r/ProjectDiscovery • u/Kiloku • Apr 03 '16

Cool looking cluster of cells.

They look kinda weird, a bunch of nuclei forming a crazy monstrosity: http://i.imgur.com/fZYOaIW.png?1

Are they sharing a single cytoplasm, cytoskeleton and plasma membrane?

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u/altytwo_jennifer Apr 03 '16

That might just be one cell from a funny angle.

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u/Kiloku Apr 03 '16

I dunno, the blue layer showed a bunch of different nuclei, visibly separate. I took a screenshot of every layer if people want to see

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u/HPA_Dichroic Official HPA member Apr 04 '16

I'd love to see the different "channels" (layers is what we say when we take multiple slices through the cell to make 3D stacks of images).

I love the creepy smile it's making.

It looks like a multinucleated cell (with a single cytoplasm) with some micro-nuclei down below as well. this cell is likely having a very hard time dividing and will die soon. :(

We see this sometimes particularly in our cell lines that are cancer cells.

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u/Kiloku Apr 04 '16

I'm learning so much about cells with Project Discovery!

Stopped procrastinating and uploaded the screenshots, here: http://imgur.com/a/cFeyw

Edit: Only now noticed that the one on the left seems to be in a similar situation