Showing posts with label Microscope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Microscope. Show all posts

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Test your cell knowledge!

How quickly can you identify the parts of an animal cell? The microscope? 

Post your times below! Can you beat me?

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Current Events: First Place Winner of the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Contest



Click here to read an article and view images from the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. The photo on the right won the compeition this year! It is an image of the anther of a thale cress plant.  Many of the images were taken with less than 60X magnification. How does this compare the magnification of the microscopes we use in lab? What picture is your favorite? What is a micrograph?


Want to see more pictures? Click here to view winning micrographs from 1977-2008!