Neuron art or tissue tears? Here's how my botched prep made a sassy comeback under the microscope.
Keep your hands steady, blades sharp while brain sectioning. See a full post on this image on my Linkedin.
🟨 Cell nuclei
🟪 Kv3.3 channels
#Neuroscience #Microscopy #FluorescenceTuesday

Just won a Huygens Image Contest award from @svi_huygens with a #Toxoplasma-filled vacuole in fibroblasts :D

🟦 #Parasites
🟨🟧🟥🟪 depth-coloured nuclei (#DNA) of all cells present (deeper-darker)

Microscope: @zeiss_micro LSM980
Scale: 5 μm

#Microscopy #FluorescenceMonday

Artefacts: get a pretty picture by messing up the prep!
Once I misaligned the #brain while slicing, creating a diagonal cut through Purkinje layers. Instead of one layer, multiple rows appeared—unexpected beauty from error :)
🟦 Cell DNA
🟥 Kv3.3 channels
#Neuroscience #Microscopy #FluorescenceFriday

My '37th View of Mount Fuji,' is a January cover for @scotmicro's 2025 fundraising calendar!
Got it at SMS 50th Annual Symposium, where I gave a talk on #expansionmicroscopy :)
A 'mountain' formed by ependymal cell nuclei in the mouse brainstem.
#Microscopy #Neuroscience #Brain #FluorescenceFriday

December luck continues! Just won 3rd place in the International #Wikipedia Science Competition (#Microscopy category)!
Below: #Toxoplasma gondii parasites inside a human skin cell, with colors highlighting their inner shell (🟪), microtubules (🟨), and DNA (🟦).
#FluorescenceFriday #WSC2023