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New Paper Published – Understanding Laminin N Terminus Alpha 31’s Role in Corneal Healing

New paper published on LaNts impact on laminins.

Basement Membrane, biology, cornea, food, health, imaging, Laminin, microscopy, migration, paper, science, wound healing

Showing off microscopy images at Pint of Science

Last night, I had the privilege of delivering a talk at Pint of Science held at the Ship and Mitre … More

Laminin, laminins, microscopy, outreach, University of Liverpool

You can appreciate a lot by looking – using the best microscope in the world – part 3

As we sit at Washington Dulles airport waiting for the first leg of our trip home it seems fitting to … More

hhmi, janelia, microscopy, science, washington

You can learn a lot by looking – Using the best microscope in the world – Part 2

We’re now over a week into our imaging sessions at HHMI Janelia using the iPALM microscope and it is time … More

hhmi, imaging, ipalm, janelia, microscopy, super-resolution

You can see a lot by looking – Using the best microscope in the world – Part 1

Part 1 of a blog update of our trip to do microscopy at Janelia HHMI

microscopy, science, technology

You can see a lot by looking – fluorescence microscopy to brighten your day

Back in the lab post COVID and Dr Lee Troughton has been on the confocal microscope grabbing some cool pics … More

confocal, hemidesmosome, integrin, Laminin, microscopy

You can learn a lot by looking – cool pics from our recent work

As a little positive aside from all the COVID-19 related news, here is a the first of a little collection of cool science pics generated by the team over the last few months. Today’s post features a selection of immunohistochemistry images from human tissues.

histochemistry, imaging, microscopy

You can see a lot by looking – TIRF

Time for a new series. “You can see a lot by looking” basicaly cool images from our research + a … More

corneal, Laminin, lant, microscopy, tirf
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