Science is Fun Fridays!

 Life Science Light Microscopy Awards

Global Winner

Werner Zuschratter - Rat Embryo

Americas

Justin Zoll - l glutamine and beta alanine crystals

Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

Gregory Timin - Collagen fibers and dermal pigment cells of African house snake

Asia-Pacific

XinPei Zhang - Wing scales from over 40 species of butterfly

Honorable Mentions

Yixun Su - White matter
(astrocyte - white, oligodendrocyte - blue, microglia - red)


Laurent Formery - Sea urchin
(muscles - cyan, nervous system - yellow, nuclei DNA - blue)


Sayantan Datta - Dividing human embryonic kidney



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