Have you ever wondered how scientists and photographers create images and videos like those on our site? If so, you’ve come to the right place. These videos feature research experts from HHMI’s ...

Ellen Quarles, Imaging Application Specialist at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus.

Teng-Leong Chew, Director of Advanced Imaging at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus.

Chad Hobson, Application Scientist at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus.

Nirmala Iyer, Research Specialist at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus.

Nope, this isn’t a small, prickly mammal with a flashy dye job, but a single intestinal epithelial cell. The colorful, hairlike structures are microvilli, which are designed to maximize the cell’s ...

The nucleus is the organelle that contains and protects the cell’s DNA. However, it is much more complex than just a sac for DNA. It has its own membrane, which wraps around the DNA and has a variety ...

Derek Sung is a physician-scientist and pathology resident living in Philadelphia. He received his MD and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. His research has spanned from heart valve disease and ...

Julien Resseguier is a group leader at the University of Oslo in Norway. He studies the spatial dynamics of immune responses and infections, with a particular interest in the branchial cavity lymphoid ...

Andy Moore is a postdoctoral scientist in the Lippincott-Schwartz lab on HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus. He completed his graduate training at the University of Pennsylvania, where he researched ...

This white sphere on a background of forest green is the eye of an embryonic zebrafish. The eye of an adult zebrafish is about 2.3 millimeters across, or roughly nine times smaller than your thumbnail ...

Most cell structures are not visible to the naked eye without using stains for visualization. The stains used in these images highlight how cell biologists use tricks to “see the invisible.” Invite ...