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Science and Art Page
National Quaker Week 22nd-30th September. Visit Quaker Week microsite for more details.
Welcome to my Science and Art page, which will demonstrate, hopefully, that scientific images can be artistic and beautiful. In my work I
make use of techniques that depend upon microscopy, revealing things that can only be seen at high magnification. The things
that you see here have been stained carefully using various techniques to make them easier to see with a microscope.
If you are interested in artistic science images, have a look at the Nikon Small World website. This shows some amazing images produced by microscopists around the world. Thanks for visiting! This page is updated from time to time, so please come back later, give me feedback on what you see here, and ask questions. Click on any image to see a larger version.
This is an artefact in a piece of Baltic amber, probably a small crack known as a sun spangle. I
looked at a small piece of amber using a microscope, after seeing a wonderful programme about amber by David Attenborough on BBC TV.
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Here are some photos of snowflakes which I captured last winter using a digital camera and an ordinary microscope. |
More science pictures: |
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Cells in the pituitary gland stained for a protein called S-100. Cells can can be identified using antibodies to the proteins that they produce, a method known as immunocytochemistry. See my pituitary page. |
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Fat deposits in liver stained red with Oil Red O (cell nuclei are blue). |
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Bacteria glowing green with a fluorescent stain. Cell nuclei are stained blue (with DAPI). |
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Diagrams can be used to illustrate structures (this is one I drew many years ago). |
