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3D fused structure of two axial elements (AEs) during the diplotene stage of prophase I. The stained protein is SYCP3.
November 2024
The image showcases regenerating tissue from Drosophila larval wing imaginal disc, captured in a top-down (XY) view alongside orthogonal views (YZ and XZ planes). The tissue is stained to highlight different structures: DAPI marks nuclei (blue), actin highlights the cytoskeleton (red), the plasma membrane is shown in magenta, and dying cells are labeled in green.
October 2024
Nnoscale collagen fibril arrangement in pig tendon.
August 2024
Three neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) from the diaphragm of a young male rat, illustrate the complex connections between motor neurons and muscle fibers that facilitate precise control of muscle contractions for breathing.
July 2024
This image demonstrates a surface view of Drosophila embryo undergoing cellularization, depicting microtubule in magenta and Actin in green.
June 2024
Immunofluorescence of mice liver sections with nuclei (blue) and zonal markers E-cadherin (periportal, yellow) and glutamine synthetase (pericentral, red).
May 2024
This embryo is part of a study to identify the effects of DEHP, which is a plasticizer whose chemical structure closely  resembles hormones and is believed to be an endocrine disruptor.
April 2024
Liver organoid after differentiation in a triangular microwell.
March 2024
A plantaris muscle stained for individual fiber types.
February 2024
This image showcases the hippocampal region in a mouse brain slice, highlighting DAPI in blue, NeuN in green, and YAP in red using immunofluorescence.
January 2024
Second harmonic generation (SHG) image of starch granules of a potato slice. The main constituent of the starch granules is highly ordered semicrystalline amylopectin, which renders them a noncentrosymmetric structure ideal for label-free SHG imaging.
December 2023
The image shows engineered antibodies (green) bound to host pathogens in mouse lung (red).
November 2023
A section of piglet corpus callosum processed using serial block-face scanning electron microscopy. Myelinated axons are depicted by the dark circular rings.
October 2023
Just like our own bodies need a mechanism to regulate gas and water content in our cells, plant tissue also needs a mechanism for this too. Plant stomata (pictured above) are pores that regulate transpiration of water and gas exchange.
August 2023
Exploring 3D leaf anatomical traits for C4 photosynthesis: chloroplast and plasmodesmata pit field size in maize and sugarcane.
June & July 2023
The image illustrates the collagen microstructure of a pig's digital flexor tendon, captured using second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy in the longitudinal orientation.
May 2023
A thin section depicting a cross section of a Psaronius stem (bottom left) and inner root mantle (top right) from a Pennsylvanian coal ball (~300 million years ago) taken using a Zeiss Axio Zoom V16.
March & April 2023
The image shows a 3D stack of SBF-SEM images of human pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer cells undergoing autophagy dependent cell death. Chloroquine inhibits autophagy by inhibiting the degradation of autolysosome. This 3D image clearly shows that accumulation of autophagic vacuoles (autophagosome and autolysosome) were detected in chloroquine treated BON (human pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer) cells. The image was taken using SBF-SEM at the Carle R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology’s core facilities
January 2023
“This is a SHG image of a FET colorectal cancer cell spheroid embedded in a 3D type-I collagen gel. The nuclei of the cancer cells at the center are stained with DAPI. This experiment shows how cancer spheroids reorganize collagen fibers around them through mechanical interaction with the fibers.”
November & December 2022
single molecule resolution spatial transcriptomics method to the Honeybee brain
October 2022