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Larva of a lamp shell

Tags bioart, brachiopoda, confocal, larvae, microscopy, photos, terebratalia transversa

Fruit fly embryo under lightsheet microscopy

Post author By Bruno C. Vellutini
Post date 28 September 2018
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A short video that I made about the embryonic development of the likeable Drosophila, also known as fruit fly or vinegar fly, won an honorable mention in the Small World in Motion.

A single embryo imaged from four different angles.

The details on the techniques I used and the video on its full resolution are available for download and re-use on the Wikimedia Commons.

Tags drosophila melanogaster, embryos, flies, lightsheet, microscopy, videos

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The surface of a brachiopod embryo

Post author By Bruno C. Vellutini
Post date 1 May 2018
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Brachiopod embryo showing its surface and blastopore. — Embryo of the brachiopod *Novocrania anomala* at the gastrula stage showing its outer surface and the blastopore at the bottom. Cell membranes were stained (F-actin) and the original image stack was converted to a 3D animation using Fiji/ImageJ.

Tags brachiopoda, confocal, embryos, imagej, microscopy, novocrania anomala, novocrania anomala, tweets

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A typical lightsheet microscopy session

Post author By Bruno C. Vellutini
Post date 18 April 2018
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Here is how a typical session of imaging embryos under Lightsheet Microscopy goes. A glimpse into my day-to-day work :)

Assemble the incubation chamber:

Collect and mount the embryos:

Acquire a short timelapse from multiple angles:

Transfer (lots of) data for image processing ;)

Tags lightsheet, microscopy, tweets, work

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Interview for the Portrait of Science

Post author By Bruno C. Vellutini
Post date 7 February 2018
3 Comments on Interview for the Portrait of Science

Recently, I had the honor to be interviewed for the Portrait of Science. It’s a beautiful project created by Magdalena Gonciarz to get to know the people who do science (aka the scientists). Check out the project’s Facebook page!