Inside STAT: Revealing the hidden beauty of research

PHOTOSYNTHETIC DINOFLAGELLATES, LIKE THESE THREE CERATIUM, ARE MAJOR PRIMARY PRODUCERS OF OXYGEN.  (KEITH ELLENBOGEN, TOM CONSI/MIT SEA GRANT)
 

When you combine photography with microscopy, art and science deliver the inner workings of human physiology and bioscience in their unparalleled beauty. Who knew lymph nodes could shimmer or young brain cells could pull themselves up like children in a gym class squirming up a rope? For the 10th year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Koch Institute has featured a public gallery of these bioscience images and more in its Cambridge, Mass., lobby. Those on display represent the winners of the institute's annual images award. You can see them all here.