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The anatomy of a pastry: We break down this Sook Pastry Shop stunner – NorthJersey.com

Rutilio Olivera, Executive Pastry Chef and Co-Owner of Sook Pastry makes the Glen layer by luscious layer. Anne-Marie Caruso, NorthJersey

Part of pastry is spectacle: glistening tarts topped with a rainbow of sliced fruits, adorable mini cakes covered withfrills of icing, fluffy mousse with swirls of cloud-like cream.

And a shop that knows the importance of display-case pageantry is Sook Pastry Shop in Ridgewood. We looked at each layer of Sook's popular Glen Cake, named for a street in its hometown, to better understand the appeal. The Glen Cake is sliced and presented so that its six even layers are visible.

The layered Glen cake from Sook Pastry in Ridgewood on Friday October 11, 2019.(Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/NorthJersey.com)

"People decide on what to get based on what they see in the display case," saysexecutive pastry chef/partner Rutilio Olivera, who devised the Glen Cake along with pastry chef/owner Keum-Sook Park. "Every part of the cake has to be perfect."

Here's a breakdown of each delicious level.

The chocolate sponge layer of the Glen cake from Sook Pastry in Ridgewood on Friday October 11, 2019.(Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/NorthJersey.com)

A thin slice of chocolate sponge cake to give the pastry a soft yet solid base to pile mousse on top of. Think Betty Crocker cake mix, just home-made and much, much better. It's a sweet, light and yes spongy cake.

The feuilletine chocolate layer of the Glen cake from Sook Pastry in Ridgewood on Friday October 11, 2019.(Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/NorthJersey.com)

Milk chocolate mixed with feuilletine: crispy, sugary flakes similar to a crushed waffle cone. This layer adds a satisfying crunch.

The raspberry, strawberry and black currant layer of the Glen cake from Sook Pastry in Ridgewood on Friday October 11, 2019.(Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/NorthJersey.com)

Amousse made mostly of heavy cream and egg whitesturned bright pink by theaddition ofstrawberries, raspberries and red currant. Itadds a light, fruity sweetness acontrast tothe heady chocolate layers.

Another level of chocolate sponge cake that gives the next layer of mousse something to rest on.

The chocolate mousse layer of the Glen cake from Sook Pastry in Ridgewood on Friday October 11, 2019.(Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/NorthJersey.com)

Silky, decadent chocolate mousse (more heavy cream and egg whites, just mixed with chocolate this time).

Rutilio Olivera, Executive Pastry Chef and Co-Owner of Sook Pastry in Ridgewood makes a Glen cake on Friday October 11, 2019.(Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/NorthJersey.com)

A thin glaze of shiny dark chocolate produced mainly by sugar syrup, heavy cream, gelatin and cacao powder. Thislayer is so shiny, you can see yourself reflected in it. Though mainly decorative, this silky glazeadds a touch of bittersweet flavor from the dark chocolate.

Rutilio Olivera, Executive Pastry Chef and Co-Owner of Sook Pastry in Ridgewood makes a Glen cake on Friday October 11, 2019.(Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/NorthJersey.com)

A milk chocolate twirl with white chocolate stripes running through it sits on top as a garnish.

This cake is available in a 3-by-1 1/2 inch slice and a 7-by-7 inch square. Sook Pastry Shop is located at24 S. Broad St., Ridgewood;201-493-2500,sookpastry.com.

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Grey’s Anatomy: Most Hated Supporting Characters, Ranked – Screen Rant

There have been many listsasking about fans' favorite characters. But what about the worst? On Grey's Anatomy, fans have seen many characters leave just as quickly as they have arrived. There are only two reasons for this: they are there to cause some drama or to set off another character's exit. Most of the time, these revolving door characters are not liked by the viewers.

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But which supporting character do you think has been the worst? From the reappearance of Denny Duquette to Nancy the rude Shepherd sibling, here are the 10 most hated supporting characters on the series, ranked.

When Denny was introduced to the show, everyone loved him. After Alex cheated on Izzie, it was nice to seeher be treated with the love and respect she deserved. Fans were devastated for the couple when Denny sadly passed away.

However, they were all confused when Ghost Denny reappeared. Although Izzie got back together with Alex, she soon began a relationship with the apparition. Fans got sick of seeing Ghost Denny as he lingered around with no explanation of how his existence was possible. Even after Izzie's tumor was diagnosed he still popped up.

