Month: November 2008

  • Week 109 – embryology of the musculoskeletal system

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    Last week I gave a lecture on the development of the musculoskeletal system, restricting the talk to the cells of the somites and the organisation of the cells of the limbs. If you want to recap the lecture, you can listen to the podcasts in iTunes, or hear them here: ep5, somites; ep6 limbs.

  • Movember

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    I’m raising money for the prostate cancer charity. Do you want to find out how? Go visit uk.movember.com for more info. Oh yeah, and donate some money! Photos to follow, after you’ve all checked the link out.

  • Rainforest Fungus Naturally Synthesizes Diesel

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    Wired reports, “A fungus that lives inside trees in the Patagonian rain forest naturally makes a mix of hydrocarbons that bears a striking resemblance to diesel, biologists announced today. And the fungus can grow on cellulose, a major component of tree trunks, blades of grass and stalks that is the most abundant carbon-based plant material…

  • Week 109 – breast anatomy

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    In the last anatomy session I talked about the anatomy of the breast (or mammary gland), changes through life, and the similarities between the male and female breast. I started off by talking about supernumerary nipples, using James Bond’s fake nipple as a bad example in the film, “The Man With The Golden Gun”. I…

  • Beating heart

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    Beating heart, originally uploaded by samwebster. I need this. For work.

  • Scott Sigler’s Nocturnal

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    Now listening to Nocturnal by Scott Sigler, another in his line of excellent horror novel podcasts. It’s nasty. Scott Sigler’s Nocturnal

  • Movember

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    Hmmm, have I missed the boat, or do I now have a reason to grow a pimp ‘tache for a month? movember.com