FYEAH, Microscopy

Dedicated to microscopes, and the small and wonderful worlds that they reveal. Compiled by someone with a fascination for viewing the world through various lenses. Researcher, 24, Manila, Philippines

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Anther of Arabidopsis stained with the membrane dye FM 4-64 and Hoechst 33342  and imaged by confocal microscopy (20X magnification); green is autofluorescence. Image by Heiti Paves, Tallinn Univ of Tech, Estonia.

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Spent a whole semester reviewing a bunch of articles on plant development and physiology. Most of the experiments, if not all, were conducted on Arabidopsis thaliana. Among all the topics in plant developmental biology, I always found anther growth and dehiscence to be one of the more fascinating events in plant sexual development.

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St. Stephen's Cathedral

Nanoarchitecture

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Frog intestine.

Viewed some of these earlier this afternoon for class. Fascinating sections.

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Snow crystal

Taken with a light microscope and a low-temperature scanning electron microscope

Not exactly what we all expect a snowflake to look like. Then again, no two snowflakes are identical.

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Pine (Pinus) needle cross-section

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Yeast cells, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Since it's Christmas, and in Christmas there's lots of bread (i.e. pastries, cakes, etc) and alcohol to be consumed... I'm featuring yeast!

Here is a light micrograph of what is commonly known as baker's or brewer's yeast. It is also extensively used as a model organisms in cell and molecular biology. 

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SEM of denim jeans material

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Scanning electron micrograph of a mosquito (Aedes aegypti) head

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Robert Hooke's Micrographia

A historic book featuring the many observations of the late scientist using various types of lenses. It was in this book that Hooke coined the term "cell", and sparked a public interest in microscopy.