The whole Ava/Alex romance was a relationship the fans detested. Ava, otherwise known as Rebecca Pope, was first introduced in Season 4 after being involved in the ferry boat accident. Alex was assigned to the case,and the two grew closer.

Ava soon came back for Alex after leaving her husband and baby. However, her presence began to affect Alex's work and personal life. In the end,he was forced to get her sectioned as she began to struggle with her new identity. Although he claimed to like her, fans never knew what happened to Ava after she was committed. It just made the storyline seem pointless.

Eliza Minnick was one of the most hated doctors to ever walk the halls of Grey Sloan. Introduced in Season 13, Minnick was brought in to replace Webber as the head of the surgical residency program. She also caught the eye of Arizona,and the two briefly started a relationship.

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However, Minnick became the enemy of many attendings when she intervened in their surgeries. She proved to be a stickler for the rules, ordering the residents and attendings to follow protocol. Fans soon rejoiced when Bailey gave Minnick her marching orders for putting Stephanie in danger.

In Season 9, the hospital was on the verge of collapse after they were forced to pay the crash settlement. As a result, Alana Cahill was brought into the hospital to help them find an investor. Similar to Minnick, Alana got on the wrong side of the attendings by trying to change the hospital procedures and administration.

She first closed the ER, which April and Derek protested against. She also placed cameras in the CCU, where a remote physician would supervise the doctors with their bedside manner and patient care. Alana cemented her enemy status among the attendings when she disapproved of them saving a trauma patient.

Out of all the Shepherd sisters, Nancy has proven to be the worst one of all. When it came to her siblings, Nancy didn't treat them with respect. She was rude, judgmental and very unsupportive of Amelia and Derek's decisions.

When Derek wanted to divorce Addison because she cheated, Nancy told him to forgive her. She refused to donate a nerve to help Derek with his hand. Unsurprisingly, Nancy treated Amelia just as badly as her other siblings, humiliating her in front of Link. It's come to the point where fans hate every moment she's onscreen.

In Season 7,Lucy Fieldswas first introduced when Arizona picked her to monitor Callie's pregnancy. Lucyalso began a relationship with Alex after the pair briefly butted heads over their patients.

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However, she cemented herself as one of the worst characters when she poached a job opportunity off of Alex. In the episode "I Will Survive," Lucy overheard Arizona offer Alex a position at the Namboze Clinic in Africa. After much debate, Alex chose to turn down the position because he was in love with Lucy. Turned out the relationship wasn't as important to the obstetrician, as she swipedit from under his nose.

Reed Adamson first made an appearance in Season 6, coming in during the Seattle Mercy-West merger. Fans took an immediate dislike to the resident after she refused to move out of George's cubby. She also butted heads often with Alex over the handling of patient care.

Other than the fact that she was April's best friend and would sleep with attendings to scrub in on surgeries, fans learned nothing else about Reed. It was hard to form an opinion when the writers didn't give her a storyline of her own. Although it was a shock, her death had no impact on the show.

Another person fans didn't take to was Penelope Blake. Penny didn't make a good impression on the fans when she was one of the doctors responsible for Derek's death. They were even more surprised when she was introduced as Callie's new girlfriend, transferring to Grey Sloan to take part in the residency program.

AlthoughPenny was nice, no one could warm up to the resident as she continued tofosterchaos. She caused a custody battle between Arizona and Callie when the ortho surgeon wanted to move with Sofia.Penny was also responsible fortensionbetween Meredith and Amelia and had her own mini-feud with Stephanie. No one was really sad to see the back of Penny.

Gary Clark has to be one of the worst villains on the show. Responsible for the deaths of many physicians, including Reed and Charles Percy, Gary was the gunman that went on a shooting spree.

At first, fans felt sympathetic towards Gary when his wife was pulled off of life support. However, they became unnerved when the grieving widower continued to show up at the hospital. The firsttime waswhen he filed a lawsuit against Derek and the hospital for 'killing his wife." The second was when he turned up brandishing a gun. No one expected this storyline would take such a sinister turn.

Although the guy had been highly respected in the medical community, Harper Avery was the absolute worst. He was disrespectful to everyone, including Jackson, whom he treated like a child and belittled about his divorce.

Harper sealed himself as the worst supporting character when the surgeons found out he had sexually assaulted hundreds of women. Everything that the Harper Avery award represented was now tainted by the revelation of the man's true self. The foundation he set up was quickly dissolved and was replaced by Catherine Fox's, who promised to help his victims heal.

