Of Note

TSRI scientists win international photo contest

Three biologists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have been honored for their skill in capturing eye-catching images in the lab. Researchers Roberta Nowak, Kasturi Pal, PhD, and Catherine Cheng, PhD, have been named winners in the Vector Laboratories 2017 Photo Contest.

All three winners are members of Velia Fowler’s, PhD, Laboratory for Cellular Architecture, and their images show the amazing range of research at TSRI.

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This image by Nowak and Pal shows mouse megakaryocyte spreading on collagen coated cover slip. Single optical section of Airyscan stack showing myosin-GFP (green) signal along with phalloidin (red) and vinculin (blue).

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The lens is a transparent and avascular organ in the front of the eye that is responsible for focusing light onto the retina in order to transmit a clear image. In humans, ciliary muscles contract to change the tension of zonule fibers to deform the lens, leading to an increase in the lens optical power to focus on nearby objects, a process known as accommodation. This image from Cheng shows a 3D reconstruction of a confocal z-stack through a human lens with attached cilliary body and zonules. The zonules are stained with wheat germ agglutinin (red) and microfibril-associated glycoprotein MAGP-1 (yellow). The ciliary body (foreground) and the lens (behind the zonules) are stained with phalloidin (F-actin, green) and DAPI (nuclei, blue).

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TSRI scientists win international photo contest