Past and ongoing projects
07/08/2022
Squash bug crypts (M4)
Here is the larval (L2) intestine of a squash bug with Actin (green) forming crypts and Caballeronia bacteria (magenta) colonizing those newly made crypts.
12/23/2021
Squash bug intestine (M4)
Here is the larval (L3) intestine of a squash bug with DNA (Blue), Actin (green), and Caballeronia bacteria (red).
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11/10/2021
Filamentous fungi
Here are some fungal hyphae (Basidiomycota) stained for chitin (red) at 20X magnification.
11/02/2021
Hemipteran intestinal crypts
Collaborative project with Jason Chen (Gerado/Vega labs, Emory University). This is a 60X magnified view of Symbionts (Caballeronia- Red) inside a squash bug's crypts (actin-green and DNA-White).
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10/18/2021
Fungi feeling each other out
Here is my first pictures of parasitic fungus (genus Escovopsis: bottom left) interacting with fungi isolated from the fungal farms of ants (Cyphomermex Mulleri).
10/14/2021
Resident farming ants
Here is a short video of Trachymermex ants tending to their fungus garden. They have been living in the lab for a few months. There is supposed to be a queen hiding somewhere in here!
6/6/2019
The oral appratus
This is a fluorescence image of Tetrahymena thermophila microtubules and basal bodies converted into a heatmap.
These are the different strains of Tetrahymena thermophila stained for basal bodies (centrioles) and microtubules. Each cell's fluorescence signal was then converted into a different type of heatmap.
I made this art to signify diverse perspectives, orientations, and life histories.
Fun fact: T. thermophila has 7 sexes (mating types).