June 2012
4 posts
6 tags
5 tags
4 tags
3 tags
May 2012
23 posts
2 tags
3 tags
2 tags
5 tags
3 tags
2 tags
Can you guess what it is yet?
Scanning electron micrograph of inner surface of lung, showing close-up of alveoli, computer-coloured red/pink. That was last week’s mystery image.
Part Twelve: ?
The largest organ of the body. Easy!
Can you guess what it is yet?
Ruth Milne Harris, Wellcome Images
Image credit: Ivor Mason, UCL, Wellcome Images
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.0 UK:...
4 tags
3 tags
3 tags
4 tags
3 tags
3 tags
4 tags
Can you guess what it is yet?
Prion proteins, of course! The orange particles featured last week were from an animal infected with scrapie.
Part Eleven: ?
Primary gas exchange units of the lung, extremely close up.
Can you guess what it is yet?
Ruth Milne Harris, Wellcome Images
Image credit: David Gregory and Debbie Marshall, Wellcome Images
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.0 UK:...
4 tags
4 tags
3 tags
Can you guess what it is yet?
It was, indeed, an SEM of a human hair. A damaged one that is, commonly known as a split end.
Moving on…
Part Ten: ?
These infectious little particles are responsible for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies; a group of fatal diseases that affect the brain and nervous system of many animals, including humans. But what are these nasties called? Bonus points for the...
4 tags
May The Fourth Be With You
UPDATED: Weird Wellcome Part Six: A long time ago in an image gallery far, far away….
A whole squadron of X-Wing starfighters masquerading as human chromosomes at metaphase.
Image Credit: Wessex Reg. Genetics Centre, Wellcome Images.
A “loose” gamma ganglion cell from the retina of a ferret, or terrifying Force Lightning?
Image Credit: Richard Wingate, Wellcome Images.
...
2 tags
HistoriLOLcats
Here is last weeks image caption where scaredy cat gets freaked out by encroaching house plant!
Image credit: Anthea Sieveking , Wellcome Images
And here is next week’s cat. Tweet us your caption ideas to @wellcomeimages and our favourite will be posted here next week!
Emily Doyle, Wellcome Images.
Image credit: Wellcome Library, London
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons...
2 tags
Can you guess what it is yet?
YES! Golgi apparatus. Well done, team.
Part Nine: ?
One of our team (no names) cut theirs off at the weekend. They needed to, they looked a right state!
Can you guess what it is yet?
Ruth Milne Harris, Wellcome Images
Image credit: Liz Hirst, Wellcome Images
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.0 UK: England & Wales,...
April 2012
11 posts
5 tags
The Manchester Derby*
*Warning - contains references to football.
There are only a few hours to go until the biggest Premier League match of the season. The potential title-decider between Manchester City and Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium.
Will we once again see Mario Balotelli lose the plot and spit out his dummy? Fergie will almost certainly be getting through an inordinate amount of chewing gum. But I...
2 tags
HistoriLOLcats
Here’s last week’s caption:
And here is next week’s image. Don’t forget to tweet us your caption ideas to @wellcomeimages and yours could be posted here next week!
Emily Doyle, Wellcome Images.
Image credit: Wellcome Library, London
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UK: England & Wales, see http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/indexplus/page/Prices.html
...
4 tags
Can you guess what it is yet?
Come on! It wasn’t that hard, was it??!
Scanning electron micrograph of two *nerve fibres*. The individual *axons* sit within their myelin sheaths (green) and are packed with energy producing mitochondria. The myelin provides a layer of electrical insulation made up of lipids and proteins produced by the Schwann cells.
Nobody wins a print this week. Oh well, we’ll just stick it up in...
5 tags
Weird Wellcome
Part Six: A long time ago in an image gallery far, far away….
The Death Star doing a reasonable job of hiding amongst dividing mouse embryos.
Image Credit Bernard Maro, Wellcome Images.
Microscope image of an eight cell mouse embryo being microinjected with a fluorescent dye into one cell, or Alderaan being destroyed by the Death Star?
Image Credit Dr David Becker, Wellcome...
2 tags
HistoriLOLcats
Here is last week’s image caption of some hungry cats:
And here is next week’s image. Don’t forget to tweet us your caption ideas to @wellcomeimages and yours could be posted here next week!
Emily Doyle, Wellcome Images.
Image credit: Wellcome Library, London
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UK: England & Wales,...
5 tags
Can you guess what it is yet?
Saliva! Remember, gobbing in the street can lead to tuberculosis so don’t do it.
Part Seven: ?
Back to GCSE Biology. Fill in the missing words:
Scanning electron micrograph of two _____ _____. The individual _____ sit within their myelin sheaths (green) and are packed with energy producing mitochondria. The myelin provides a layer of electrical insulation made up of lipids and...
4 tags
Weird Wellcome
Part Five: Friday the 13th
It’s Friday the 13th, but are you superstitious enough for it to be affecting your day? Perhaps you think it’s just a load of nonsense and nothing to worry about? This study, published in the BMJ in 1993, seems to suggest that it really might be riskier than normal to leave the relative safety of your home on such days.
Whichever side you’re taking,...
2 tags
HistoriLOLcats
Congratulations to @glasspetalsmoke for last week’s winning caption:
And here is next week’s image, Sir Henry’s cats. Tweet us your caption ideas to @wellcomeimages and yours could be posted here next week!
Emily Doyle, Wellcome Images.
Image credit: Wellcome Library, London
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UK: England & Wales,...
