Sentences with phrase «for sea slugs»

Professor Garson said a good analogy for sea slugs, because of their bright colours, was the «butterflies of the ocean.»

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The sea slug was the model organism for Kreiner's thesis research, which explored how cellular mechanisms mediate simple behaviors and led to a publication in Science.

Many of the same molecules have been implicated in both declarative and nondeclarative memory and in species as varied as sea slugs, fruit flies, and rodents, suggesting that the molecular machinery for memory has been widely conserved.

For instance, when the researchers analyzed 146 human genes implicated in 168 neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, they found 104 counterpart genes in the sea slugs.

The small numbers and large sizes of brain cells in sea slugs make the animals ideal for brain research.

Some sea slugs hold on to these stolen chloroplasts for months.

«Further tests conducted at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience demonstrated that this compound was more toxic to cancer cell lines than other compounds found in sea slugs.»

Brightly coloured sea slugs are slurping deadly chemicals and stockpiling the most toxic compounds for use on their enemies.

For their part, Byrne and company will now use these same techniques to try to optimize other aspects of the memory formation process in sea slugs.

Steve: It is an excellent point; I mean, John, you quote Eric Kandel in your article and Eric Kandel won the Nobel prize for his groundbreaking research into memory and that work was done with a sea slug and basically they have teased out the most basic workings of memory in an invertebrate and these other folks like Kurzweil think that within his lifetime, you're going to be able to understand all the workings of the human brain to the point where you can basically replicate it.

For more information on these Nobel prize - winning studies see: (1) Aplysia sea slugs, (2) Caenorhabditis elegans worms, (3) Tetrahymena ciliates, (4) Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies, (5) Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast

Also, as M4E's lovely assistant, (* cue the marching band and the ribbon acrobats parading down the streets with «Ode to the All - Knowing Sea Slug» being sung by Mister Sushi while confetti is flying everywhere *) I'm happy to announce that I will being charge of the rest of the SBBOTD for today!

Her fascination for her subject is infectious, whether she is elucidating the distinction between xylem and phloem, or enthusing over the lettuce - like ruffles of a photosynthesizing sea slug.

There is also a diving site nearby which is good for exploring rock formations and sea slugs (nudibranch).

This beautiful wall is filled with rocks and hard coral — the perfect place for these little crustaceous and sea slugs to hide in.

This dive site was ideal for macro lovers considering the abundant amount of colorful nudibranchs, sea slugs and flatworms spotted by our dive guides especially in the shallows, together with crustaceans like the Hairy Shrimp; besides that it was an opportunity to spot a Denise Pygmy Seahorse!

With the inordinate quantities of time now available to the average mug in post-manufacturing-Australia, workshops for new learning could abound, what do you want to learn; How To Knit A Mud Brick Macramé Skivvy, Build Your Dream Hut From Sea - Weed And Snot, How To Prevent Post Birth Waste by Eating Your Own Placenta, Catch and Cook Your Own Slugs Using Only a Hangman's Noose and Some Stolen Kerosene, the options are endless.

As for the «ears» — over on Deep Sea News, Dr. Craig McClain explains that those are really rhinophores, organs that help the sea slug sense chemicals dissolved in the water and also detect changes in currenSea News, Dr. Craig McClain explains that those are really rhinophores, organs that help the sea slug sense chemicals dissolved in the water and also detect changes in currensea slug sense chemicals dissolved in the water and also detect changes in currents.

... which might not appear very wise for defenseless things like the bite - sized protein nugget known as a caterpillar or a sea slug.

For Terry Gosliner, fervor comes in the form of a far - out - looking soft - bodied marine mollusk known as a nudibranch, also familiarly called a sea slug.