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Pin-ItA depth color coded projection of a snail’s tongue (Radula) in Confocal, this image illustrates the beauty and complexity of natural forms even in something as seemingly simple as the tongue of a snail. The snail organ was frozen, stained with a chitin binding dye, mounted and captured using Confocal Z stacking.
2020 Photomicrography Competition
3rd Place
Tongue (radula) of a freshwater snail
Dr. Igor Siwanowicz
- Affiliation
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Janelia Research Campus
Ashburn, Virginia, USA
- Technique
- Confocal
- Magnifaction
- 40X (Objective Lens Magnification)
