Mitochondria: the cell's powerhouse

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Published 2017-04-19

In this animation, Professor Rob Lue introduces the mitochondria, the powerhouses of the cell.

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All Comments (21)

@bradenbellinger3025 5 years ago

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
@abrahamtellez592 4 years ago

It's incredible how many years of knowledge piled upon knowledge are condensed into just this 5 minutes.
@speedstriker 5 years ago

I knew that the MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL, but I didn't know they were literally tiny biomechanical power plants. This is amazing!
@abenassini 2 years ago

Beutiful and elegant animations. I’m a physician and I’ve never seen the process of cyclic AMP presented in such a graphical way.
@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws 2 years ago

Apart from the fact the whole mitochondrial set up is so amazingly complex, this makes it look really beautiful too.
@Proversiongamer 3 years ago

Never thought I would spot a mistake in a HarvardX Video, but the ATP Synthase subunit is called Fo not F0 (zero). The letter o stands for Oligomycin.
@HarvardOnline 5 years ago

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@GlynWilliams1950 5 years ago

Amazing. I want to understand what I saw
@stefanofalone 4 years ago

Great video, however at 2:38: "Electron transport in complexes II, III and IV is coupled to pumping of protons..." Actually, it's I, III and IV.
@OGMann 2 years ago

Mitochondrial dysfunctions are implicated in a significant number of pathologies. It's a fascinating field of study. The various hypotheses of the organelles origin are equally interesting.
@the1tigglet 4 years ago

I have to say these images are amazing and explain so much about cellular energy and how it works. We're basically electrically charged powerhouses!
@aspektx 2 years ago

Seeing things like this makes me realize how inconceivable the stretches of time are for things like the mitochondria to develop. All the failures, the variations that partially worked, and the diversity that must have occurred on the path that led to something so small and so significant.
@caesarskiba9008 5 years ago

So amazing. Please never stop making these types of videos
@fierrots 5 years ago

It is not F0 (zero) but FO (oligomycin-sensitive)
@-AnyWho 5 years ago

they already have a video game based on this (still in early stages of development) ... soon little kids will understand this better than we do
@parulshukla2153 5 years ago

Harvardx....I m a practising pediatrician from India. Such animation weren't available in studied in the medical school many years ago Seeing this animated medical teaching makes me feel my medical school revisited A back to school experience
@winneriruke9104 5 years ago

Very clear presentation, than you for information.
@jackpullen3820 5 years ago

I want to see more on their interaction with Microtubules....
@feymreichmanostenrn8751 3 years ago

It is indeed a contemplative wonderwork, considering that this is a tiny element in every cell and this happens in every cell, all the time....wow.
@NotOkBoomer-gr5lb 1 year ago

Just stumbled over this vid. It's an amazing work and very interesting explanation of what's goin on in our bodies. Thank You!