5 tags
Can you guess what it is yet?
That’s right, the rough endoplasmic reticulum is one of our favourite organelles. It’s the ribosomes that do it.
What’s this?
Part Six: ?
Somewhat related to our most recent blog. Synonyms include spittle, drool, slobber…
Can you guess what it is yet?
Ruth Milne Harris, Wellcome Images
Image credit: Derren Ready, Wellcome Images
Copyrighted work available...
5 tags
HistoriLOLcats
Here’s last week’s captioned image: LolCatDance soundsystem.
Part Five:
And here is this week’s image. If you think you come up with captions just as brilliant as ours, tweet them to us @wellcomeimages for a chance at fame and glory. Well, we’ll post it up here. That’s the best we can do.
Al McCartney, Wellcome Images.
Image credit: Wellcome Library, London
...
3 tags
Can you guess what it is yet?
Last week’s kelideoscope of colour was…urea crystals! A polarised light micrograph of urea crystals to be precise. Urea is produced in the liver to remove toxic ammonia from the body, travelling in the blood to the kidneys where it is then excreted via the bladder as a component in urine. Nice.
Are you ready for today’s?
Part Five: ?
Here at Wellcome Images we rate...
March 2012
13 posts
2 tags
Weird Wellcome
Part Four: Naked Witches
For some time these have have been waiting to escape the confines of the digital image library and today is finally the day that the naked witches break free!
Al McCartney, Wellcome Images.
Image Credits: Wellcome Library, London.
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UK: England & Wales,...
2 tags
HistoriLOLcats
Here’s the caption for last week’s fine dining cats:
Don’t forget to send us your caption suggestions for this week’s image on Twitter (@wellcomeimages) and yours could be the winner posted next week!
Part 4:
Emily Doyle & Al McCartney, Wellcome Images
Image credit: Wellcome Library, London
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UK: England &...
4 tags
Can you guess what it is yet?
Did you get it? Microvilli, obviously!
This particular image is a 3D reconstruction of villi in the small intestine of the mouse. The image was created from a whole mount with a fluorescent stain applied to mark different cellular components. The tips of the villi have been cropped away to show the internal morphology; actin on the surface of each villus is stained red and cell nuclei are...
1 tag
Weird Wellcome
Part Three: Thirsty Work
With temperatures soaring way above what we’d normally expect in mid-March, what better way to relax and cool down after a hard week of work than with a refreshing drink of milk. Straight from the teat of the beast…
Al McCartney, Wellcome Images.
Image Credits: Wellcome Library, London.
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UK:...
2 tags
HistoriLOLcats
Here’s last week’s image caption, where the cat is carefully considering its diet.
Send us your caption suggestions for this week’s image on Twitter (@wellcomeimages) and yours could be the winner posted next week!
Part 3:
Emily Doyle, Wellcome Images
Image credit: Wellcome Library, London
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UK: England & Wales,...
5 tags
Can you guess what it is yet?
A goblet cell was the answer to last week’s mystery image. Goblet cells are so-called because they resemble a drinking cup. Hmm.
Moving on to today - what is this?
Part Three: ?
An easy one. These micro projections increase the surface area (the no.1 answer to any GCSE Biology exam question. Fact.) for absorption of nutrients along the digestive tract.
Can you guess what it is...
1 tag
Weird Wellcome
Part Two: Poster Party
No plans for the weekend? Don’t despair, as we’ve put together a list of our top picks from the next few days’ shows*.
*Access to a fully-functional time machine may be required to attend these events.
Al McCartney, Wellcome Images.
Image Credits: Wellcome Library, London.
Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UK: England...
2 tags
HistoriLOLcats
Before we get onto today’s HistoriLOLcats image here’s last week’s entry, where we find that the Iteh Biteh Kitteh Commiteh are rather concerned about a study published this week.
Don’t forget to send us your caption suggestions for this week’s image on Twitter (@wellcomeimages). The best one will be posted here this time next week.
Part 2:
Emily Doyle & Al...
3 tags
Can you guess what it is yet?
Did you guess correctly? Last week’s was, of course, blood vessels belonging to the liver!
But what is this?
Part Two: ?
These cells are packed full of mucin (blue) which one secreted dissolve in water to form mucus, providing lubrication and protection to the epithelial lining of organs, including the intestinal and respiratory tracts.
Can you guess what it is yet?
Let us...
4 tags
Weird Wellcome
Just as our eponymous founder had a penchant for collecting weird and wonderful items from around the world (you can see some at Wellcome HQ right now), so too are there some rather intriguing pictures to be found within Wellcome Images.
We’ll begin with the quirky and go from there. If it’s all too mainstream and passée, let us know and we’ll up the ante. So, what better way to...
2 tags
HistoriLOLcats
In memory of our benefactor Sir Henry, Wellcome Images brings you a blog full of crazy cats from the furriest depths of our archives. You can read all about Henry’s love of cats here.
Each week we want you to come up with the most amusing image caption you can think of and tell us on Twitter (@wellcomeimages). The wittiest caption will be incorporated into the image and posted on our blog...
2 tags
Can you guess what it is yet?
This week we’re kicking off some exciting new strands, and to get us going something a little interactive.
Each Monday we’ll post an intriguing image from our Biomedical Collection. Let us know what you think it is via Twitter (@wellcomeimages) and you could be the lucky recipient of the image in glossy print format (or matt - your choice). Exciting stuff for a Monday, I know! Don’t worry...
