Originally posted 2015/06/18
We spend a lot of time in the dark, which is an easy metaphor that you don't need us to expand for you.
More importantly, we had the chance to test drive our new, very fancy multiphoton microscope on some tissue samples brought to us by our Microbiology and Immunology colleague Dr. Hon Leong. We'll post more on this amazing tool soon. In the mean time, here's a preview of what it can do:
You're looking at a 3D reconstruction of a vascular tree in living tissue. Not bad for a first run!