Photo of a cichlid fish scale visualized with phase contrast microscopy.įood groove of a mussel gill ( Geukensia demissa) viewed under a scanning electron microscope. (The surgery was conducted by the father of the entrant) There was no recurrence at 6 month follow up. Lemon-sized, painless, calcified angioleiomyoma benign tumor located on a patient’s ankle for 15 years before removal. The creek carries runoff from the surrounding fields, contributing to algal growth that appears to color the shallow water. A recently harvested field contrasts with vegetation surrounding a creek that enters the bay. This photograph shows patterns in photosynthetic organisms influenced by agriculture around False Bay on San Juan Island, WA. This photograph was taken at Lake Eacham in the Atherton Tablelands of Queensland Australia. Yellow cells are cells expressing both Dpn and PH3 these are dividing neurons.Ī pensive bird perched carefully on a fallen tree branch is shrouded in shadow as glimpses of light peek through the uneven canopy. Molecular markers Dpn and PH3 show developing neurons (green) and dividing cells (red), respectively. Optic lobe of the developing Drosophila brain. SCPb-like immunoreactive cells are stained in green, and FRMFamide-like immunoreactive cells are stained in red. Please click on a thumbnail to see a larger version of each photo or video, and check back here after the department picnic on May 2nd to find out the winners!Ĭonfocal microscope image of stained cells in a Hirudo medicinalis ganglion. These images offer a range of subjects from microscopic images to the operating room. This year we received 18 entries (16 images and 2 videos).
Instead of returning you to your familiar desktop layout, the position of icons will have been rearranged to fit within the software's preferred 800 x 600 screen size.Below are the submissions for The Swarthmore College Biology Department’s fourth annual Robert Savage Image Award. There could also a problem, for those running a screen resolution greater than 800 x 600, when closing down the Digital Blue software.
Attaching the microscope once Windows was running would result in a "device not found" message. The microscope would only be recognised on the test system if it was present at boot-up time. Having said that, there were a couple of niggles with this product. It may not produce images of the highest visual quality but it is easy to use and has an interesting range of features that will appeal to children from the age of six onwards. Overall the results achieved using this microscope were fine.
You can create a slideshow with accompanying music export content in either JPG or WMV format plus sent items to a printer. There are tools for viewing images and videos applying special effects accessing fun paint options that include using a stamp feature to add clip art, fill areas with a colour or pattern, plus insert text in a range of sizes and styles. Once captured, this content can be taken into a separate module that allows for additional work to be carried out. In handheld mode this is achieved by pressing a button on the microscope while on-screen controls are a better choice when the microscope is mounted on the stand. Still images or video clips of specimens can be captured. Neither method is particularly accurate but should suffice for most tasks. In handheld mode you will need to physically move the microscope towards or away from the subject matter while a couple of knobs on the stand perform a similar task by lowering or raising the tray holding the specimen. Depending upon whether the microscope is being used on the stand or in handheld mode, a different method will be required for adjusting the focus. The effect of the VGA limitation is more noticeable when using the higher magnification.Īs well as changing the magnification level, you also have a degree of control over focusing. However as the visual quality of the graphics is entrenched in VGA standard, you should not expect state-of-the-art images no matter how good you might consider your graphics card is capable of producing. Turning a collar on the body of the microscope allows you to switch between 10x, 60x and 200x magnification.