I've got to get back to my meeting, but Cosma just had to distract me with these classic video clips on dissecting the squid giant axon, including movies of one of my personal heroes, JZ Young (pronounced, as everyone knows, as jay-zed), in action. It's beautiful stuff.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Search
Profile
PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
…and this is a pharyngula stage embryo.
• a longer profile of yours truly
• my calendar
• Nature Network
• RichardDawkins Network
• facebook
• MySpace
• Twitter
• Atheist Nexus
• the Pharyngula chat room
(#pharyngula on irc.synirc.net)
• Quick link to the latest endless thread
I reserve the right to publicly post, with full identifying information about the source, any email sent to me that contains threats of violence.
Random Quote
Walking on water is easy. It is what we do for a living. You just have to know where the rocks are. Step from rock to rock, and those on the shore will think you are performing a miracle.
[advice from professional prophets]
Recent Posts
- Mr Deity brings me solace and hope
- The Deep Rifts simply call us unto the breach once more
- Correcting Ken Ham's standard omission
- Evolution in two minutes
- The cameraman speaks
- Mary's Monday Metazoan: What's pink and tubular?
- We're doomed. It's another sign of the apocalypse.
- A wonderful debate
- The world is ending, again
- Rudeness required
A Taste of Pharyngula
Recent Comments
- Rev. Dr. Stephens Hawkings 386sx III½ Jr., Esq. on The cursed undead heart of the vengeful bride of the son of the thread that will not die!
- Paul on The cameraman speaks
- Carolyn Ann on The cameraman speaks
- nelc on Mr Deity brings me solace and hope
- Hairhead on The cameraman speaks
- MK on Correcting Ken Ham's standard omission
- Peter G on The Deep Rifts simply call us unto the breach once more
- Celtic_Evolution on A wonderful debate
- David Marjanović, OM on The world is ending, again
- nelc on Mr Deity brings me solace and hope
Archives
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
Blogroll
Other Information
« It's like he really knows me! | Main | Godless goodness and godly grodiness »
Oooh — historical squid science
Category: Cephalopods • Science
Posted on: August 5, 2007 10:58 AM, by PZ Myers
Share this: Facebook Twitter Stumbleupon Reddit Email + More
TrackBacks
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://scienceblogs.com/mt/pings/47258
Sign in or register with TypePad. Sign up with Movable Type.
Comments
Posted by: LisaS | August 5, 2007 11:14 AM
Fascinating! Those really are great video clips.
I just looked up JZ Young and found this interesting description,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zachary_Young .
Posted by: DaveX | August 5, 2007 1:10 PM
I don't think I'll be watching the rest of those, but that first video is certainly interesting... giant axons, not exactly what I thought I'd be learning about today!
Posted by: Tom | August 5, 2007 3:41 PM
I certainly didn't think I'd be learning about giant axons today either.
I thought it was interesting to learn that experiments by Hodgkin and Huxley in England on the squid giant axon in the 1940s "unraveled the mechanism of the action potential".
Posted by: Peter Ashby | August 5, 2007 4:50 PM
Well I learned about squid giant axons in physiology lectures back in '85. It is also in all the physiology textbooks I have.
Posted by: ZorkFox | August 6, 2007 4:42 PM
That was really interesting. I watched it over lunch. :)