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Unit 4: Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Systems

Do you see a face in that electric socket? (michaeljmc, iStockPhoto)

Facial Recognition and the Brain

STEM Explained

Learn how your brain recognizes faces and why you sometimes see them in places they don’t exist!

Nicole Brisson à un site minier

Nicole Brisson

Career Profiles

Water and Tailings Engineer

Nicole Brisson is a Water and Tailings Engineer for Agnico Eagle Mines Limited.
Labo de Heather McFarlane's

Heather E. McFarlane

Career Profiles

Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Plant Cell Biology

Heather R. McFarlane is an Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Plant Cell Biology for the University of Toronto.
Serina Hall

Serina Hall

Career Profiles

Mechanical Designer

Serina Hall is a Mechanical Designer for Infinity Solutions.
Human organs for transplantation

Organ Transplantation

Backgrounders

Learn about organ transplantation - what it is, how it can save lives, how your immune system responds, and how the matching process works.

Anne Simonen au travail

Anne Simonen

Career Profiles

Civil Engineering Technologist

Anne Simonen is a Civil Engineering Technologist for Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd..
Martina Bona

Martina Bona

Career Profiles

Process Discipline Specialist

Martina Bona is a Process Discipline Specialist for Jacobs Engineering.
Field of tobacco plants, which are a source of nicotine

How do alkaloids cause addiction?

STEM Explained

Alkaloids are found in some of the most addictive substances that humans consume. What are alkaloids, and how do they cause addiction?

Human kidney cross-section

Osmosis and Its Role in Human Biology and Health

STEM Explained

Learn how and where osmosis takes place in the digestive system and excretory system and the role of osmosis in kidney dialysis.

Abstract image of brain connections

Neurons: The Building Blocks of Your Brain

Backgrounders

How does your brain allow you to do and experience so much? It’s all because of the building blocks of your brain - neurons!

Rachel Chow dans un énorme conduit

Rachel Chow

Career Profiles

Wastewater Process Engineer

Namratt Joshi dans ses habits de graduation au doctorat

Namrata Joshi

PhD Neuroscience

Namrata Joshi has a PhD in Neuroscience and works with Moffitt Cancer Center.
Coniferous and deciduous trees covered in snow

How Do Trees Survive in Winter?

STEM Explained

What adaptations and processes do trees in northern climates have to survive winter?

Krysten Rutherford

Krysten Rutherford

Career Profiles

PhD Candidate, Oceanography

Krysten Rutherford is a PhD Candidate of Oceanography at Dalhousie University.
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Alicia Rose Rossi

Career Profiles

Forensic Identification Assistant

Alicia Rose Rossi is a Forensic Identification Assistant for the York Regional Police.