Vakarias 🔜 Megaplex

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Big cat dragon working in public health! | he/him | taken by my bf Artsy Moon

The next year we decided to go bigger and follow the theme.The theme being 90s cartoons and this we decided on an old TV/VHS combo. Which was also given to our friends in the classic Disney clamshell case. This one was very well received and we had several offers for one. Here it is.

A 90s TV/VHS with an animated screen showing and intro and a guest starring the character waving.

For the past few years we have attended Megaplex and established a small tradition. A few friends come in from out of state for the con, and we made gifts for them. They were last minute hurried ones but they loved them all the same. Here is what was made. Pt.1

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That image is now over a decade out of date! The new standard for intracellular imaging is interferometric image scanning microscopy, which can image cells while they're still alive without fluorescence, and looks like this in close to real time at nearly the same scale as that render:

Chise@sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is the most detailed 3D rendering of a eukaryotic cell to date, obtained using X-ray, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and cryo-electron microscopy datasets. 🔬🧪

3D rendering of a eukaryotic cell obtained using X-ray, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and cryo-electron microscopy datasets.