Using Periodic acid–Schiff (PAS) staining to indicate the region of basement membrane in human colon tissue, we get to see the unexpected beauty in the tissue.

 Image by Chong Li Yen, a Research Associate in the laboratory of Professor Karl Tryggvason,
Tanoto Foundation Professor of Diabetes Research
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders Programme
Duke-NUS Medical School

Pictured here is a human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) created using a super-resolution microscope (ELYRA PS.1, Zeiss). The nuclei can be seen here in blue, cytoskeleton in green, and the mitochondria in red. HUVECs were employed as a model system in a study, published in Nature Communications, that investigated how the gene, Wars 2, controls angiogenesis or blood vessel formation. More about Wars2 and its angiogenetic function can be read here. 

Image by Mao Wang, Research Assistant in the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Programme 
Duke-NUS Medical School

The structure of random neurons are highlighted in green following the uptake of green fluorescent protein. Markers specific for dendrites light up in red, while markers for axons light up in blue, to show the intricate network of connections facilitating communication between individual neurons.

Image by Chan Jia Pei, PhD student in the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders Programme
Duke-NUS Medical School