infocus contributor and Fellow of the RMS Winston Ingram recently turned his attention to the circuitry of the human brain.
Using a series of original MRI scans, Winston sought to enhance the detail contained within them using a combination of experimental microscopy techniques.
Microscopy and biology have always been intimately linked together. One of the driving forces for the development of the very earliest microscopes was our curiosity of the basis of life and our desire to understand it.
Brightfield microscopy has been a viable observation technique for cytology and histological analysis employing stained cells and tissue sections mounted on a microscope slide.
Most of the oxygen we breathe finds its origins in marine algal photosynthesis. These algae organise their Rubisco, the enzyme responsible for capturing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen, into a liquid droplet called the ‘pyrenoid’.
