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Step into a world of microscopic mysteries and neon glows! From a frozen crime scene at the cellular level to a deep-sea disco inside a sea urchin, explore how X-rays, fluorescence, and cryo-microscopy reveal hidden secrets. Join our scientific detectives as they uncover the invisible, one glowing clue at a time!
Neon Party inside a Sea Urchin Skeleton: X-Rays & UV Light
Arturo Josué Álvarez Valverde
(Doctorant Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (UMR 7574))
What if sea urchin skeletons could glow at a neon party? Their pigments and organics hold secrets beyond their striking colors. Using X-ray microtomography, we uncover their hidden structures, while UV fluorescence reveals how these biomolecules are distributed. With synchrotron radiation as our spotlight, we explore the microscopic world of biomineralization, where nature's architecture meets the vibrant glow of a deep-sea disco
The Cryo Case Files: A Microscopic Mystery
Harisa Rista
(Doctorante (Synchrotron SOLEIL, DISCO beamline))
It was a cold night in the lab… real cold. The kind of cold that freezes time. And in the middle of it all… a crime scene. A cell...dead. Murdered? Maybe. But I don’t deal in maybes. I deal in evidence. To crack the case, I needed the best forensic tools in the business: Cryo-Light Microscopy to catch the first signs of trouble, Cryo-Electron Microscopy to get up close and personal with the damage, and X-ray Microscopy to uncover the molecular fingerprints left behind. Each one revealing a different piece of the puzzle. Who did it? Help me solve this chilling mystery.
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