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Bioclamping and Biopropulsion (microscale)

Course subject(s) Bioclamping and Biopropulsion (microscale)

Part of Biomotion

The first part of this lecture will tell you everything about adhesion. The second part looks at techniques that bactaria uses for clamping and shows you how these techniques can be used within technology.

Lecture slides

Biomotion bioclamping part 2
Biomotion biopropulsion microscale

Videos part 1

These videos have been shown during the first part of this lecture. As can be seen, you can find the number of the slide where the video has been shown and when you click on the name, a new window will open where you can find the original video on the specific website or on our Youtube channel. 

Slide 10: Blue Mussel Adhesives 
Slide 31: Snail (Limax maximus)
Slide 36: Tree frog (Litoria caerulea) from National Geographic

Other examples:

Hairy sea cucumber from National Geographic
Cyprids
Gecko
Tube feet by OceanFootage
Water strider by NatureFootage
Various examples by OceanFootage

 

Videos part 2

These videos have been shown during the second part of this lecture. You can find the number of the slide where the video has been shown and when you click on the name, a new window will open where you can find the original video on the website of MicroscopyU.

Slide 33: Euplotes (Protozoan)
Slide 34: Paramecium (Protozoan)
Slide 41: Amoeba (Protozoan)

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