Fluorescence Transitions
White light and fluorescence – before/after images
Enjoy the magical transformation of fluorescence in this selection of paired images.
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Science Labs
Zebrafish expressing cmlc:GFP (heart) and gata1:dsRed (blood cells)
Royal Blue excitation shows the strong green heart fluorescence, with weaker expression from the blood cells. The yellow is autofluorescence from the yolk.
Green excitation brings out the red fluorescence in the blood cells.
Mouse pups – one GFP-positive, the other not
Drosophila expressing GFP
Crop engineering research – RFP-positive and -negative seedlings
Museum and Art Research and Conservation
Poster print
Forensic Sciences
Anti-counterfeit fluorescence stripe on a US$10 bill
Bone fragment in dirt
Marine Life – Science & Sport
Shrimp, New England
Coral
Coral recruits on settlement tiles, under the microscope
Fluorescence is a powerful tool in the study of juvenile corals and coral recruitment. Specimens that are hard to see in white light jump out in fluorescence.
Barnacle
Industry
Electronics – Conformal coating on a circuit board
Failure analysis – Cracks in a cross section of an integrated circuit chip
Pharmaceutical – cross-section of a multivitamin pill
Geology
Mineral fluorescence – Calcite and Willemite, blue light excitation
Mineral fluorescence – Sodalite
Mineral fluorescence – Specimen with calcite (red fluorescence) and willemite (green fluorescence) under the microscope
Mineral fluorescence – Gypsum – Video showing white light appearance, plus fluorescence under shortwave UV, longwave UV, and blue light
Ammonite fossil – calcite accumulation
Entomology
Tobacco hornworms on tomato plants
Caterpillars on leaves
Exploration
Tree bark
Low tide, Asilomar State Beach, California
Sand scoop from Asilomar State Beach tide pool under the microscope
Find the ostracod!
Cactus, Anza Borrego State Park
Aquarium
Reef aquarium