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Kevin McKidd Admits ‘One of My First Crushes’ Was on Grey’s Anatomy Costar Debbie Allen – PEOPLE.com

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Kaley Cuoco’s New Show The Flight Attendant Just Added A Grey’s Anatomy Vet – CinemaBlend

After starring in one of the biggest TV shows of the past 20 years, The Big Bang Theory vet Kaley Cuoco is heading into (or over) uncharted waters with her new project, the darkly comedic HBO Max thriller The Flight Attendant. One of the best ways to ensure that audiences flock to the new streaming show is to bring in more familiar faces from other primetime hits, and The Flight Attendant has done just that by paging Grey's Anatomy favorite T.R. Knight to co-star in Season 1.

Sitcom queen Kaley Cuoco will welcome drama standout T.R. Knight onto The Flight Attendant as a loving member of the family. Specifically, Knight will portray the character Davey, who is the older brother of Cuoco's Cassandra "Cassie" Bowden. Well, I guess we'll actually have to wait and see just how loving that relationship really is.

It appears that Davey has made some judgment calls about Cassie in recent years. According to TVLine, he has "gently" disagreed with some of the decisions that his younger sister has made with her life, though it's not clear what he has issues with. However, it's also noted that Davey is continuously embittered by the fact that Cassie doesn't remembers their childhood in the same way he does. Sounds like there's some kind of complicated history happening there, which is a shame, since Cassie's life will get far more chaotic once the show kicks off.

The Flight Attendant's hectic story, as adapted from the novel by Chris Bohjalian, first sees Cassie waking up in a hotel room in Dubai, but her hangover definitely isn't her biggest problem. Far more distressing is the dead body that she wakes up next to. Unsure of what to do, Cassie tries to ignore the issue by not reporting it and going about her titular day job, but it isn't long before the authorities come to ask questions, and Cassie is forced to consider the idea that she might actually be a killer. Dun-dun-dunnn!

Perhaps "waking up next to a corpse" is one of those life choices that Davey doesn't approve of.

Amazingly, it has somehow been a full ten years since T.R. Knight vacated the role of Grey's Anatomy's Dr. George O'Malley and that's putting it extremely lightly but he's kept himself fairly busy in recent years. Following a few years away from the TV limelight, Knight landed recurring roles in The Good Wife, The Catch and 11.22.63 (where he was none too warm and friendly), and he landed a co-leading role in Season 2 of Nat Geo's Genius. He could also be heard this year voicing Cedric in the Hulu kids' show The Bravest Knight.

T.R. Knight's next big TV project, which has already been filming, is CBS Studios' limited series about former FBI head James Comey. That project, titled A Higher Loyalty, is expected to be released in 2020, with a network or streaming service yet to be announced.

On The Flight Attendant, T.R. Knight is joining a cast that already includes Kaley Cuoco (obviously), The Haunting of Hill House's Michiel Huisman, The Originals' Colin Woodell, Maniac's Sonoya Mizuno, Girls' Zosia Mamet, Birds of Prey's Rosie Perez and Greenleaf's Merle Dandridge. It was developed for TV by Cuoco herself, who is executive producing alongside the Arrow-verse mega-producer Greg Berlanti.

No specific premiere date is set just yet for The Flight Attendant, but considering HBO Max isn't expected to launch until May 2020, plan on waiting until at least then to see Kaley Cuoco and T.R. Knight paired off.

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’: Fans Are Convinced Maggie Is Destined to Follow Richard Webber down the Road to Alcoholism – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Season 16 ofGreys Anatomyis proving to be just what fans were asking for. Meredith Greys (Ellen Pompeo) half-sister,Maggie(Kelly McCreary), realizes that her great love is surgerynot Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams). Fans hate her with Jackson, so they rejoiced over that break-up.

Viewers are predicting a new storyline for Maggie that will give her character the depth they are looking for. Lets take a look at why fans think Maggie is going to follow her father,Richard Webber(James Pickens, Jr.), down the road to alcoholism.

Richard Webbers storyline this season is circling alcoholism. An old friend of his from Alcoholics AnonymousGemma (Jasmine Guy) is back in his life. She now works at the same hospital as him, Pac North, and is causing issues between him and Catherine Avery (Debbie Allen).

