• Question: What is the most interesting thing you've found while looking at cells?

    Asked by Ndancer to Dawn, Christie on 13 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by 992thaf32.
    • Photo: Dawn Lau

      Dawn Lau answered on 13 Jun 2016:

      Probably looking at cells under an electron microscope, which is capable of around 20,000X magnification! I was looking at the distances between organelles in healthy and diseased cells and it was awesome to see them in such detail.

    • Photo: Christie Waddington

      Christie Waddington answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      I stained cells and recorded them dividing and it’s really cool watching the chromosomes and the cytoplasm separate. In terms of finding anything, I did an experiment in which I depleted my protein and the cells didn’t grow normally – they clumped together into small balls! We’re still working out why they do that.

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