Osiris has no wi-fi signal in the G-Lands

Our omnipresent salivary gland specimen can be found here in this landscape of experimentation, deconstructed on a cellular level on the lab bench like a little cell smoothie. Thus far, what the Emmerson Lab is sure of is that Osiris contains stem cells, unspecialised cells that can develop into functional mature cells following injury, and that the salivary gland is surrounded by nerves that provide signals to these stem cells. However, following radiotherapy these signals are lost. It is almost as if in this afterlife Osiris is stuck between now and Pharaonic times where there is definitely no wi-fi signal to tell them it is dinner time and would you please kindly release some saliva? What is this relationship between nerves and stem cells and how might it be mimicked in the now, the G-Lands, to regenerate communication and flow of saliva through Osiris? What Osiris needs is more than thoughts and prayers; they need scientific allies like Dr Elaine Emmerson and her team. Perhaps on some level Osiris and Elaine have always been travelling together and they are the ones who have conjured me to remind them both in this life. Who needs wi-fi when you have your own experts in the field to re-build the burnt bridges? 

Emmerson Lab Landscape CRMThank you for reading,

Emily

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• To discover more about Dr Elaine Emmerson’s research you can visit  http://crm.ed.ac.uk/research/group/manipulating-stem-cell-niche-promote-regeneration

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• To get hands on and creative with the tools of science, you can drop into an open session at the ASCUS Lab at Summerhall in Edinburgh, Scotland’s publically accessible laboratory. You can find out about their many courses and opportunities here http://www.ascus.org.uk

• For insight into human pathology and physiology, you can visit Surgeons’ Hall Museums  https://museum.rcsed.ac.uk