Virtual Reconstruction and Three-Dimensional Printing of Blood Cells as a Tool in Cell Biology Education

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 8; p. e0161184
• Main Authors: Augusto, Ingrid, Monteiro, Douglas, Girard-Dias, Wendell, dos Santos, Thaisa Oliveira, Rosa Belmonte, Simone Letícia, Pinto de Oliveira, Jairo, Mauad, Helder, da Silva Pacheco, Marcos, Lenz, Dominik, Stefanon Bittencourt, Athelson, Valentim Nogueira, Breno, Lopes dos Santos, Jorge Roberto, Miranda, Kildare, Guimarães, Marco Cesar Cunegundes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 15.08.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: 21st century; 3-D printers; Accessibility; Animals; Biology; Biology and Life Sciences; Blood cells; Blood Cells - cytology; Cell culture; Cell division; Colleges & universities; Developing countries; Education; Educational technology; Electron microscopy; Engineering and technology; High school students; Identification methods; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; LDCs; Learning; Male; Medical imaging; Medicine and Health Sciences; Modernization; Museums; Printing, Three-Dimensional; Prototyping; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Research and Analysis Methods; Research facilities; Scanning electron microscopy; Schools; Science education; Silicon wafers; Social Sciences; Structure-function relationships; Students; Study and teaching; Teaching methods; Technology application; Textbooks; Three dimensional models; Three dimensional printing; Tomography; User-Computer Interface; Virtual reality; Young adults; United States

The cell biology discipline constitutes a highly dynamic field whose concepts take a long time to be incorporated into the educational system, especially in developing countries. Amongst the main obstacles to the introduction of new cell biology concepts to students is their general lack of identifi...