Beautiful New Images of Ebola Virus and Other Pathogens

When I told her that I wanted to major in microbiology, my best friend from childhood responded, “Are you sure you want to look in a microscope all day?”

But, as it turned out, a lot of microbiologists don’t use microscopes very often. I was one of them. The reason is because a substantial proportion of modern microbiology research uses the tools of molecular biology, for which microscopes are not needed.

If my microbiology career had required the prolific use of microscopes, however, I would never have been satisfied with those miserable light microscopes and their pathetic 1,000x magnification. No, I would have insisted on going big: Theelectron microscope. These instruments, which can magnify objects 10 million times, produce breathtaking images (like thisand this) and are widely used today in various applications.

publish - May 27, 2016 by Alex Berezow

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