Imaging Core Facility, Biozentrum University of Basel

Blood vessels in the developing zebrafish embryo. Endothelial cells are the building components of the blood vessels and the ìlarge branched structureî is a subset of blood vessels (endothelial cell bodies) while the "crawling structuresî are the nuclei of these endothelial cells. With the confocal we can image individual cells and follow their behaviour within a developing tissue - single cell analysis on a tissue level.
Maria Kotini, (Affolter lab), Zeiss LSM880, 25x Oil