• Question: what do cells look like under the microscope?

    Asked by restrizc01 to Amelia on 22 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Amelia Markey

      Amelia Markey answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      If you type “cells under microscope” into google it will give you lots of cool images.

      Cells can look quite different under a microscope depending on what type of cell you are looking at, whether you label your cell with a coloured dye and what type of microscope you use.

      At university I did I project where I used a confocal microscope. This gives you 3D pictures of cells! And I got lots of cool images like this one:

      http://jcb.rupress.org/content/149/1.cover-expansion

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