"mater does not exist in and of itself, outside or beyond discourse, but it is rather repeatedly produced through performativity, which brings into being or enacts that which names"
mariam fraiser. 1999
Friday, April 24, 2009
bodies and cities
"mater does not exist in and of itself, outside or beyond discourse, but it is rather repeatedly produced through performativity, which brings into being or enacts that which names"
mariam fraiser. 1999
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Movement against mortality
Croatian scientist on a hunt for immortality
Croatian Times
Croatian scientist Iva Tolic-Norrelykke has identified the first potential immortal organism.
Tolic-Norrelykke, a team leader at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cellular Biology and Genetics in Dresden, has been researching individual cells of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe as a model system because it has a simple symmetrical cell shape, a small number of microtubules, and highly-developed genetics.
The team’s work provides the first direct in-vivo observation of self-organised dynamic dynein distributions, which, due to their intrinsic motor properties, generate regular large-scale movements in the cell.
They follow individual yeast cells during their growth and reproduction and at the end make its genealogical tree. The research shows that organisms that do not grow old most probably use different life strategies and effective regeneration.
Tolic-Norrelykke presented her research at Zagreb’s Rudjer Boskovic Institute yesterday (Tues), the daily Slobodna Dalmacija has reported.
Tolic-Norrelykke said: "Our results show that our yeast does not grow old. It does not seem realistic that a human been can be immortal, but I believe we will be able to postpone ageing within 20 years."
Her work, "Self-Organization of Dynein Motors Generates Meiotic Nuclear Oscillations," has been published in PLos Biology.
The co-author of the work, Zagreb professor Nenad Pavin, stressed they would continue research on the project with the aim of making the yeast immortal. He added they would also do research on human cells
Croatian Times
Croatian scientist Iva Tolic-Norrelykke has identified the first potential immortal organism.
Tolic-Norrelykke, a team leader at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cellular Biology and Genetics in Dresden, has been researching individual cells of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe as a model system because it has a simple symmetrical cell shape, a small number of microtubules, and highly-developed genetics.
The team’s work provides the first direct in-vivo observation of self-organised dynamic dynein distributions, which, due to their intrinsic motor properties, generate regular large-scale movements in the cell.
They follow individual yeast cells during their growth and reproduction and at the end make its genealogical tree. The research shows that organisms that do not grow old most probably use different life strategies and effective regeneration.
Tolic-Norrelykke presented her research at Zagreb’s Rudjer Boskovic Institute yesterday (Tues), the daily Slobodna Dalmacija has reported.
Tolic-Norrelykke said: "Our results show that our yeast does not grow old. It does not seem realistic that a human been can be immortal, but I believe we will be able to postpone ageing within 20 years."
Her work, "Self-Organization of Dynein Motors Generates Meiotic Nuclear Oscillations," has been published in PLos Biology.
The co-author of the work, Zagreb professor Nenad Pavin, stressed they would continue research on the project with the aim of making the yeast immortal. He added they would also do research on human cells
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Site restored
News
In full glory after 25 years of restoration!
St. Mark's Church, one of the symbols of Zagreb and a recognizable city sight, was built in the 13th century. What remains from that stage of its construction is the window in the south facade and the ground-plan of the belfry. The gothic vaults and portals including the most valuable – the sumptuous south portal, were constructed in the second half of the 14th century. Outside, on the northwest wall of the church lies the oldest coat of arms of Zagreb with the year 1499 engraved in it. The building has gone through a number of alteration and reconstruction phases, the most thorough one in the second half of the 19th century according to drawings by the Viennese architects Friedrich Schmidt and Herman Bolle. During the restoration in the first half of the 20th century, the walls were painted by the well-known painter Jozo Kljaković, while the altar was decorated by the works of renowned sculptor Ivan Meštrović.
The restoration project that has just been completed lasted 25 years. The works were slowed down due to complications with the restoration operations, and because of the war. During the project, the tower and the roof were renovated, and the 15 statues that had been removed for security reason were returned to their proper positions.
The three-nave St. Mark's Church is 36 meters long and 15.5 meters wide. The south side of the roof is decorated with two coats of arms, the Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia, and the coat of arms of the city of Zagreb. The bells in the steeple dates back to 1706.
On the occasion of the completion of restoration works, a mass was celebrated in the newly renovated St. Mark's Church by Zagreb Archbishop Cardinal Josip Bozanić.
In full glory after 25 years of restoration!
St. Mark's Church, one of the symbols of Zagreb and a recognizable city sight, was built in the 13th century. What remains from that stage of its construction is the window in the south facade and the ground-plan of the belfry. The gothic vaults and portals including the most valuable – the sumptuous south portal, were constructed in the second half of the 14th century. Outside, on the northwest wall of the church lies the oldest coat of arms of Zagreb with the year 1499 engraved in it. The building has gone through a number of alteration and reconstruction phases, the most thorough one in the second half of the 19th century according to drawings by the Viennese architects Friedrich Schmidt and Herman Bolle. During the restoration in the first half of the 20th century, the walls were painted by the well-known painter Jozo Kljaković, while the altar was decorated by the works of renowned sculptor Ivan Meštrović.
The restoration project that has just been completed lasted 25 years. The works were slowed down due to complications with the restoration operations, and because of the war. During the project, the tower and the roof were renovated, and the 15 statues that had been removed for security reason were returned to their proper positions.
The three-nave St. Mark's Church is 36 meters long and 15.5 meters wide. The south side of the roof is decorated with two coats of arms, the Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia, and the coat of arms of the city of Zagreb. The bells in the steeple dates back to 1706.
On the occasion of the completion of restoration works, a mass was celebrated in the newly renovated St. Mark's Church by Zagreb Archbishop Cardinal Josip Bozanić.
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