Confocal Microscopy Image Gallery

Human Colon Crypt

Human Colon Crypt

Double labeled with the fluorochromes Alexa Fluor 488 (green fluorescence) and To-Pro 3 (red fluorescence), the laser scanning confocal microscope image of a human colon crypt featured above reveals a significant amount of anatomical detail. The image was captured by Christine Anderson from the Ray White laboratory in the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah.