animations

metastream - glucose chair
metastream - glucose boat
animation - cellulose
animation - amylose
animation - unsaturated diglyceride
animation - unsaturated triglyceride
animation - saturated triglyceride
animation - DNA
kyrk animation - replication

Animation Console Contents
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/animations/anim_index.htm

Anatomy of the Cochlea - Dr. Hudspeth demonstrates how hearing happens in the ear with a 3D anatomical model of the cochlea. From the 1997 Holiday Lectures on Science series "Senses and Sensitivity: Neuronal Alliances for Sight and Sound." Includes audio and narration.

Angiogenesis - A cancer tumor forms in a bed of healthy cells. The animation goes on to show how the tumor recruits blood vessels and how metastasis occurs. From the 2003 Holiday Lectures Series "Learning From Patients: The Science of Medicine." Includes audio narration.

Bacterial Conjugation - This interactive Flash animation illustrates how genetic information is passed from one bacterium to another. From the 1999 Holiday Lectures Series "2000 and Beyond: Confronting the Microbe Menace."

Body Mass Index (BMI) Comparison of the change in BMI for a given height and varying weights. From the 2004 Holiday Lectures Series "The Science of Fat." Includes audio narration.

Cell Screening - Researchers, looking for intriguing interactions between cells and small molecules, use techniques to expose large numbers of diverse compounds to treated cells. This 3D animation illustrates one of these techniques. From the 2002 Holiday Lectures Series "Scanning Life's Matrix: Genes, Proteins, and Small Molecules."

Chemical Space - In the future, as the various interactions and properties of small molecules are discovered, they will be entered into a comprehensive database known as Chembank. One nascent idea of the use of Chembank data is that molecules can be plotted at certain points in “chemical space.” From the 2002 Holiday Lectures Series "Scanning Life's Matrix: Genes, Proteins, and Small Molecules."

Diffusion Across Membranes - This animation describes two different ways by which chemicals move through membranes: passive diffusion and active transport.

DOS Matrix - Researchers looking to generate a large number of diverse small molecules use a technique known as "Diversity Oriented Synthesis." This animation illustrates a multi-dimensional matrix based on the combination of many different compounds. From the 2002 Holiday Lectures Series "Scanning Life's Matrix: Genes, Proteins, and Small Molecules."
Evolution of the Y Chromosome - The Y chromosome has suffered mamy changes throughout its long history. This animation charts its evolution along a cladogram with diagrams showing when significant deletions and inversions took place. From the 2001 Holiday Lectures Series "The Meaning of Sex: Genes and Gender."
Exclusion Mapping - A useful technique for narrowing down the location of a gene involves comparing the chromosomes of affected siblings. Two sisters with rett syndrome allow researchers an opportunity to map th most likely location of the gene by exluding areas of the chromosome that are not a like. From the 2003 Holiday Lectures Series "Learning From Patients: The Science of Medicine." Includes audio narration. Includes audio narration.
The Fate of Fat - An overview of how dietary fat gets digested, packaged, and sent to various tissues for storage or energy. From the 2004 Holiday Lectures Series "The Science of Fat." Includes audio narration.
Fly Circadian Activity - Researchers have devised methods to record daily activity fluctuations in individual flies. This animation series shows four experiments that compare the activity patterns of a wild-type fly keeping a normal schedule with those of a mutant fly apparently following a 19-hour internal clock. From the 2000 Holiday Lectures Series "Clockwork Genes: Discoveries in Biological Time"
Furrowstatin - This series of three video clips illustrate the power of a chemical genetics approach when investigating a dynamic process such as the cell division. From the 2002 Holiday Lectures Series "Scanning Life's Matrix: Genes, Proteins, and Small Molecules."
Gleevec - Gleevec is a drug designed to interfere with the the stimulation of growth in leukemia cells. This 3D animation shows how this is achieved. From the 2003 Holiday Lectures Series "Learning From Patients: The Science of Medicine." Includes audio narration.
How a Heart Attack Occurs - A 3-D animation that shows how plaques form in a blood vessel, leading to blockage and a heart attack. From the 2004 Holiday Lectures Series "The Science of Fat." Includes audio narration.
Human Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Anatomy - In mammals, the controlling clock component that generates a 24-hour rhythm is the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), located in a part of the brain called the hypothalamus. This 3D animation shows how light travels along the optic nerve to reach the human SCN. From the 2000 Holiday Lectures Series "Clockwork Genes: Discoveries in Biological Time"
Intracellular Infection by Salmonella - Bacteria utilize a host of tools that enable them to infect a cell. This animation shows how Salmonella allows itself to be engulfed by a cell membrane and then multiplies within the cytoplasm. From the 1999 Holiday Lectures Series "2000 and Beyond: Confronting the Microbe Menace."
Leptin Feedback Control System - Demonstrates how changes in the amount of fat tissue lead to changes in leptin levels and thus changes in appetite. From the 2004 Holiday Lectures Series "The Science of Fat." Includes audio narration.
Leptin Neuronal Rewiring - Illustrates how providing leptin to an obese mouse rapidly rewires its hypothalamus neurons. From the 2004 Holiday Lectures Series "The Science of Fat." Includes audio narration.
Location of the Hypothalamus - A 3-D animation that shows the location of the hypothalamus in a mouse's brain. From the 2004 Holiday Lectures Series "The Science of Fat." Includes audio narration.
Meiosis - This animation shows how the process of meiosis factors into sex determination. From the 2001 Holiday Lectures Series "The Meaning of Sex: Genes and Gender."
MECP2 - This animation shows how the protein MECP2, in conjuction with another protein complex, can act as an "on-off' switch for gene expression. From the 2003 Holiday Lectures Series "Learning From Patients: The Science of Medicine." Includes audio narration.
MIX-1 - This animation shows how MIX-1 facilitates both chromosome condensation and dosage compensation. From the 2001 Holiday Lectures Series "The Meaning of Sex: Genes and Gender."
Mismatch Repair - This animation illustrates how mistakes made during DNA replication are repaired. From the 2003 Holiday Lectures Series "Learning From Patients: The Science of Medicine." Includes audio narration.
Molecular Stream - This animation demonstrates, in a simplified form, how a potentially useful small molecule can be fished out from the thousands of compounds created by researchers. From the 2002 Holiday Lectures Series "Scanning Life's Matrix: Genes, Proteins, and Small Molecules."
Obesity-Related Health Problems - A timeline illustrating the gradual effects of obesity on the body, including diabetes, atherosclerosis, and heart attack. From the 2004 Holiday Lectures Series "The Science of Fat." Includes audio narration.
p53 - A 3D animation showing the molecule p53 binds to DNA and initiates the transcription of mRNA. From the 2003 Holiday Lectures Series "Learning From Patients: The Science of Medicine." Includes audio narration.
Pathogenic E. coli Infection Mechanism - This three-part animation illustrates the molecular tricks that an infectious strain of Escherichia coli uses to infect your gut. From the 1999 Holiday Lectures Series "2000 and Beyond: Confronting the Microbe Menace."
PPAR-delta Activation in the Muscle Cell - The PPAR-delta receptor activates certain genes in a muscle cell, resulting in the burning of fat. From the 2004 Holiday Lectures Series "The Science of Fat." Includes audio narration.
PPAR-gamma Activation in the Fat Cell - The PPAR-gamma receptor activates certain genes in a fat cell, resulting in the storage of fat and changes in hormone levels. From the 2004 Holiday Lectures Series "The Science of Fat." Includes audio narration.
Proteasome - A 3D animation showing how proteins in the cell are tagged for disposal and degraded by the proteasome. From the 2003 Holiday Lectures Series "Learning From Patients: The Science of Medicine." Includes audio narration.
Protein Binding - In this animation, a small molecule binds to the protein calmodulin in order to inactivate the protein. From the 2002 Holiday Lectures Series "Scanning Life's Matrix: Genes, Proteins, and Small Molecules."
Rapamycin(Chemical Genetics) - A 3D animation showing how the small molecule Rapamycin can superactivate a protein. From the 2002 Holiday Lectures Series "Scanning Life's Matrix: Genes, Proteins, and Small Molecules."
Small Molecule Microarrays - A 3D animation showing how inetersting reactions between proteins and small molecules can be found using advanced robots.From the 2002 Holiday Lectures Series "Scanning Life's Matrix: Genes, Proteins, and Small Molecules."
The Drosophila Molecular Model - An animation illustrating the molecular feedback loop that regulates the circadian rythm of flies. From the 2000 Holiday Lectures Series "Clockwork Genes: Discoveries in Biological Time".
The Mammalian Molecular Model - An animation illustrating the molecular feedback loop that regulates the circadian rythm of mammals. From the 2000 Holiday Lectures Series "Clockwork Genes: Discoveries in Biological Time".
The T Cell - This animation shows how one type of immune cell—the helper T cell—interprets a message presented at the surface of the cell membrane. From an informal talk by HHMI associate investigator Andrew C. Chan, M.D., Ph.D.
Using p53 To Fight Cancer - This animation demontrates how cancerous cells could be destroyed using a modified virus. From the 2003 Holiday Lectures Series "Learning From Patients: The Science of Medicine." Includes audio narration.
The Visible Heart - Examine a virtual human heart in 3D. Multiple views of the various chambers as well as a bloodflow simulation are available for study. From the 1998 Holiday Lectures Series "Of Hearts and Hypertension: Blazing Genetic Trails".
The Y Chromosome - This animation shows how the Y Chromosome has its own repair mechanism and how this mechanism can lead to pallindromic sequences of genes. This is a follow up to the Evolution of the Y Chromosome animation. From the 2001 Holiday Lectures Series "The Meaning of Sex: Genes and Gender."
Trinucleotide Repeat - Slippage during DNA replication can lead to expanding sections of repeating nucleotides. Watch this animation to see how this problem occurs. From the 2003 Holiday Lectures Series "Learning From Patients: The Science of Medicine." Includes audio narration.
VEGF - This animation shows how a growing tumor can recruit nearby blood vessels in order to gain a suply of blood. From the 2003 Holiday Lectures Series "Learning From Patients: The Science of Medicine." Includes audio narration.
Viral Infection - This Flash animation shows the basic mechanism of viral infection and replication. From the 1999 Holiday Lectures Series "2000 and Beyond: Confronting the Microbe Menace."
Viral Subunit Reassortment - This Flash animation shows how genetic information can be passed between two viruses that simultaneously infect a cell. From the 1999 Holiday Lectures Series "2000 and Beyond: Confronting the Microbe Menace."
X Inactivation - This animation shows how the random deactivation of one of the X chromosomes in a pair can lead to a mozaicism in the expression genes. From the 2003 Holiday Lectures Series "Learning From Patients: The Science of Medicine." Includes audio narration.

