Images

We strive to make micro scale processes and microbial interactions ‘come to life’,
through both experimental and conceptual images and videos.
Feel free to download them and please credit them as indicated.

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Bacteria attachment to diatom

A scanning electron microscope (SEM) picture of bacteria attached to the spines of a diatom. Credits: Dr. Mathieu Forget

Microscale dynamics of bacteria-spines interactions

Pili-mediated attachment of a bacterium to a diatom spine revealed by scanning electron microscopy.

Microbiology

Coscinodiscus wailesii

Composite microscopy image of the diatom Coscinodiscus wailesii. Silica frustule shown in grey and chlorophyll fluoresence localized in chloroplastsshown in green. Credits: Oliver Müller.

“Tree”chome

Electron microscopy image of a trichome on an arabidopsis thaliana. Credits: Dr. Stefano Ugolini.

Coccolithophore Microbiome

Credits: Sophie Zweifel

Nematic Biofilm

Credits: Dr. Sam Charlton

Starry Night

Coral velocity field. Credits: –

Retrieval of the ISCA

Retrieval of the ISCAs after a long day of deployments with the Moran lab, Sapelo Island, USA 2019. Credits: Estelle Clerc

Emiliana huxleyi

SEM image of Emiliania huxleyi deposited onto glass crystallization. Credits: Sophie Zweifel.

Surrounded copepod

Son et al. 2013

Fish in flow

Credits: Robert Naudascher

Field work in Mallorca

Preparation of ISCAs on the lab boat, Mallorca 2023. Credits: Estelle Clerc, Valerio Anelli.

Marine Snow in the Lab

Microscopy image of Marine Snow. Credits: –

Chemotaxis in turbulence

Heat map of turbulent flow. Credits: –

Microfluidic chip

Credits: –

Leaf surface

3D rendering of the surface of an Arabidopsis thaliana’s leaf, made with a laser profilometer.

Bacteria-induced lysis of T. rotula

A diatom-associated widespread marine bacteria causing morphological changes and ultimately cell lysis of T. rotula (time resolved microscopy). Credits: Isobel Short, Clara Martinez-Pérez, Uria Alcolombri