Actin & Myosin – A Love Story | Episode 15

TAPP Radio Episode 15

Actin & Myosin – A Love Story

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1 | The Shape of the Golgi Apparatus

5.5 minutes

The Golgi apparatus has a distinctive flattened shape. It turns out that it’s the functioning of the cytoskeleton that is responsible.

• Why the Golgi Apparatus Looks So Funny (Kevin’s blog post)
• GOLPH3 bridges phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate and actomyosin to stretch and shape the golgi to promote budding.  (research article)
• Golgi’s Job Stretches it Thin (article from Science News)
• Terminologia Histologica: International Terms for Human Cytology and Histology (book plus CD)
• Terminologia Histologica: International Terms for Human Cytology and Histology (online version)

2 | Actin & Myosin: A Love Story

8 minutes

Kevin tells the story of actin and myosin as an analogy to a classic love story. This playful story reflects the focus of recent episodes about the use of storytelling and analogies in teaching A&P.

• Episode 12: Storytelling is the Heart of Teaching A&P (introduces the strategy of storytelling)
• Episode 13: Playful and Serious is the Perfect Combo for A&P (introduces the value of playful analogies)
• Survival Guide for Anatomy & Physiology (Kevin’s brief manual for A&P students features a version of the actin-myosin love story)
• Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle: A Love Story? (article from HAPS Educator with a version of this story)
• Metaphors & Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching Any Subject (book that addresses many issues, including English-language learners)

3 | Don’t Forget the Alexa Skill for This Podcast

• Enable the Alexa skill (Kevin’s instructions on how to enable and use the new skill for this podcast; includes a video)
• Alexa skill (Amazon’s page for this Alexa skill)
• Alexa-enabled devices (Amazon’s devices that use Alexa skills; purchases made through this link help fund this podcast)

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Last updated: January 6, 2021 at 10:30 am