Sometimes, even your cells just want to have fun in the #lab, looking like a colorful fluorescent wizard riding a glowing red shrimp. 🧙🏻♂️🦐 this is why immune fluorescent microscopy never gets boring when science looks like art . #cellbiology #fluorescentmicroscopy
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🚨 @mit.edu chemists have designed a new type of fluorescent molecule that they hope could be used for applications such as generating clearer images of tumors.
Learn more about the new, borenium ion-based dye: https://bit.ly/47tfxkP
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Is it a Pollock's painting?
Nope, it's human cortex stained for MAP2 in 🔴 (found mostly in dendrites), NEFL in ⚪️ (major component of axoskeleton), NeuN / RBFOX3 in 🟡 (marker of post-mitotic neurons) and a nuclear stain in 🔵.
#MicroscopyMonday #brain #fluorescentmicroscopy
