Oroboros picture of the month

2017

Ouroboros represents many things, including totality, the cycle of life, and the union of opposites. "Cum patientia" sums up the struggle between self-knowledge and self-deception.
The REAL ouroboros: This is an Armadillo Lizard, which, if frightened, will grab its tail in its mouth and roll into a ball. (from pets blogspot)

We wish you a relaxing holiday, with best wishes for a bioenergetic, communicative and productive New Year 2017 in the spirit of Gentle Science
OROBOROS' own Christina Plattner reveals the global dispersion of the OUROBOROS in the Moroccan desert while feeding on its tail
An Ouroboros in the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, discovered at the occasion of ESCI 2016 Paris FR.
Jules Devaux, PhD student at the O2k-Network Lab of Prof. Hickey in Auckland, NZ did some garnishing on the O2k.

Nicole Bezuidenhout, visiting scientist from Cape Town (South Africa) at the OROBOROS MitoFit Lab, is proudly showing her new Ouroboros tattoo. Nov 2015.
The mitochondrial Oroboros (by Odra Noel, London, 2012) was a centre piece of MiPArt at Bioblast 2012 illustrating the cycle of fission and fusion, with quality control as an essential mechanism to stay MitoFit. Sept 2015.
An Ouroboros (made by Anna Stepanova, New York, 2015) helping with DatLab analysis - the picture was sent by Anna Stepanova during her participation in the O2k-Workshop in Greenville, August 2015.
An Ouroboros tattoo from Sao Paulo walking in Manaus - observed during the O2k-Workshop July 2015.