Gemmas AA sponsor recently passed away, and Richard supported Gemma in her loss. Now, Richards niece, Sabie, tragically died after reappearing in his lifeGemma is there for him.

Maggie is going to become an alcoholic like Richard was, wrote onefan on Reddit, and he will come to take care of her; he will be her mentor.

Fans are confident that if Maggie becomes an alcoholic, Richard will help her recover. Showrunner, Krista Vernoff already alluded to a significant episode for Richard, so this could be it.

We have big episode for him this season, Vernofftold TVLine. I dont feel like hes quite been given his due.

With alcoholism as a focal point of the show this season, it is highly plausible that Richard helps Maggie after she hits rock bottom. This storyline could lead to the massive episode for Richard.

With all of the exciting things that happened in the latest episodeNovember 14, 2019 of Greys Anatomy, some fans may have missed an essential detail about Maggie.

The woman is binge drinking in the middle of the day at a hotel bar. We know there often is a lot of drinking on the show. These surgeons deal with a lot of stress daily, so its not surprising we see them at a bar after work.

However, Maggies drinking looks like more than just a few after-work drinks. She is already drunk when Jackson helps her home. Instead of stopping, she continues drinking when she arrives home.

After Jackson almost kisses her, she throws him out and screams that she never wants to see him again. Although that was probably a normal response to a run-in with an ex-boyfriend, it could imply more.

Exhibiting signs of irritability and extreme mood swings are a common sign of alcoholism, according to theAlcohol Rehab Guide.

I think she could become an alcoholic, wrote one Redditor. It runs in the family. Richard is a recovering alcoholic, and Maggie is his daughter.

Now that would be a good plot for Maggie, another fan replied. So much more interesting than her relationship drama.

What got me the most in this episode was seeing a twinge of darkness in Maggie, added another Reddit user, which, for character development, has great potential.

Alcoholism can be an inherited marker/trait, another fan wrote. It could bring Maggie and Richard closer, and like you said, give Maggie a storyline.

It sounds like most fans agree that Maggie continues to drink too much and that Richard comes to her rescue. Find out what happens next on Greys Anatomy on Thursday at 8 p.m. on ABC.

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There Is a Vagina Museum in London – The New York Times

Inside the winding alleyways of Londons Camden Market, past walls of combat boots, money exchanges and bustling food vendors, a small white sign announces the presence of the complexs newest tenant: the Vagina Museum.

On Saturday, during its grand opening, the humble brick space dedicated to understanding and appreciating the vagina, vulva and gynecological anatomy was packed, mostly with women but from all generations. I heard visitors exchange confessions like I didnt know what a period was until I had one and I used to think that all vulvas look the same. Topics of discussion that are often reduced to hushed tones in public spaces, if they are brought up at all, were thrown around with ease and enthusiasm.

Its almost like theres an embargo in society around having very open, frank, honest and educational conversations around vaginas, said Marissa Conway, 30, who is a founder of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy and attended the opening. I didnt expect to have a visceral reaction of gratitude, but theres an element of relief that we can talk about this.

The museum is the first of its kind, an answer of sorts to Icelands Phallological Museum. With nearly 300 penises and penile parts from local animals, the specimen-rich institution ranks among Reykjaviks top tourist attractions. While this monument to male genitalia is in many ways an orthodox museum that revolves around a permanent collection of marvels, the Vagina Museum is not. Like the citys Migration Museum, which is focused on the countrys immigrants and refugees, and the Museum of Transology, which purports to be the largest collection dedicated to the lives of transgender people, the Vagina Museum is an institution whose mission is driven by social justice and public health initiatives.

Those expecting to see ancient fertility sculptures, medieval chastity belts or Victorian-era vibrators on display should know that the young, crowd-funded venture includes no such artifacts. At the Vagina Museum, visitors will discover informational posters and sculptures, a small shop with vaginally themed products, and an events calendar that includes a dinner for Trans Day of Remembrance and Cliterature (book club) meetings.

It was much smaller than I anticipated, which was disappointing, said Seren Mehmet, 28, a technical recruiter at Amazon. I wanted to see more vaginas!

The museum has secured a two-year lease on its Camden Market lot, but after that, there are plans for expansion. The ultimate goal is to build a permanent museum, but that takes a lot of time and resources. This is like our starter home, said the museums founder and director, Florence Schechter, in a phone interview ahead of the opening. The debut show, Muff Busters: Vagina Myths and How to Fight Them, is intentionally general and instructive. I think its especially useful for younger people, because most of the time we have to figure this stuff out ourselves, said Jade Dagwell Douglas, 22, who is a student in London.

