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Post by Pinwig on Jun 28, 2018 22:27:27 GMT
What's the eventual goal with this research then? Examining cardiac disease in spiders will lead to what?
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 28, 2018 22:35:10 GMT
PLANET OF THE SPIDERS.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 28, 2018 22:38:07 GMT
I've never thought about the possibility that spiders might get heart disease. The hub truly is a wondrous place.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jun 29, 2018 7:51:04 GMT
Curiosity is the main goal. Spider hearts evolved into this centralised organ whereas most other invertebrates didn't go for this adaptation whereas vertebrates did. Spiders then are a sort of halfway house between the two. Their brains are somewhat similar as well and there have been some interesting studies looking at behaviour and memory in spiders that it would be interesting to think about from a 'centralisation' angle.
It would be great to bring in a genetic angle to this as well to see if the same genetic 'solutions' have been evolved or if the same physiological results can be derived from different genetic underpinnings. That could have some effect on clinical understanding of the causes of heart disease in humans.
Another goal is demonstrating the practicality of using MRI and associated analysis for general biological research as well as its more usual biomedical/clinical use. Alongside this is demonstrating that by studying a wider pool of 'model' organisms we might accelerate our understanding of biology etc.
I would like to repeat the study in a bunch of spiders of different ages and types and see what results we get. Data from a study back in terms 1970s suggested heart rate might be very different depending on habitat for example and there are some seriously weird shaped spiders out there that must be having weird hearts too.
I once scanned a very old spider (same species as in paper) who exhibited markedly different behaviour to all the others. Her scan results were so different and 'off trend' to the others I had to exclude her from this initial paper. My thought is that age and/or rearing degrades health in the long-term.
I've also done some work on other invertebrates including caterpillars metamorphing into moths and butterflies which might have use in agriculture as well as general research.
MRI is however a ludicrously expensive and complex technique for most researchers to use regularly though. And I don't work in an MRI lab anymore. And the one I did has had a change in management recently which makes these amusing and fun side projects we did for free less likely now.
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 29, 2018 22:08:10 GMT
That is absolutely amazing stuff. Fascinating.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 8, 2018 21:50:00 GMT
Herd of cows help police catch suspect!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 18, 2018 20:02:46 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 24, 2018 15:14:00 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 29, 2018 7:17:11 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 7, 2019 23:03:25 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 15, 2019 21:28:50 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Jan 15, 2019 21:37:01 GMT
Oh wow that frog is doing better than me Clearly I need to meet a nice frog |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 15, 2019 21:38:25 GMT
Or be the suspected last of your kind.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 15, 2019 22:57:43 GMT
Oh wow that frog is doing better than me Clearly I need to meet a nice frog Oh yes. Sorry I forgot. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 20, 2019 21:53:51 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 20, 2019 23:30:30 GMT
...and says, "I'm quite allama'd by the prices you charge."
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 20, 2019 23:31:17 GMT
...and says, "What do you mean this isn't the chemists? I think I need my eyes tested."
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Post by blueshift on Jan 20, 2019 23:36:18 GMT
...and says, "I'm quite allama'd by the prices you charge." How can I stop this?? |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 20, 2019 23:42:30 GMT
Nobody can stop the alpacas from the Andes, with hooves instead of handies....
Bee years, singing that still the automatic reacion when I see a Alpaca
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 20, 2019 23:43:02 GMT
...and says, "I'm quite allama'd by the prices you charge." How can I stop this?? Appeal to the Llama God? |
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 21, 2019 0:04:22 GMT
...and says, "I think I need glasses; I've just spent ten minutes chatting up a car wash."
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 21, 2019 6:38:09 GMT
An alpaca walks into a French optician's... Le premier opticien: "Flee! It's the Alpacalypse!" Le deuxieme opticien: "Zut alors. Alpaca my bags." Alpaca (au premier opticien): "I think you need glasses, monsieur. I'm not a flea, I'm an alpaca." Flea: "He was talking to me." Le premier opticien: "Je suis desole, monsieur. You cannot come in here - the smell..." Alpaca: "That's OK, Jean-Pierre, I don't mind, I'll put a clothes peg on my nose." Le premier opticien: "The alpaca called me Jean-Pierre! C'est un miracle!" Alpaca: "Not really, it's written on your name badge." Le premier opticien: "Whatever shall we do?" Le deuxieme opticien: "Fire alarm." Llama: "Why? What have I done?" Martin |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 21, 2019 18:24:42 GMT
An alpaca walks into a French optician's... Le premier opticien: "Flee! It's the Alpacalypse!" Le deuxieme opticien: "Zut alors. Alpaca my bags." Alpaca (au premier opticien): "I think you need glasses, monsieur. I'm not a flea, I'm an alpaca." Flea: "He was talking to me." Le premier opticien: "Je suis desole, monsieur. You cannot come in here - the smell..." Alpaca: "That's OK, Jean-Pierre, I don't mind, I'll put a clothes peg on my nose." Le premier opticien: "The alpaca called me Jean-Pierre! C'est un miracle!" Alpaca: "Not really, it's written on your name badge." Le premier opticien: "Whatever shall we do?" Le deuxieme opticien: "Fire alarm." Llama: "Why? What have I done?" Le premier opticien: "The writing on my name badge is so small, monsieur, and you read it perfectly. You surely don't need an optician." Alpaca: "I know. It's my flea who needs glasses." Le deuxieme opticien: "Je regret, we do not serve fleas." Alpaca: "Do you serve coffee?" Le deuxieme opticien: "Oui, monsieur." Alpaca: "Then I'll have a cafe au lait, and the flea will have an espresso." Le premier opticien: "What makes you think your flea needs glasses, monsieur?" Alpaca: "He keeps having accidents when driving to work." Flea: "Hey! There's a fly in my coffee." Le deuxieme opticien: "Oui, monsieur. We saw you were all alone and thought you might enjoy some company." ___ Waldorf: "How do I tell the difference between the llama and the alpaca?" Statler: "Easy. The llama is the one wearing work uniform. The alpaca is the one in the pinstripe with a flea on his back drinking a cup of coffee." Waldorf: "Do you think the jokes would work if they were told in French?" Statler: "Maybe. They sure don't work in English." Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 28, 2019 15:18:55 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 29, 2019 9:24:12 GMT
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Feb 2, 2019 16:26:12 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 2, 2019 16:36:41 GMT
Glad they found the wee girl.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 6, 2019 9:13:29 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 11, 2019 17:35:12 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 21, 2019 17:39:26 GMT
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