A short video of Vegetable, my pet Madagascar Giant Day Gecko, attempting to lick my camera, after hiding away in her log after I misted down her enclosure
Often capturing a picture is about patience and preparation. This embryonic foot from a Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis) was first ‘cleared’, using chemicals to sluice away opaque molecules, leaving its delicate early tissues behind. Captured on a high-powered microscope, hundreds of high-resolution images are stitched together. The final image reveals chemical stains highlighting the gecko’s early nerves (blue) and other tissues including bone and skin in warmer colours. Geckos are still revealing their secrets to developmental biologists fascinated by the ability to regenerate limbs after amputation. Comparing the steps of this impressive feat to human healing may lead to fresh approaches to dealing with spinal injury. Elsewhere engineers are also taking inspiration from the gecko’s foot – creating sticky robots than can grip onto wet surfaces like those in and around the human body.
Written by John Ankers
Image by Grigorii Timin & Dr. Michel Milinkovitch – 1st Place in Nikon Small World 2022 Photomicrography Competition
Laboratory of Artificial & Natural Evolution, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Image copyright held by Grigorii Timin & Dr. Michel Milinkovitch
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2022 Nikon Küçük Dünyalar Fotomikrografi Yarışması
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2022 Nikon Küçük Dünyalar Fotomikrografi Yarışması
1. Ayrıntılı Gecko Eli – Grigorii Timin ve Dr. Michel Milinkovitch
2022 Nikon Küçük Dünyalar Fotomikrografia Yarışması‘nın (2022 Nikon Small World Photo Microscopy Competition) kazananları açıklandı. Birinciliği embriyonik bir Gecko (Phelsuma grandis) elinin oldukça ayrıntılı bir şekilde fotoğraflayan Grigorii Timin ve Dr. Michel Milinkovitch…
🔥 The anatomical microcosmos within the hand of an embryonic Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis). The image, magnified 63 times, is the work of Grigorii Timin and Michel Milinkovitch.
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Image: Grigorii Timin & Dr. Michel Milinkovitch
The first-prize image shows the embryonic hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis). It was taken by Grigorii Timin, a PhD student at the University of Geneva’s Department of Genetics and Evolution, under the supervision of Michel Milankovitch. To do so, Timin had to photograph the hand using a confocal microscope, then he had to…
Nikon Small World microscopy contest 2022: Meet this year’s top 10 winners
Enlarge / This arresting image of the hand of an embryonic Madagascar giant day gecko took first place in the annual competition. The Madagascar giant day gecko ( Phelsuma grandis ) is a popular exotic pet, perhaps because it looks a bit like Geico’s beloved animated gecko mascot.
المصدر: Nikon Small World microscopy contest 2022: Meet this year’s top 10 winners
Nikon Small World 2022: Φωτογραφίζοντας τον θαυμαστό, αόρατο μικρόκοσμο
Οι φετινοί νικητές του διαγωνισμού φωτογραφίας Nikon Small World αποκαλύπτουν τα εντυπωσιακά αξιοθέατα ενός κρυμμένου μικροσκοπικού σύμπαντος.
Μια σπάνια ματιά στο εμβρυϊκό χέρι ενός γκέκο της Μαδαγασκάρης (Phelsuma grandis) κέρδισε το κορυφαίο βραβείο στο διαγωνισμό μικρομικρογραφίας της Nikon, Small World 2022.
Η νικήτρια φωτογραφία είναι των ερευνητών του Πανεπιστημίου της Γενεύης Grigorii…