Using a digital microscope connected to a laptop for identifying fly larvae (maggots) recovered from a simulated crime scene.

I blogged about this exhibit at my Invertebrate Diaries blog: Insect Detectives (my other blog posts about Pestival).

Art under the microscope

Micro-organismes prélevés dans les étangs de Bassiès (09) - (Identifications sous réserve.)

Source: E. C. Bolles Collection of Microscope Slides, San Diego Natural History Museum.

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Les thécamibiens ou amibes testacées ou amibes à thèques forment un groupe polyphylétique d'amibes caractérisées par la présence d'une sorte de « coquille » que l'on nomme une « thèque »

From left, Lola Eniola-Adefeso working with Instrument Scientist Allen Hunter, using the Cameca Leap 5000, a 3D atom probe microscope, at the Michigan Center for Materials Characterization, (MC)2 North Campus Research Center at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (MC)2 provides state-of-the-art instruments for micron and nano-scale imaging, professional training, and in-depth education for students, internal researchers, fellow institutions, and local industry.

The Humanity Unlocking Biomaterials (HUB) center, led by the University of Michigan and University of Washington, is designed to spur the development of biomaterials solutions that have potential in medical treatments by bringing together researchers and providing seed funding to kickstart projects. The HUB center is lead by Lola Eniola-Adefeso, the Vennema Endowed Professor of Chemical Engineering at U-M, and Kelly Stevens, James Chao-Yao Koh and Maria Lee Koh Endowed Engineering and Medicine Career Development Professor at the University of Washington.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

Close up of hind area of gammarus.

Nikon S L-Ke

Some plant pollen from my garden, captured by pointing an Ixus V3 at the lens of an antique microscope. The camera was angled to maximize chromatic abberation from the microscope lens, which provides all the coloring.

Deutsches Museum

Microscope

(turned from brass blanks)

Source: E. C. Bolles Collection of Microscope Slides, San Diego Natural History Museum.

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Does anyone knows which brand this is.

It's an educational microscope i think (for schools)?

i absolutly love science and this is my favorite tool in those classes.

Photo credit: Jessica Caton Diefenbach

Microscope

Microscope XY automation parts - part of the Small World Explorations Project - smallworldexplorations.com

I'm surprised it even works. And it does! Or at least it did a few years ago when I took this.

Microscope XY automation parts - part of the Small World Explorations Project - smallworldexplorations.com

Dryer lint under polarizing light microscope

Issu d'un prélèvement effectué vers 1700m d'altitude, au niveau du déversoir de l'étang d'Artax gelé.

Pentax screw-mount microscope adapter

Pentax screw-mount microscope adapter

pelusa

Sourdough starter - yeast

Taken using the tiny lens of a Zire 72 camera, handheld, at the eyepiece of a microscope.