Odra Noel MiPArt collection

Odra Noel
*scientific art* *The MiPArt collection* These works form part of the scientific art collection of OROBOROS MiPArt Gallery, and are permanently exhibited at the Oroboros Gallery, *Mitochondrial Physiology Society* www.oroboros.at and MiPArt © Odra Noel 2009
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	Power plant Spinach leaf at its best: mitochondria and chloroplast elbow to elbow, transforming light, water and CO2 into oxygen and leaves.



	Power of flying The most powerful muscle on earth: flight muscle. A fine balance of muscle fibres and mitochondria producing energy and power. Get it right and you can fly.



	The beginning of a self An ovum about to be released for a chance encounter with an expert swimmer. With a hundred thousand mitochondria rearing to go: to power the creation of a new being and pass on the baton to the next generation.



	The end of a cell Apoptosis, controlled cell suicide for the good of all, for better and for worse. The cell structures disintegrate and bleb away. Where did the death warrant come from? Mitochondria, of course, poring out their insides, showing the way to go.

			Once upon a time In the distant past two prokaryotes joined forces. The free living mitochondria somehow got inside an archaeon, and there was no looking back: the path was open for the eukaryotic cell, and with it all complex life on earth.

			Barcode mitochondria Mitochondria as boxes of secrets: of the past, of the future, of life itself. If information is power, mitochondria have the power and the information, in their own genes. Watch this space.