Labordy Bioddelweddu Prifysgol Cymru The University of Wales Bioimaging Laboratory

Image library

Here are some of our images. You are invited to view them. They may not be used for any other purpose without our permission.
Some are of everyday objects, others may not be so familiar.
Even familiar objects can look very different when examined using a microscope.
Type of microscope used to obtain the image: LM (Light microscope), SEM (Scanning electron microscope), FESEM (Field emission scanning electron microscope), TEM (Transmission electron microscope), CLSM (Confocal laser scanning microscope)
To view a larger version of each image just click on the corresponding thumbnail (It may take some time to download when using a modem).

The scale bar on each image will give you an idea of the magnification involved.

Image-001 (SEM) Newspaper	Image-002 (SEM) Toilet paper	Image-003 (SEM) Human hair
Image-004 (SEM) Cotton thread	Image-005 (FESEM) Collagen fibrils, bound together by an unknown extracellular component in Human knee joint articular cartilage.	Image-006 (SEM) Ball point pen
Image-007 (SEM) Glasspaper	Image-008 (SEM) Sunburnt skin	Image-009 (SEM) Salt and sugar
Image-010 (SEM) Pollen grains	Image-011 (SEM) Pollen grain	Image-012 (SEM) Matchstick
Image-013 (SEM) Velcro - 1	Image-014 (SEM) Velcro - 2	Image-015 (SEM) Eye of a needle
Image-016 (SEM) House fly's eye - 1	Image-017 (SEM) House fly's eye - 2	Image-018 (SEM) Eye of a spider
Image-019 (CLSM)	Image-020 (CLSM)	Image-021 (CLSM)
Image-022 (CLSM)	Image-023 (CLSM)	Image-024 (CLSM)
Image-025 (CLSM)	Image-026 (CLSM)	Image-027 (CLSM)
Image-028 (CLSM)	Image-029 (CLSM)	Image-030 (CLSM)
Image-031 (CLSM)	Image-032 (CLSM)	Image-033 (SEM) Retiolites: A Silurian (~430 million years old) planktonic graptolite from Sweden.
Image-034 (FESM) Dendrograptus: A Silurian (~430 million lyears old) benthonic graptolite from Sweden. The proteinaceous skeleton, of fibrils, matrix and sheet material, is still formed of organic compounds, including amino acids.	Image-035 Cell from a CHO-K1 cultured cell line, freeze substituted and stained with osmium tetroxide. SEM Backscattered electron image showing cellular contents.	Image-036 Watch this space !

---