Curated Video
What is Toxic Shock Syndrome? (Tampons Disease)
How we treated Toxic Shock Syndrome at the Emergency Department. Tampons use is not the only way to catch the disease. The Bacteria that cause Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) live on our skin and can cause the disease when opportunity...
Curated Video
Bacterial Meningitis : Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments & Pathology
What is Meningitis? Well, Bacterial Meningitis is a True Medical Emergency that requires an urgent Lumbar Puncture for the diagnosis. This real life clinical case is about a young female patient in her thirties who presented with...
Visual Learning Systems
Microscopic Life: Bacteria
Upon viewing the Microscopic Life video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that only during the past few hundred years have people been able to see and study very small life forms, generally referred to as...
Professor Dave Explains
Virus-Cell Interactions Part 2 Multicellular Hosts
We just went over some basics regarding virus-cell interactions, but we have a little more to discuss. We need to understand some more details regarding how viruses interact with multicellular hosts, such as humans. Let's take a look!
The Viral Fever
Food Wastage is Making You Poor
What if I told you everday you're throwing away one third of your cash in the trash. Well unfortunately this is true. Approximately one third of the food that's produced globally goes to waste. And if that's not scary enough, we're...
Professor Dave Explains
Barrier Surfaces of the Innate Immune System
The first aspect of the innate immune system we will examine is the many barrier surfaces, such as the skin, as well as the linings of the respiratory tract and digestive tract. These cells have to constantly prevent infection from the...
Catalyst University
NAD: Structure and Reduction of NAD to NADH
NAD: Structure and Reduction of NAD to NADH
Soliloquy
Why don't we use Viruses to Fight Diseases for Us?
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a big problem, some strains of pathogens are now resistant to all antibiotics normally used in hospitals. But there is an alternative, using viruses that infect bacteria, bacteriophages, to fight the...
Professor Dave Explains
Cholera Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139
What is cholera exactly? Believe it or not, this disease isn't gone, it's still an issue in various parts of the world. It's caused by Vibrio cholerae, and in particular two serotypes of this bacterium. Let's get some details!
SWPictures
Global Collaboration in Bacterial Diagnosis in Vietnam
This video discusses the use of a special camera developed by a Vietnamese hospital that can take high-resolution photographs of bacterial samples. These pictures are then sent to Dutch experts who can discuss the case over a video link,...
Curated Video
Six Kingdoms of Life
This video introduces the viewer to the six kingdoms of life found on planet Earth.
Journey to the Microcosmos
We Upgraded Our Microscope!
Differential interference contrast is not a microscope, but rather a method that enhances contrast, and thanks to our new microscope we are able to share some amazing DIC images with you!
Journey to the Microcosmos
Colorless Euglenoids Structure and Function (and Food)
Colorless Euglenoids Structure and Function (and Food)
Curated Video
Plant Defences: Physical Barriers and Chemicals
This video provides an overview of the different ways in which plants defend themselves against pathogens and pests. It explains the physical barriers that plants create, such as cellulose cell walls and waxy cuticles, and how they work...
Next Animation Studio
Researchers analyze antibiotic resistant bacteria found in ISS
Researchers from the California Institute of Technology studied bacteria retrieved from the ISS space toilet and exercise platform.
Curated Video
Antibiotics: How Do They Work and Why is Resistance a Concern?
This video provides an overview of antibiotics, explaining how they work to help cure bacterial infections. It discusses the different types of drugs that treat symptoms versus those that work to cure the disease, as well as the...
Visual Learning Systems
Bacterial Shapes and Characteristics
In this video, we discuss the different shapes of bacteria and how scientists classify them based on their shape. We also learn about the three main shapes of bacteria - cocci, bacilli, and spirilla. This video is part of the 11-part...
Next Animation Studio
Chinese ‘bacteria-infected’ fertilizer sparks diplomatic row
Sri Lanka stepped into a world of hurt when it rejected a shipment of organic fertilizer from China, saying the Chinese fertilizer contains dangerous bacteria.
Visual Learning Systems
Classifying Monerans and Protists Review
This video is a review of the topics covered in the Classifying Monerans and Protists series. In this video, we explore the fascinating characteristics of Monarrans (bacteria) and Protists. We discuss the classification process and...
Visual Learning Systems
The Fascinating World of Bacteria
In this exploration, we will uncover the hidden world of these microscopic organisms known as bacteria or Monerans. Prepare to be amazed as we delve into their ubiquity and the vital roles they play in our everyday lives. This video is...
Healthcare Triage
Doctors' White Coats Can Host a Lot of Bacteria
For a lot of doctors and patients, the physician's traditional white coat is a big part of a doctor's identity, and contributes to their authority. Those white coats can also spread disease! It turns out, fabrics in doctors coats can be...
FuseSchool
Microorganisms
Microorganisms | Genetics | Biology | FuseSchool Would you be surprised to hear that over 60% of life on earth is so small that it can only be seen with a microscope? We call all of these little things ‘microbes’ or ‘microorganisms’....
Catalyst University
Intestinal Production of Hydrogen Gas (H2) by Bacteria for Reduced Coenzymes
Bacteria of the human intestinal microbiome generate hydrogen gas (H2). Hydrogen gas is used by these same bacteria for methanogenesis, a biochemical pathway which generates methane. Here, we will discuss this process.