James E. Hayden, RBP
Mouse Testis
Photomicrographer James E. Hayden, RBP has been a consistent winner of the Small World competition for many years. Featured below is a photomicrograph of a mouse testis specimen taken with external rare bulb illumination.
Mouse Testis
Original Magnification: 7.7x
Specimen: X-gal stained wet mount
Technique: External Bare Bulb Illumination
Occasionally, it is important to obtain interesting images of subjects that are very difficult to make interesting. This mouse testis provided just such a problem. By using the low magnification objectives, the surface looked interesting, but the transillumination from the microscope in brightfield or darkfield created only silhouettes of the tubules. To provide light to the surface, a microscope bulb from an old model was clamped to a ring stand next to the microscope and the point light provided by the bulb gave excellent shadowing to the raised mounds of tubules.
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