Dr. Bob:   Office: Science Center 230, tel.286-3953, Lab: Science Center 219 & 220, tel.286-3741
email:
rmorris@wheatonma.edu


 Pictures from the
Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin meetings
Woods Hole, MA

DBSU 2006

DBSU 2005
DBSU 2003
 DBSU 2002


 Recent Data from the
Morris Lab

 See the Recent Abstracts for publications and recent meetings  

  Kinesin-II in cilia, and
Ciliary retraction
(4.2 MB Quicktime movie)
 GFP-tagged kinesin-II (left) and rhodamine-tubulin (right) imaged in cilia of a sea urchin blastula, show kinesin-II movement and ciliary growth and retraction.

 The Nuclear Flash
(4.9 MB Quicktime movie)
 GFP-tagged kinesin-II (left) appears to move into the nucleus just prior to nuclear envelope breakdown.

3D image of GFP-kinesin-II
and microtubules

(276 KB JPG image)
 Kinesin-II distribution and microtubule arrangement can be visualized in 3D in a sea urchin blastula.
Red/Blue glasses are required to see the 3D effect.

 

Pictures from the December 2000 ASCB meeting

 Poster up
 With spray-mount still coating our fingers, the poster is finally up.

Presentation
 Friendly faces find us. Peter Hollenbeck (center) stops by the poster. Also at the meeting, Josh Nordberg '00 (right) assisted in the presentation

 Celebration
 The poster a success, a band of merry researchers kicks back at Mel's Drive-In. (L-R, Mark Terasaki, Bob Morris, Brad Shuster, Julia Lou, Amy Manning, and Josh Nordberg)

 
Pre ASCB Road Race

 Julia flies by.

Done!

 Post Race

 
 Julia readies for the ASCB roadrace.  Dr. Bob and Amy are also ready.

 Julia accelerating in the home stretch.

 Julia completes her 500 mile journey in less than a half hour.

 An exhausted Dr. Bob and Amy greet Julia after their strenuous workout.

 Living quarters.
Julia and Amy play in the street in their quest for a decent picture of a familiar island resort.

  Skyline

Ghirdelli Square
 Taking the views on a break from posters and talks.

Dr. Bob (
   

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Credits:

Movie data collected by Bob Morris, Mark Terasaki, Julia Lou '01, and Amy Manning 01.

3D image assembled by Chris English '03.

Photos taken by Bob Morris, Julia Lou, and Amy Manning.

Image of Dr. Bob, surgeon and chief cut-up on "Vetrinarian's Hospital," courtesy of Miranda Galadriel Capra and Miranda's Muppet Pictures http://www.io.com/~mcapra/muppets/Pictures.html

Webpage author and designer Bob Morris (email: rmorris@wheatonma.edu).
Last updated: 5/2002