Fichas

• Cardiac Muscle

  Cardiac muscle with muscle mitochondria. Cardiac muscle forms the thicker layer of our pulsing hearts. It contracts and relaxes, contracts and relaxes many times a minute, every minute of our lives. With many mitochondria, packed between the fibres, to provide the energy required for such a dedicated task. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Power Plant

  This image shows a spinach leaf, with curly mitochondria and chloroplasts. Chloroplasts are found in the cells of plants that conduct photosynthesis. They absorb sunlight and use it along with water and carbon dioxide gas (CO2) to produce food for the plant. Mitochondria generate the energy that cells need to function. The energy made by the mitochondria is in the form of a chemical called adenosine triphosphate or ATP. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Animal flight muscle mitochondria

  Flight Muscle Mitochondria This image is of non-human tissue. Flight muscle is the most powerful type of muscle, to cope with the aerobic demands of flying the balance of muscle fibres and mitochondria has to be optimal. Here we see flight muscle from a bird in a transverse cut. Mitochondria generate the energy that cells need to function. The energy made by the mitochondria is in the form of a chemical called adenosine triphosphate or ATP. The mitochondria are the pink/red structures in this image. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Blue-green algae with nitrogen fixing cells

  Cyanobacteria at work Also known as blue-green algae, cyanobacteria are arguably the most successful group of microorganisms alive today. They are genetically very diverse, and able to live almost anywhere, even in extreme conditions. The nitrogen-fixing cells are bright little suns here, in a stormy sea. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Future element

  This is one of a series of ova made by the artist in a spell of reproductive mitochondrial interest. The ovum about to ovulate has differentiated from the rest of the surrounding tissue and is getting ready to leave the ovary. Its mitochondria are organized mainly around the nucleus. The cell is full of potential and force. A big journey of life may be about to start. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• ATP synthase is an enzyme that creates the energy storage molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is simply the energy used by cells of most organisms

  Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Mitochondrial Permeability Transition pore 'North passage'

  The Mitochondrial Permeability Transition or MPTP is a protein pore that is formed in the inner membrane of the mitochondria under certain pathological conditions. Induction of the permeability transition pore can lead to mitochondrial swelling and cell death through apoptosis or necrosis depending on the particular biological setting. The artist has name this illustration 'North Passage' it is her interpretation of what the pore would look like. Its named after the mythical passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific that many sailors of past centuries tried to find. It probably was a navigable route in the middle ages, but with the mini ice age of the 17th century it closed. The MPTP has in the artists mind a similar character, it exists, although nobody has seen it. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Golgi and friends

  The Golgi, Golgi apparatus or Golgi complex is found in most cells, it is the structure in the centre of in this image. It is a packaging organelle and was named after Camillo Golgi, an Italian biologist. The Golgi complex gathers simple molecules and combines them to make complex molecules, then taking those complex molecules to vesicles. Once the complex cell has been delivered to the vesicle it may be stored there or sent out of the cell. The gogi 'friends' in the image are the mitochondria to the left, the vesicles surrounding the gogi in the centre and the endoplasmic reticulum and nucleus to the right Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Partners in crime - chloroplasts and mitochondria

  Chloroplasts are found in the cells of plants that conduct photosynthesis. They absorb sunlight and use it along with water and carbon dioxide gas (CO2) to produce food for the plant. Mitochondria generate the energy that cells need to function. The energy made by the mitochondria is in the form of a chemical called adenosine triphosphate or ATP. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Mitochondrial Permeability Transition pore 'North passage'

  The Mitochondrial Permeability Transition or MPTP is a protein pore that is formed in the inner membrane of the mitochondria under certain pathological conditions. Induction of the permeability transition pore can lead to mitochondrial swelling and cell death through apoptosis or necrosis depending on the particular biological setting. The artist has name this illustration 'North Passage' it is her interpretation of what the pore would look like. Its named after the mythical passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific that many sailors of past centuries tried to find. It probably was a navigable route in the middle ages, but with the mini ice age of the 17th century it closed. The MPTP has in the artists mind a similar character, it exists, although nobody has seen it. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Blood cells through the microscope. This image is a combination of what can be seen through the microscope, and the artists impression of blood cells and surrounding structures and organisms.

  Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Neurons or nerve cells are the core components of the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system (CNS), and of the ganglia of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) controlling many motor and sensory functions of the body.

  Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Cell biology. Variations on a theme vacuoles

  A vacuole is a membrane-bound organelle which is present in all plant and fungal cells and some animal and bacterial cells. Vacuoles are essentially enclosed compartments which are filled with water. The vacuoles are the orange structures within this image of a cell, they are surrouned by the endoplasmic reticulum (grey), mitochondria (pink) and the cell nucleus top left. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Maize root under the microscope

  Maize, commonly known as corn, is a large edible grain plant, it is part of the Poaceae family. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Cellular Space

  A moment in time inside a eukaryotic cell. Complex and beautiful, full of action and life. The fluidity of the cytoplasm, the different levels of activity of mitochondria and the communication between endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria are the highlights of this image. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Cellular Space

  A moment in time inside a eukaryotic cell. Complex and beautiful, full of action and life. The fluidity of the cytoplasm, the different levels of activity of mitochondria and the communication between endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria are the highlights of this image. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Biosimilars

  Biopharmaceuticals are a very important part of the therapeutic options in many diseases. They are made by, or derived from, living organisms using biotechnology. But they are also very expensive drugs. Biosimilar are the generally cheaper versions of existing biopharmaceuticals that are made after the market exclusivity rights of the original biopharmaceutical has expired. They are properly licensed, with proven comparable quality, efficacy and safety. Within the round pink window, the purple coloured molecule near the top is the originator. The orange background molecule just below is the first biosimilar. The other orange one is the second biosimilar. The other purple background molecule lower down is also the originator, after a manufacture change was implemented.
• Banded iron formations (BIFs) contain well developed iron-rich thin alternating layers or laminations as seen here. This formation occurs due to the lack of burrowing species in the Precambrian period in which this sedimentary rock was created. The name comes from the various coloured layers.

  Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Cell Snap

  A moment in time inside a eukaryotic cell. Complex and beautiful, full of action and life. The fluidity of the cytoplasm, the different levels of activity of mitochondria and the communication between endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria are the highlights of this image. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Apoptosis

  The End of a Cell Apoptosis, the programmed suicide of a cell. This image is created from what we know the process of apoptosis entails. When apoptosis occurs proteins called caspases are triggered into action. They break down the cellular components needed for survival, and they induce the production of enzymes known as DNases, which destroy the DNA in the nucleus (centre) of the cell. The cell shrinks sending out distress signals to macrophages. The macrophages get rid of the shrunken cells. Sometimes the bodies signals go array and the wrong cells kill themselves and those which should die don't. Increased apoptosis is characteristic of diseases such as AIDS and parkinsons whereas decreased apoptosis is linked to cancer. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Future element

  Large oocyte ‘The beginning of a self’ Inside the ovary is an immature ovum or oocyte (egg cell). The oocyte is a cell in an ovary which may undergo meiotic division to form an ovum. This oocyte is frozen. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Sarsarparilla root under the microscope.

  Sarsarparilla is a popular drug, prepared from the long fibrous roots of several species of the genus Smilax. The introduction of sarsaparilla into European medicine it is believed dates from the middle of the 16th century where is was used in Spain and transported from Peru to England. It was beieved to be a common treatment for syphilis and psoriasis. Its root is also used to flavour the soft drink of the same name and also the main flavouring in root beer. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• ATPase (adenosine triphosphatase) is a class of enzymes that aid the breakdown of ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) into ADP (Adenosine diphosphate) with a release of energy.

  ATPases import many of the metabolites necessary for cell metabolism and export toxins, wastes, and solutes that can hinder cellular processes. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Pink lichen

  A lichen arises from the composition of algae, cyanobacteria and fungus. They occur in many colors, sizes, and forms and in many locations. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.
• Origin of life

  This image is the artists interpretation of the origin of life. Here the inorganic molecules mix and become organic molecules that mix and become simple cells that mix and evolve and become… Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.