Students from the MBL's Embryology course cleared this turtle embryo last year using LifeCanvas Technologies Inc.'s SmartBatch+, labeled with acetylated tubulin to visualize the nervous system, and imaged with the #MegaSPIM light-sheet microscope. #microscopy

0:20 - Luis Daniel Estrella uses #MegaSPIM imaging to see vasculature and tau tangles, a sign of Alzheimer’s disease pathology, in millimeter-thick human brain samples. Learn more about the Zwang lab's research in this article: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Astrocytes 🌟 have been shown to play a role in β-amyloid plaque clearance, making them a prospective target for treating neurodegenerative diseases. This #FluorescenceFriday video provides a close-up of astrocytes + plaques in a thick section of human brain tissue imaged w/ #MegaSPIM.