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Findings 9/2010

Once again, the DMF generated SEM image of a human white blood cell was featured in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) publication. This time the image appeared on the cover of the September 2010 issue of Findings as well as being featured in the article "For Janice: Legacy of a Short Life" (p. 12).

Lilium autofluorescence

The new Zeiss AxioImager.Z2 fluorescence microscope equipped with an Apotome optical sectioning system and Colibri monochromatic LED illumination is now installed and available for use. The animation above shows a 3-D stack of optical sections through a portion of a lily flower rotating about the x-axis (FITC autofluorescence, 470 nm excitation).

diatom cover art

DMF SEM images of a variety of diatom sizes and shapes (right) and inside and outside views of Triceratium were recently chosen as cover art for the upcoming new edition of The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences edited by E.F. Stoermer and J.P. Smol (Cambridge University Press).