Trypanosoma brucei (in blue) cavorting among the red blood cells they infect. This particular trypanosome causes sleeping sickness in humans, and is carried from person to person by tsetse flies.
Photo by Jürgen Berger and Dr. Peter Overath, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology.
One of beautifullest blood photos I've seen. HOw did you take it?
Posted by: tresed | May 07, 2008 at 06:26 PM
I didn't -- I've credited the photo to the people responsible: Jürgen Berger and Dr. Peter Overath at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology. Clicking on the photo will bring you to the issue of PNAS where it graced the cover -- their paper may have more details on the methods they used to take the picture.
Posted by: DianeAKelly | May 07, 2008 at 09:18 PM