The anatomy has such complex politics around it, that we found it was best to first engage people through what they know, so we can teach them things they dont know, said Sarah Creed, the museums curator. Menstruation, cleanliness, sexual activity and contraception are things that a majority of people have discussed in some format, or experienced in some way. The exhibit addresses all of those topics.

We can talk about cold, hard facts all we want, but thats not going to change peoples minds. Its all about unpacking social constructs and changing perspective through engagement, Ms. Creed said.

Charlotte Wilcox, who illustrated the posters in the exhibit, said it was her job to be as inclusive as possible in bringing these myths to life. Rini Jones, 25, a policy and advocacy adviser in London, was pleasantly surprised by the exhibit. I was really skeptical of the show as an activist, queer woman and woman of color, she said. Theres a really pervasive and unhelpful equation of womens rights with often exclusively pink and, by association, white vaginas, in a way that is really trivializing and exclusionary.

Despite outraging some trolls, the team says they have been pleasantly surprised by the Vagina Museums reception. Their biggest challenges are on the internet, where their content is often censored for violating community guidelines.

Its not a human problem as much as it is an issue with algorithms, which are set to assume anything with the world vagina in it is adult content or porn, said Zoe Williams, the museums development and marketing manager. Our emails go to spam and our online ads get rejected, and its all because of stigma, Ms. Schechter added. Weve had to rely on organic reach.

My most pressing memory of the visit is not the information gleaned, but rather how comfortable I felt in the space. Its evident the Vagina Museum is striving to make male, transgender and intersex visitors feel just as welcome and included. The word woman" is used sparingly in wall text, and Muff Busters eagerly states that a vagina does not a woman make. One of its central messages is that dismantling gynecological taboos is not a gendered issue.

This is everyones dialogue, Ms. Creed said. By segregating the issue, we only perpetuate it.

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15 Greys Anatomy couples ranked on their relationship functionality – Culturess

GREYS ANATOMY Girlfriend in a Coma A patient gives Meredith some clarity on her dating situation around the holidays. The strain on Bailey and Bens marriage comes to a head. Meanwhile, Betty drops a bomb on Owen and Amelia on Greys Anatomy, THURSDAY, FEB. 7 (8:00-9:01 p.m. EST), on The ABC Television Network. (ABC/Mitch Haaseth)JUSTIN CHAMBERS, CAMILLA LUDDINGTON

Over the years, Greys Anatomy has warmed and broken our hearts over and over with its sweet, wild, and sometimes completely nonsensical couplings.

When doctors date doctors and sometimes, uh, when doctors fall in love with their patients? chaos almost always ensues. Sometimes these relationships end up working out. Sometimes theyre so tragic and unhealthy fans let out a collective sigh of relief when theyre finally over.

Here are some of the most dysfunctional romances the show has given us and some that function so well, we hope they never, ever come undone.

This is the Greys Anatomy relationship that first ruined Chasing Cars for an entire fandom forever, but that doesnt mean it was a functional romance. In fact, these two would have likely never worked out in the end, even if Denny had survived the whole ordeal.

Its not his death that made their romance so dysfunctional, though everything leading up to it certainly contributed to the resulting chaos. The fact that Denny was Izzies patient, therefore making the whole thing unethical and problematic from the start, isnt even the worst of it.

Functional relationships are built on trust and understanding, and the fact is, Denny should have been able to trust Izzie to do the right thing when it came time for him to go. She didnt. She risked not only her own career, but those of the people around her. And she took a healthy heart away from someone who needed it more.

Izzie would have thrown her entire life and career away for him even if hed survived a life and career she had worked so hard for so many years to build from the ground up. And he would have let her.

Thats not a sign they would have lasted even if things would have worked out in his favor in the end. She would have ended up resenting him, even if she did truly love him.

Some relationships just start out wrong and never make it past that. Izzie and Denny had their moments, but as sad as their ending was, it was likely for the best.

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Neuroscience Research Day Hosts 67 Presentations – Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences News

The neuroscience community at UB is very diverse. There are a lot of faculty in the medical school, but also faculty in biology and psychology, as well as exercise science and elsewhere, says Fraser J. Sim, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology and director of the neuroscience program.

