Gallery

A collection of images illustrating the type of work that we undertake.

Please note the images presented here are low resolution images and are copyright to the originators; for a high resolution copy and permission to use them please apply to Dave Furness.

Please note the images presented here are low resolution images and are copyright to the originators; for a high resolution copy and permission to use them please apply to Dave Furness

spiral
Scanning electron micrograph of the mammalian cochlea
Corti_s

Scanning electron micrograph of the mammalian organ of Corti

xsect_LM

Light micrograph of cross sections of the organ of Corti

xsect
Scanning electron micrograph of cross sections of the organ of Corti
ohc ohc_tem

Scanning and transmission electron micrographs of outer hair cells

ohc_bun
Scanning electron micrograph of outer hair cell stereocilia
links
Scanning electron micrograph of stereocilia connected by tip links and lateral links

Please note the images presented here are low resolution images and are copyright to the originators; for a high resolution copy and permission to use them please apply to Dave Furness.

nerve_cells
Scanning electron micrograph of a fracture of nerve cells. The central nucleus and surrounding cytoplasm are visible
cytoplasm

Scanning electron micrograph of cytoplasm showing Golgi bodies (G) and mitochondria (M)

golgi2

golgi3

golgi1

Three different views of Golgi bodies and Golgi vesicles; note they are found near the nucleus (N)

mitochondrion

Internal view of a mitochondrion

nerve_fibre

Scanning electron micrograph of fracture of a nerve fibre with central cytoplasm (C) and encircling myelin (M)

Please note the images presented here are low resolution images and are copyright to the originators; for a high resolution copy and permission to use them please apply to Dave Emley.

Radiolaria are unicellular planktonic organisms (often with a skeleton of silica) wideley distributed in the oceans from near the surface to depths of several hundred metres. They may be solitary or colonial. Because of the rapid turnover of species, they are important diagnostic fossils for geologists. The pictures below were taken by Year 3 geology students as part of their module Micropalaeontology: Principles and Applications.

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em3 em4
em5 em6  

Contact us

Central Electron Microscope Unit
School of Life Sciences
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5BG

Professor Dave Furness
Director of the EM Unit
Email : d.n.furness@keele.ac.uk
Tel : 01782 733496

Simon Holborn
Email : s.c.holborn@keele.ac.uk
Tel : 01782 733484.