skin
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The panther chameleon alters the arrangement of tiny crystals in its skin to change color.
A Predator in the Plankton
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The comb jelly (Beroe cucumis) uses its large mouth and cilia-powered motor to prey upon members of the plankton family, including other ctenophores.
To Brine, Or Not To Brine?
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Soaking your Thanksgiving turkey in a salt solution (brine) alters the arrangement of muscle fiber protein molecules.
Coloring the Past
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An electron micrograph of tightly-packed melanosomes in a 55.4-million-year-old fossil bird feather unearthed in Denmark.
How We Get Our Skin Color Interactive
Interactive Video

(3 min 32 sec) This interactive animation about the biology of skin color provides stop points at which students can further explore the material through additional text and illustrations, videos, questions, and simple interactive widgets.
What Makes Flowers Red?
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The petals of flowers get their vibrant colors from cells packed with pigments such as orange carotenoids and pink anthocyanins.
How We Get Our Skin Color
Animation

(3 min 32 sec) This engaging animation shows how human skin cells produce the pigment melanin, which gives skin its color.
Solar Fix
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The cells of the liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) are packed with chloroplasts.
Making the Flow
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The surface cells of tadpole embryos have cilia that move the water around them.
Festive Fat Cells
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Fat is made up of spherical plump cells supplied by a network of blood vessels.
Autism and the Structure and Function of Synapses
Animation

(2 min 3 sec) Genes associated with autism affect the structure and function of neuronal synapses.
Let's Stick Together
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Sponges feed themselves through chambers of specialized cells.
Dengue Virus Enters a Cell
Animation

(1 min 33 sec) Infection begins when the dengue virus uses receptors on an immune cell's surface to gain entry and release its genome.
How Neurons Work
Poster

The poster from the 2008 Holiday Lectures on Science, Making Your Mind: Molecules, Motion, and Memory. It illustrates the structure and function of a neuron, including how it transmits electrical and chemical signals. (This poster is designed to printed at a maximum size of 29.5" x 23.5".)
Electrical Activity of Neurons
Click & Learn

Measuring neuronal activity, generating action potentials, and recording the firing of individual neurons.
HIV life cycle
Animation

(4 min 52 sec) How HIV infects a cell and replicates itself using reverse transcriptase and the host's cellular machinery.
What Is Fat?
Poster

The poster from the 2004 Holiday Lectures on Science, The Science of Fat. See how fat is stored and metabolized. (This poster is designed to printed at a maximum size of 29.5" x 23.5".)
Molecular Structure of Fat
Click & Learn

This slide show delves into the various molecular shapes that fat can take.
The Proteasome and Protein Regulation
Click & Learn

Learn about the structure and function of this fascinating cellular machine.