We really encompass everything from very basic science relating to brain function, all the way up to translational disease-focused research. Neuroscience covers the study of single molecules to entire behaving organisms and it is great to have one day to bring everyone together to present and share their data.

It is a great opportunity for our students to present their research, especially masters students who are only in the program for two years. They routinely do not go to many national and international meetings just because of the short period of time in the masters program and its hard for them to get enough data to present, Sim adds.

It also gives them a chance to see how research is disseminated. We have an excellent external speaker come in from outside of Buffalo, as well as presentations by local faculty. We also provide an opportunity for senior doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows to give a talk to better prepare them for the future.

Elizabeth G. Mietlicki-Baase, PhD, assistant professor of exercise and nutrition sciences in the School of Public Health and Health Professions (SPHHP), is president of the Buffalo Chapter of SfN.

Neuroscience Research Day is an excellent opportunity for local neuroscientists to discuss ongoing research and potential future collaborations, she says. I think our event is particularly beneficial for trainees as they get the opportunity to present their work to researchers with diverse scientific interests.

The following postdoctoral and doctoral students won awards:

Best Short-Talk Presentation

Best Poster Presentations

The following list includes the other oral presentations, including title, authors and faculty mentors:

The following list includes the other poster presentations, including title, authors and faculty mentors:

Catherine M. Kotz, PhD, professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology at the University of Minnesota,gave a distinguished scientist lecture.

The title of her presentation was Targeting Brain Orexin to Mitigate Obesity and Cognitive Impairment.

A new faculty member talk was also given by Soo-Kyung Lee, PhD, Empire Innovation Professor and Om P. Bahl Endowed Professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).

Institutional support for the event was provided by the neuroscience program and departments of Pharmacology and Toxicologyand Neurology in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences in the SPHHP; and the departments of Biological Sciences and Psychiatry, and the Center for Ingestive Behavior Research in the CAS. Additional support was provided by the Society for Neuroscience.

The event was conductedOct. 11 at the Center for the Arts on UBs North Campus.

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3D table brings advanced anatomy study to NMCC – The County

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NMCC Biology Instructor Trena Soucy (right) receives training on the new virtual anatomytable by an Anatomage representative. This new technology impacts how science, biology, andallied health courses will be taught at NMCC and promises new levels of in-depth exploration.(Courtesy of Northern Maine Community College)

NMCC Biology Instructor Trena Soucy (right) receives training on the new virtual anatomytable by an Anatomage representative. This new technology impacts how science, biology, andallied health courses will be taught at NMCC and promises new levels of in-depth exploration.(Courtesy of Northern Maine Community College)

Northern Maine Community College has acquired a virtual anatomy table for use in allied health and science courses.

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine Northern Maine Community College has acquired a virtual anatomy table for use in allied health and science courses.

Touted as the most technologically advanced 3D anatomy visualization system for anatomy and physiology education, the table will allow NMCC to join the ranks of the worlds leading medical schools and institutions including The Mayo Clinic, University of Michigan, and Stanford.

The highly interactive table allows students and instructors to explore human anatomy in-depth by virtually removing layers of tissue, making cross-sections, and isolating body systems. The 3D table gives users access to data from four different types of bodies that were donated to science through the Human Visibility Project (HVP).

Our students are gaining access to a level of detail and instruction that is normally only available to those who attend the most elite schools, said NMCC biology instructor Trena Soucy. Using this technology were able to visualize complete anatomical systems in 3D and show how they work as a unit. The table brings anatomy to life and off the pages of a text book, increasing the students understanding of how the body works in parts and as a whole.

Each digitized body on the table comes from a person who died of different causes before being donated one from a heart attack, two from cancer-related pneumonia, and one male inmate who died of lethal injection; a prison chaplain persuaded him prior to his execution in 1993 to donate his body to the HVP. Students can compare the different health factors and anomalies present in each example, such as fatty tissues in one bodys heart, or a tumor related to gastric cancer. Students are able to take customized quizzes directly on the table using touch-screen technology.

We are excited to add this innovative piece of technology to our cutting-edge biology classes to enhance the teaching and learning experience for our students, said David Raymond, Arts and Sciences Department chair.

While the table is currently in the biology lab for anatomy and physiology, and microbiology classes, it will also be used for emergency medical services, nursing, medical coding, liberal studies, and medical assisting students.

Funding for the new technology came from the Maine Community College System. For more information, visit nmcc.edu.

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