{"id":607,"date":"2017-03-30T14:31:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T13:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/katarzynapirog\/?page_id=607"},"modified":"2025-11-06T21:47:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:47:53","slug":"banner-images-explained","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/banner-images-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Banner images explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

Science is beautiful!<\/span><\/h1>\n

In our research we do not only answer important scientific questions, but also generate beautiful images on the tissues and proteins that we work with. We’ve used a selection of them as backgrounds on our website. Have a look below for a brief explanation.<\/p>\n

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In situ hybridisation showing the expression of type II collagen (red) and type X collagen (green) in the cartilage growth plate. Type X is a marker of hypertrophic chondrocytes at the bottom of the growth plate. Image by Dr Helen Rajpar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Transmission electron microscopy image showing a tenocyte (tendon cell) embedded in the matrix of type I collagen (grey circles are collagen bundles). Image by Dr Katarzyna Pirog.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Immunohistochemistry for matrilin 3 (green) and type II collagen (red) in the cartilage growth plate. The nuclei are stained blue (DAPI). Image by Dr Peter Bell.<\/p>\n

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3D reconstruction of a chondron from mice harbouring V194D matrilin-3 mutation (spot the enlarged ER inside the cells, full of mutant protein!). Image by Dr Matthew Leighton.<\/p>\n

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A collage of Picrosirus Red (observed under polarised light, thick collagen bundles in orange, thin in yellow and green) and DAPI (slightly overexposed; grey) staining of decellularised (bottom half) and cell-seeded decellularised (top half) murine femoral heads. Image by Dr Katarzyna Pirog.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Picrosirus red stained articular cartilage (femur and tibia) observed under polarised light. Thick collagen fibres in red, thin in green. Image by Roufaida Bouchenafa (PhD student).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Safranin O staining of mouse tibial joint. Cartilage in red, bone in blue. Image by Dr Katarzyna Pirog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scanning electron micrographs (SEM) of ATDC5 cells cultured in 2% agarose with (C) or without (UC) compression. Agar coloured in green, cells in red, pericellular matrix in blue. Image by Dr Marc Farcasanu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Science is beautiful! In our research we do not only answer important scientific questions, but also generate beautiful images on the tissues and proteins that we work with. We’ve used a selection of them as backgrounds on our website. Have a look below for a brief explanation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4483,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-607","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4483"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/607\/revisions\/2610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}