Inner Space: The Final Frontier

Ask A Biologist Podcast

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Intro
2:36
How long have microscopes been used?
3:10
Who are the two people who first documented using a microscope?
3:33
What do you need to make a microscope?
4:46
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - his microscope and his animalcules.
5:00
Robert Hooke's first book about microscopic world and interesting pieces of history.
5:47
Some of the scientific breakthroughs that happened because we had microscopes.
7:49
Microscopes used to detect cancer.
9:12
What are some of the many types and shapes of microscopes?
10:03
How does a microscope compare to a camera?
12:04
Sites to explore amazing images made with microscopes.
13:41
Molecular Expressions - All about microscopes
15:06
Go out and buy your own microscope to explore the microscopic world.
15:50
The different types of microscopes.
17:58
Labelling different parts of cells with colors.
19:09
Advantage of using colors that are invisible to the human eye. [Color spectrum chart[
20:12
Summary of light and fluorescent colors.
20:29
Electron microscopes. [Photons and electrons]
21:21
Basics of light and electron microscopes. [Photon and electron wavelengths]
22:41
What is resolution?
23:56
When and why do we use a light or an electron microscope?
26:15
When did you know you wanted to be a biologist?
27:53
What would you do if you could not be a biologist?
29:16
What advice do you have for future biologists?
30:59
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Ask A Biologist Podcast
Inner Space: The Final Frontier
Oct 15, 2015 Episode 81
Dr. Biology Talks with Angela Goodacre and Doug Chandler

You hear that space is the final frontier, but could we have another frontier right here on Earth? The microscopic world offers a limitless opportunity to explore amazing places and life forms. You just need the right tool for the trip – a microscope. Guests Angela Goodacre and Doug Chandler have a conversation with Dr. Biology about the instruments that let us journey into inner space. Angela Goodacre pictured in front of a microscopy-inspired painting by Doug Chandler.

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