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Re: Re: sound of cell division

Subject: Re: Re: sound of cell division
From: Wild Sanctuary <>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 09:36:06 -0700
In a planning session to record viruses at UCSF, Walt, we were
thinking along the lines of a large piezo-electric ring (something
like a gonzo hydrophone element), fully isolated, into which we'd
drop some known samples and record.

BK

>Wild Sanctuary wrote:
>>  Yes. There are several instances since all living organisms are
>>  thought to produce a sound signature. There was just a recent paper
>>  published on the signature of a virus (related to HIV issues)
>>  signatures as they released themselves from cell walls to which they
>>  were attached. The study was done by a cell biologist at Cambridge or
>>  Oxford and published either late last year or early this year.
>>
>>  Bernie Krause
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>I'm still in the hunt for mics for recording protozoa, in case you run
>across anything useful for slipping under a cover slip. My field
>microscope has gotten back into my field gear, I can take
>photomicrographs in the field, but would also like to do the audio.
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>Walt
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