Science GIFs on cakeday

I've never posted anything for cake-day before, and I almost didn't today because I'm supposed to be studying, but I love science gifs. Wish I had more time to spend on this post and to find/make some more cools ones for you guys, but here's an x-ray of a person swallowing anyway.

If that wasn't hardcore enough for you, here's how a sideshow trick works

Phagocyte with filopodia

White blood cells identifying, recruiting, and attacking a parasitic worm.

Cellular division. The red circles are the uncondensed genetic material in the nuclei of the cells, which are "balled up" into the chromosomes. You can see they line up along the plate in the middle before separating into new cells and dissolving into the newly formed nuclei

Same again, different imaging technique. I believe in these images they stained for microtubules, the dynamic skeletons of cells that pull the chromosomes apart.

This is my favorite. JUST the GROWING microtubules are stained. You see diagrams and pictures in a book and it's easy to forget how it must look when it's alive

The famous kinesin protein

Anyone studying for exams, remember to take a breath!