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#inktober2021 Day20: Another #sprout, another #model
What happens when nerves are damaged? How do they heal? We can model this on the long larval nerves that control the #muscles. When an axon is damaged, cell membrane sprout from the injury as the cell regenerates. (1/3)
#STEM
Day 17: When larvae #collide.
We talked about how larvae navigate their environment.
Day 13: A #roof to grow under.
We talked about roof and floor cells that are involved in the formation of the eggshell.
Day 2: The #suit of armor of the fly, its exoskeleton.
We talked about how flies change their exoskeleton.
Day 1: #Crystal.
We talked about the Crystal cells involved in wound healing.
#inktober2021 Day 17: Head-to-head #collision.
How do fruitfly #larvae navigate their #environment? Larvae crawl forward, and at moments stop, bend their "head" to a side and change direction, or do a sweeping motion and go to the other side. (1/3)
#scicomm #sciart #stem
#inktober2021 Day 13: A #roof to grow under
How do #Drosophila flies help us understand #development?
During development cells have to produce other cells, they have to move, change shape, and commit to new functions. (1/4)
#scicomm #sciart #stem #biology
#inktober2021 Day2.The #suit of armor of the #fly, its exoskeleton.
After the adult #Drosophila leaves the puparium, the exoskeleton is soft, wings are folded and the head all blown up. Later, wings will unfold and the exoskeleton will harden.
#scicomm #sciart #illustrator #STEM
#inktober2021 Day1 #Crystal
When a #fly larvae gets hurt (e.g. when falling from their little #bike), Crystal cells travel to the #wound and help to plug it and form a scab. They get their name from the tiny dark crystals inside them. #woundhealing #drosophila #research #STEM