The University of Cambridge’s new Microscopy Bioscience Platform is unifying microscope facilities here in Cambridge.  These advanced microscope technologies offer researchers essential tools to expand the frontiers of scientific discovery. 

The new Platform includes the confocal microscopes here in Zoology, operated by Dr Matt Wayland.

An example of work in our department that relies on advanced microscope technology is that of Dr Emilia Santos and her team.  Their work on how animals evolve and adapt, studying tropical cichlid fish, can help us better understand, and protect, biodiversity.

Read more on this topic: Taking a closer look at life by Jacqueline Garget

Image: Cichlid embryo about two days after fertilisation, basic outlines of major structures like the brain and eyes are already visible photo by Dr Aleksandra Marconi