Daniel Irimia

Daniel Irimia

May 06, 2014

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First Dicty athletes have arrived !


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  • Daniel Irimia
    Daniel IrimiaResearcher
    Yes, the Dicty cells traveled inside an envelope. It must be almost like traveling in the middle aisle of an airplane... you do not get a view of the Ocean. Otherwise, room temperature from door to door. Moreover, Dicty are social amoeba, and many cells traveled together. I suspect the trip was a lot of fun for them.
    May 07, 2014
  • Oscar Jasklowski
    Oscar JasklowskiBacker
    Were they shipped on dry ice and frozen?
    May 07, 2014
  • Oscar Jasklowski
    Oscar JasklowskiBacker
    Is there dictyostelium in there??
    May 07, 2014

About This Project

On May 16, Dicty and HL60 cells will race for the "fastest &
smartest" title. Both cell types are models for studying human neutrophils, the white blood cells protecting us from infections. Neutrophils are often perturbed during disease and today we have no drugs to correct their migration when that happens. We recruited 20 of the top science labs around the world to fine-tune the cells for the Race, but only one will win the Great Prize of $5,000.
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