Zebrafish embryo, cell membranes (yellow) and nuclei (red)VANESSA KNUTSONAs a confocal microscope moves through each image slice in this z-stack of a zebrafish embryo, a ripple effect is born. This striking image, along with many others, was taken as part of an embryology course this summer through the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

 

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