Biology Animation Library
DNA Restriction
Gel Electrophoresis
DNA Transformation 1
DNA Transformation 2
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sanger Sequencing
Cycle Sequencing
DNA Arrays
GeneChip (R)
Model Organisms
Chromosome 11 FlyoverNucleotide Sequences of pAMP, pKAN, & pBLU Plasmids

http://www.dnalc.org/ddnalc/resources/restriction.html
http://www.dnalc.org/ddnalc/resources/electrophoresis.html
http://www.dnalc.org/ddnalc/resources/transformation1.html
http://www.dnalc.org/ddnalc/resources/transformation2.html
polymerase chain reaction
http://www.dnalc.org/ddnalc/resources/pcr.html
http://www.dnalc.org/ddnalc/resources/sangerseq.html
http://www.dnalc.org/ddnalc/resources/cycseq.html
http://www.dnalc.org/ddnalc/resources/dnaarray.html

animation - DNA transcription
animation - DNA translation
animation - glycolysis
animation - golgi function
animation - krebs
animation - mitochondrion
animation - pH
animation - photosynthesis light reactions
animation - photosynthesis dark reactions
animation - H2O


animation - start of transcription
animation - reverse transcription : animation - integration of reverse transcripted fragment : animation - protease 'snipping' : animation - viral budding

metastream - amino acid

animation - peptide
animation - protein
animation - alpha helix protein secondary str
animation - beta pleated sheet protein secondary str
animation - tertiary structure globular protein
animation - Fe at centre of hemoglobin
animation - enzyme active site
animation - enzyme anabolism
animation - enzyme catabolism

animation - adenine tyrosine H bonds
animation - cytosine guanine H bonds

The Virtual Cell Textbook - Cell Biology
animation - cell cycle

kyrk animation - transcription translation er golgi
animation - chromosome structure
kyrk animation - cell membrane


animation - zeiosis
clickable comparison scale
animation - powers of 10

animation - phospholipid :

Virtual Cell Textbook - Biomolecules
Virtual Cell Textbook - Contents
Virtual Cell Textbook - Cell Biology

Virtual Cell Textbook - Biomolecules

Virtual Cell Textbook - Cell Biology

animation - carrier proteins : animation - receptor protein : animation - cholesterol : animation - facilitated diffusion : animation - Na glucose symport : animation - Na K ATPase :
animation - Na K pump
animation - diffusion

animation - smooth endoplasmic reticulum :
tour smooth ER :
animation - rough ER with ribosomes :
tour rough ER :
zoom in on rough ER :
animation - ribosomes :
ribosome close-up and rough ER :

animation - golgi apparatus and budding golgi body : animation - golgi at work : animation - lysosomes "suicide sacks" : tour lysosome

image - mitochondrion cut :
tour mitochondrion :

animation - chloroplast :
tour the chloroplast :

animation - spinning centriole pair : tour centriole : zoom in on centriole :
animation - mitosis animation - meiosis : animation ~ mitosis : link to animation - mitosis : kyrk animation _ mitosis : kyrk animation _ meisosis:

animation - spinning plant plastid : animation - inside flagellum :
Geometric Clutch Model : animation - cilia & flagella
animation - bacterial motility : animation - Helicobacter pylori :

animation - contractile vacuoles of protozoa :

animated diagram - phagocytosis of bacterium
animation - phagocytosis :
animation - exocytosis :
animation - spinning nucleus : image - nuclear membrane and nuclear pores : animation - nucleolus heterochromatin :

animation - powers of 10 quarks to universe

animated timeline evolution

animation - flow of current direction of magnetic field :
animations - electromagnetic waves :
metastream - chirality :

image – inside flagellum :