Thursday, 20 October 2011

A mention in Nature!

My dear Friend-in-Bacteria Simon Park got us a mention in Nature newsblog for the lovely work we have been doing with Serratia marcescens as co-collaborator.  Ain't that grand!  Here's Daniel Cressey's nice post.

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Flikr pics of glow in the dark slime mould


Here's the lovely Physarum polycephalum after a big dinner of magic porridge, under a UV light.
 

Monday, 17 October 2011

shape shifter

Here's the Oscar-nominated performance of Physarum polycephalum doing a bit of flagellated swarming. At least I hope that's what it is...

Saturday, 15 October 2011

painting pictures of bloody trees

WAKE UP ARTISTS YOU STUPID GITS from the wonderful Mark McGowan, The Artist Taxi Driver.  I love this. Won't stop me from painting pictures of bloody trees.


Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Thursday, 6 October 2011

shortest distance

 
So Slimey and I are in perfect agreement about the straight lines then. Seems to be unbothered by the ink, which is a good start.