The Deep Sea Creatures When A Scientist Shows Up With A Flashlight Outta No Where

Lab lately

Bye jet leg and hello experiments. Back to the lab like I never left. Summer hasn't been summering in the States so I made the most of sitting on the balcony enjoying the sun for 1 day

But l'm not really outside this summer soooo catch me INSIDE

Who doesn't love a good ole PAS stain?

Ft some lovely Cryptococcus organisms

Different species of Euglena found in pond water. They are either green, red, or a mix of both and usually have a visible red eyespot. 

Photographed by merismo

Type B orcas using ice to exfoliate!

Natgeo

Myeloblasts in AML

You are extraordinary

One of a kind and yet

Millions of ones

Ever changing

You are the heartbreak

And the heartbeat

You are the master

And the student

You are evolution

And stability

You are the life

And the spark

And the answer

And the question

And in the times that you feel lost

Please remember all of these things

That make you

Extraordinary

Pleural fluid - cytospin slide stained with wrights stain - lung cancer

Let's learn about the Babesia parasite!

Caused by infected ticks

Leads to anemia & low platelets

Testing: thin & thick smears, morphology, parasitemia levels, PCR

Treatment depends on severity (ranges from antiprotozoal meds or exchange transfusion)

Ring-like formation in the RBCs = Babesia parasite! (Very similar morphology to Malaria)

If you think science isn’t beautiful, you are wrong.  (All images courtesy of Cell Picture Show)

It shifts

Grief

I don’t know how or when

But at some point

The happy memories

Become more of a comfort

Than a pain

Not every day

And not all the time

But some days

Grief shifts