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It’s England vs France - Crick vs Pasteur! But who will...

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:57:01 +0100

Francis Crick

Louis Pasteur

It’s England vs France - Crick vs Pasteur! But who will come out of the battle victorious?

L0042297 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
Francis Crick lecturing in Mainz, Germany.
Photograph 1969

L0014177 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
Portrait of Louis Pasteur [1822 - 1895], French microbiologist and chemist
Photogravure By: Photographische Gesellschaft
Collection: Wellcome Images

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Football Time: Euro 2012 Top: Russia L0032004 Credit: Wellcome...

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:30:54 +0100

Football Time: Euro 2012

Top: Russia

L0032004 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
A drunk man in Russia likened to a pig: his silhouette is swinish and he is licked by a pig when he lies dead drunk with vodka. Watercolour, 1950-1959.

Bottom: Czech Republic

V0012291 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
Panoramic view of Bürglitz castle, Prague, Czech republic. Coloured lithograph.

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Football Time: Euro 2012 Top: Poland L0001761 Credit: Wellcome...

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:53:00 +0100

Football Time: Euro 2012

Top: Poland

L0001761 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
Pierre and Marie Curie at work in a laboratory, Warsaw, Poland

Bottom: Greece

M0004942 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
Young Greek man with bathing accessories

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Euro 2012 starts today! L0018484 Credit: Wellcome Library,...

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:12:26 +0100

Euro 2012 starts today!

L0018484 Credit: Wellcome Library, London

Fives phases in batting at baseball; three phases at football.
From: The human figure in motion
By: Eadweard James Muybridge
Published: Chapman & HallLondon 1901
Page 213
Collection: General Collections
Full Bibliographic Record Link to Wellcome Library Catalogue

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It’s National Vegetarian Week B0007830 Credit Daniel J....

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:51:00 +0100

It’s National Vegetarian Week

B0007830 Credit Daniel J. Geduld, Wellcome Images
Tomato skin
Light micrograph showing close up structure of tomato skin. Tomatoes have been reported to have a number of health benefits. They contain vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E and vitamin K as well as high levels of a number of carotenoids. Lycopene is a carotenoid that is found in high levels in the skin of the tomato fruit and is responsible for the red colouring; it is also an antioxidant and has been suggested to protect the skin from UV and sun damage.

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It’s National Vegetarian Week! V0011125 Credit: Wellcome...

Wed, 23 May 2012 00:01:07 +0100

It’s National Vegetarian Week!

V0011125 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
A man in bed with vegetables sprouting from all parts of his body; as a result of taking J. Morison’s vegetable pills.
Coloured Lithograph 1831 By: C. J. Grant
Collection: Iconographic Collections
Library reference no.: ICV No 11387
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2012: Marine...

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:45:00 +0100

International Day for Biological Diversity 2012: Marine Biodiversity

V0022783 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
Thirteen types of crab and two other marine crustaceans. Engraving by I. Taylor.
after: I. Taylor

Collection: Iconographic Collections
Library reference no.: ICV No 23210
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2012: Marine...

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:30:59 +0100

International Day for Biological Diversity 2012: Marine Biodiversity

V0022099 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
A variety of marine animals, including a lobster, a crab and an eel. Etching.
Collection: Iconographic Collections
Library reference no: ICV No 22521
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2012: Marine...

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:02:13 +0100

International Day for Biological Diversity 2012: Marine Biodiversity

B0007769 Credit Dr Steve Wilson, Wellcome Images
Cavefish embryo
Confocal micrograph of a blind cavefish embryo at around five days post-fertilisation viewed from the side (lateral view). The cavefish Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus) has a seeing and a blind form; the latter lives in dark environments, and relies on other senses.

with an antibody that targets a calcium binding protein (calretinin) shown in green, which highlights different neuronal types and their processes in the nervous system. The blind cavefish has specially adapted traits that its sighted relation (dwelling near the surface) does not. These include a greater number of sensory receptors and taste buds along its body; these taste buds are also more efficient than the equivalent cells in the seeing cavefish.

The eyes are still present at this stage of development but they will degenerate naturally during the lifetime of the fish as they live in a dark environment where eyes are redundant. Adult cavefish are blind.

2011 Wellcome Image Award winner.
Confocal micrograph
Collection: Wellcome Images

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It’s National Vegetarian Week! Portrait of William Lambe...

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:27:57 +0100

It’s National Vegetarian Week!

Portrait of William Lambe M.D. - pioneer of vegetarianism.

L0067073 Credit: Wellcome Library, London.

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Can you guess what it is yet?

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:22:00 +0100

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

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The first international “Fascination of Plants...

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:52:13 +0100

The first international “Fascination of Plants Day”

B0007193 Credit Annie Cavanagh, Wellcome Images

Grains of pollen from an impatiens plant, also known as Busy Lizzie.
Scanning electron micrograph
Collection: Wellcome Images

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The first international “Fascination of Plants...

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:31:16 +0100

The first international “Fascination of Plants Day”

L0067073 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
Heredity in Primula Sinensis, lower part of plate VI in Mendel’s Principles of Heredity, William Bateson, Cambridge, 1909.
Collection: Rare Books

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The first international “Fascination of Plants...

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:22:03 +0100

The first international “Fascination of Plants Day”

0005159 Credit Jim Haseloff, Wellcome Images

A section through the leaf of Araucaria (monkey puzzle), viewed using a confocal microscope. Cells are labelled as a result of staining with a coloured fluorescent probe and autofluorescence. The epidermis and cuticle (yellow) are visible at the top, and there is a cross-section through a resin canal at the bottom of the image.
Confocal micrograph 2004
Collection: Wellcome Images

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Wellcome Trust Focus on Stoke. N0013781 Credit Wellcome Images,...

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:29:01 +0100

Wellcome Trust Focus on Stoke.

N0013781 Credit Wellcome Images, Wellcome Images

Cerebral infarction. CT scan, false coloured axiol image.

Dark area in top left quadrant of brain shows damaged brain area. CT scan is similar to an x-ray, indicating areas of differing radio density. In a normal brain the colour distribution would be symmetrical on the left and right sides.

Collection: Wellcome Images

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World Migratory Bird Day A whole bird surrounded by four...

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:32:12 +0100

World Migratory Bird Day

A whole bird surrounded by four different birds’ heads and eight types of birds’ feet. Etching.

V0022349 Credit Wellcome Library, London

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World Migratory Bird Day Bird skeletons. Credit Wellcome...

Tue, 15 May 2012 13:31:15 +0100

L0008250

L008251

L008252

L008253

World Migratory Bird Day

Bird skeletons.

Credit Wellcome Library, London.

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World Migratory Bird Day V0022374 Credit Wellcome Library,...

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:26:13 +0100

World Migratory Bird Day

V0022374 Credit Wellcome Library, London

An unidentified water bird. Colour etching.

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World Migratory Bird Day V0022372EL Credit Wellcome Library,...

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:30:36 +0100

World Migratory Bird Day

V0022372EL Credit Wellcome Library, London

A bird, possibly a raquet-tailed kingfisher. Coloured engraving.

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World Migratory Bird Day V0022310 Credit Wellcome Library,...

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:50:00 +0100

World Migratory Bird Day

V0022310 Credit Wellcome Library, London

A small bird, the wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria), spotting a spider on a wall. Coloured lithograph by E. Travies, ca. 1830.

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