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Pillars for Energy! Nanostructured Carbon Pillars: This 3-Dimensional nanostructured hierarchical network in carbon is the ultimate route to efficient energy storage! Imaged at the cross-sectional site of a nano-patterned film using Scanning Electron Microscope. What you see are the focussed and out-of-focus pillars at a micron scale, which creates an amazing electronic graph! Sravya Nuguri Polymer Science and Engineering Department, College of Natural Sciences IALS-UMass Core Facilities: Models to Medicine
Plant cell cultures sit atop a lawn of mycobacteria to screen for anti-microbial properties. One plant shows clear anti-microbial properties while another seems to aid in growth. Sarah Hassan Microbiology Department, College of Natural Sciences IALS-UMass Core Facilities: Models to Medicine Center | Cell Culture
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Bacteria use this remarkable hexagonal array of receptor proteins (gray) to sense their environment and send signals that control their swimming. Professor Lynmarie Thompson Chemistry Department, College of Natural Sciences IALS-UMass Core Facilities: Models to Medicine Center | Biophysical Characterization
Naegleria gruberi, a relative of the ‘brain-eating amoeba,’ use a protein called actin to form protrusions that allow cells to crawl and eat. These include long, thin protrusions (blue), as well as lamellar ruffles (orange). Katrina Velle, PhD Biology Department, College of Natural Sciences IALS-UMass Core Facilities: Models to Medicine Center | Light Microscopy
microscope view of a filamentous fusarium
Escherichia coli genetically modified to produce electrically conductive protein nanowires, a revolutionary electronic material with applications in sustainable electricity generation and biomedical sensing. Professor Derek Lovley Microbiology Department, College of Natural Sciences IALS-UMass Core Facilities: Models to Medicine Center | Electron Microscopy
100x image of the bone inside a ram horn (stained)! We’re looking at the microstructure of ram horns for signs of consistent bone remodeling. Through the evaluation of its microstructure and mechanical properties, we will be able to understand what about this bone allows rams to collide their heads for days without any signs of brain damage! Cyrus Karimy Biomedical Engineering Department, College of Engineering IALS-UMass Core Facilities: Models to Medicine Center
Neurons expressing the neuropeptide APGWamide in the central brain of the nudibranch mollusc Berghia stephanieae, labeled using fluorescent in-situ hybridization chain reaction. Desmond Ramirez, PhD Biology Department, College of Natural Sciences IALS-UMass Core Facilities: Models to Medicine Center | Genomics Resource, Light Microscopy
Colony of hundreds of human pluripotent cells at 20x magnification. They have the potential to turn into a plethora of cell types and we can guide this process in the lab. Until then, they like to stick together. Assembled in this image, their shape resembles part of the New England coastline. The masses are united. Christopher Claypool Biology Department | Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program, College of Natural Sciences IALS-UMass Core Facilities: Models to Medicine Center
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Zebrafish GFP-expressing rod photoreceptor outer segments labeled with anti-Rhodopsin (blue) and acetylated-tubulin. Professor Abbie Jensen Biology Department, College of Natural Sciences IALS-UMass Core Facilities: Models to Medicine Center
Cross-section of a leaf stalk stained with fluorescent dyes to highlight the intricate anatomy of plants. Ahmet Bakirbas Biology Department, College of Natural Sciences IALS-UMass Core Facilities: Models to Medicine Center
A uCT scan of Pterycombus petersii (a prickly fanfish). Once scanned, the images were used to create a 3-D model of the fish’s skeletal system. The model was then segmented into numerous sections to differentiate between different skeletal elements and has been used to help us understand evolution and functional morphology across the fish family Bramidae. Michael Gilbert Biology Department, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program, College of Natural Sciences IALS-UMass Core Facilities: M2M