New England Society for Microscopy

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Volunteer led organization focused on providing microscopy-related activities and events and disseminating microscopy knowledge and skills to anyone interested in the New England region.

syGlass movie of a Water Flea, Daphnia magna is a fascinating tiny crustacean found in freshwater and brackish ecosystems. The yellow 🟨 regions are this male specimen's musculature (labeled with phalloidin), while the magenta/gray 🟪 tone show its outer cuticle, captured through natural autofluorescence. 🔬: Fluorescence Microscopy 🥼: Carsten Wolff 🏛️: Marine Biological Laboratory Central Microscopy
Stylized graphic of an electron beam, shown as a purple cone with a red bullseye tip, aimed precisely at a single atom in a hexagonal lattice of atoms. The background is a faint atomic-resolution microscopy image, highlighting the idea of targeting individual atoms in atomically thin materials
Black and white scanning electron micrograph of a Lily of the Valley flower showing three anthers, each with a textured, folded surface. The anthers are suspended above a cellular platform-like base, revealing intricate tissue structure and fine surface detail at high magnification.
Split image comparing confocal and STED microscopy of a cell. The left half (labeled "Confocal") shows a blurrier image with magenta and green signals—magenta representing nuclear pore complexes in the nucleus, and green showing the vimentin cytoskeleton. The right half (labeled "STED") displays the same structures with much sharper definition and finer detail, highlighting the improved resolution of STED microscopy.
3D light sheet fluorescence microscopy scan of a mosquito encased in amber. The movie shows a detailed volumetric rendering, revealing the insect’s preserved body—including legs, wings, and proboscis—surrounded by the translucent fossil resin. The scan rotates to highlight the structure from multiple angles, showcasing internal and external features with high clarity.
Low magnification SEM image showing multiple donut-shaped iron oxide (FeO) nanostructures scattered across the field. These ring-like structures appear as bright, well-defined circles with dark centers against a uniform grey background, illustrating the impressive clarity and contrast of the Schottky field emission SEM (JEOL JSM-IT800SHL).
A male scarlet tanager sitting on the top of a pine tree looking at a nutty woman taking a cell phone photo of him through a pair of binoculars.
Side-by-side TEM images and 3D reconstructions of lamprey synapses. Control shows dense synaptic vesicles and organized structure; high pS129 alpha-synuclein shows dispersed vesicles and disrupted architecture.
High-magnification scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of crystalline structures forming sharp, angular facets. The surfaces appear smooth and blocky, resembling a miniature abstract cityscape or tightly packed geometric shapes.
Two amoeba are floating against a black background. One has flagellates coming from its cell body in gold, and the other has a cyan dot in the center of the cell body. They are both purple and gold.
In the center of this grayscale image is a microscopic organism that looks like a crown. The base of the image details the settings on the electron microscope that the image was taken on.
This image shows long purple columns on a black background with pink and orange spots shining along them.
"A Sparkling Spot", Keunjung Heo, PhD (Woolf Lab), looks like a flower but is actually a motor neuron spot culture! The image is green in the center, with red wisps radiating out in all directions.