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Media

A Request from the Media Team:

If you use any of the animations on this website in your class, we would very much appreciate it if you took a few minutes to fill out this Survey. Not only will this information allow us to improve our work, we are a grant funded center and any indication that our work is useful to educators will allow us to continue providing this service to you! We know it's tough to remember to return to this website to fill out a survey, but we would really appreciate it!
Thank you in advance!
- The LSLC Media Team

Viewing Information

All of these movies require Adobe Flash Player for viewing. Click Here to download the plug-in. Viewing Online View movie by clicking on its image. Downloading (for use offline, not available for all videos): Downloads are self-extracting zipped folders, the movies can be viewed by opening the HTML file in the unzipped folder after it is extracted. Note: PC users will have to double-click the .exe file to begin the extraction, Macs perform this function automatically.

	Neuron Communication This animation can be navigated through a series of steps and illustrates how two nerve cells communicate with each other to transmit an impulse. This work is associated with lessons on the Life Sciences Learning Center website (Look at Neuroscience Lessons on http://lifesciences.envmed.rochester.edu/register.html) (978kb) Download Flash Movie (PC)
	Reflex Arc This animation can be navigated through a series of steps and illustrates how the nervous system responds to a stimulus. This includes the reflex arc as well as other voluntary movements and learning processes. This work is associated with lessons on the Life Sciences Learning Center website (Look at Neuroscience Lessons on http://lifesciences.envmed.rochester.edu/register.html) (978kb) Download Flash Movie (PC)
	Stem Cells The LSLC's first foray into the world of claymation, this video explains what it means to be pluripotent versus multipotent and describes stem cells could be used in cell replacement therapies. Complete with a sound track made by a local elementary school, this video is both fun and informative. This work is associated with lessons on the Life Sciences Learning Center website (Look at Stem Cells Lessons on http://lifesciences.envmed.rochester.edu/register.html) (Run Time = 5:25 Minutes) Go To YouTube
	Cholera: Pathogens, to be or not to be? This video describes work done in the Dziejman Lab at the University of Rochester to understand the molecular differences between pathogenic and non-pathogenic cholera bacteria. This work is associated with lessons on the Life Sciences Learning Center website (Look at Cholera Lessons on http://lifesciences.envmed.rochester.edu/register.html) (Run Time = 6:09 Minutes) Go To YouTube
	Cellular Respiration This animated slide show illustrates the basic steps of cellular respiration, both as an overview and as a closer look at what happens in the mitochondria. (Run Time = ~7 Minutes, 47.5kB) Download Flash Movie (PC) Download Flash Movie (Mac)
	DNA and Genetic Disorders This interactive program takes students on a tour of cells and DNA. It illustrates how DNA is transcribed into RNA and the RNA is translated into protein, and how proteins fold in order to have a function. It then illustrates how a mutation in the DNA can lead to a non-functional protein. (Run Time = ~4 minutes, 4.8mb) Download Flash Movie (PC) Download Flash Movie (Mac)
	DNA to RNA to Protein - What does it all mean? This narrated movie illustrates the process of gene expression, the transcription of DNA into RNA and the translation of RNA into proteins, as well as protein folding. It also illustrates how expressing different genes in different cells can lead to cells with different characteristics and functions. (Run Time = 2 Minutes, 273kb) Download Flash Movie (PC) Download Flash Movie (Mac)
	Electrophoresis - Separating by Length This movie illustrates how individual strands of DNA move through a gel during the process of electrophoresis, and how this can result in the separation of DNA fragments on the basis of length. The gel polymers are shown in green, and the DNA fragments are shown in blue. (Run Time = ~15 sec, 25kb) Download Flash Movie (PC) Download Flash Movie (Mac)
	Electrophoresis - What's in a Band? After seeing how individual strands of DNA move through a gel, this movie illustrates how many of those fragments can appear as a band of DNA on a gel. The well of a gel is shown in light blue. DNA fragments start in the well. When an electrical current (illustrated by the positive and negative poles at the top and bottom of the well) is applied, the DNA moves toward the positive pole. Groups of similarly sized fragments travel together through the gel, and are observed as a "band", which represents many similarly sized fragments. (Run Time = 15 sec, 27kb) Download Flash Movie (PC) Download Flash Movie (Mac)
	Photosynthesis This animated slide show illustrates the basic steps of photosynthesis, both as an overview and as a closer look at what happens in the chloroplast. (Run Time = ~7 Minutes, 47.0kB) Download Flash Movie (PC) Download Flash Movie (Mac)
	Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - Virtual Lab This narrated interactive program takes you through the process of setting up a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and running PCR products on an aragose gel; illustrates the mechanism of polymerase chain reaction and aragose gel electrophoresis. (Run Time = ~6 minutes, 4.68MB) Download Flash Movie (PC) Download Flash Movie (Mac)
	Protein Electrophoresis This narrated, interactive program illustrates how proteins can be separated on basis of length. Since proteins exists as folded structures, this program also illustrates how the structure of the protein is unfolded by STS prior to performing electrophoresis. (Run Time = ~3 minutes, 1.01MB) Download Flash Movie (PC) Download Flash Movie (Mac)

AIDS, HIV and tRNA Adapted from a research paper published in 2001, written by Matthew Renda and others, this interactive paper describes and experiment that tests whether an altered tRNA can be used to stop Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) from converting its single-stranded RNA into double-stranded DNA. This conversion is a necessary step for HIV to infect human cells. Download Flash Movie (PC) Download Flash Movie (Mac) Teacher's guide to the interactive paper (including paper outline) Color key for nucleotides in the interactive paper Assessment questions and LO's for each section

Bacterial Homeostasis and Tooth Decay Adapted from a research paper published in 2004, written by Wendi Kuhnert and others, this research paper describes an experiment that addresses how a bacteria that causes tooth decay can survive at low pH. Download Flash Movie (PC) Download Flash Movie (Mac) Teacher's guide to the interactive paper (including paper outline) Assessment questions and LO's for each section

If you are experiencing problems downloading or viewing these movies please contact:
LSLC_MEDIA@urmc.rochester.edu

Didn't find what you were looking for? If you are a K-12 teacher looking for an animation, email us at LSLC_MEDIA@urmc.rochester.edu. We can help you find animations on the web and have a limited capacity to produce short animations.