Photos
Rainbow Neurons
When you enter the 5th floor of WIMR, the neurology department (where the Moore lab is), the ceiling is covered with light-up rainbow neurons which are, in fact, featured in the official UW-Madison bio-safety videos.
A "Cellfie"
This is a microscope image of mouse-derived neuro stem cells (NSCs). For the purposes of puns, it was important to make it a "cellfie."
Neural Stem Cells
These are images of neural stem cells taken on different laser microscopes in the Moore lab. After we are done editing DNA in the lab so that the cells express fluorescence on specific proteins, the DNA is inserted into mouse neural stem cells and images are taken by Chris, our microscopy person.
Tiaira's Cacti
Graduate student Tiaira keeps cute cacti in the lab window.
UV+Gel
This is what DNA bands look like under ultraviolet (UV) light after gel electrophoresis. (See: Techniques - Gel Electrophoresis) These specific bands of DNA were more smeary than usual and the cause was unknown...but that happens in research.
The Gel Imaging Machine
This is the gel imaging machine, used for taking UV photos of gels after gel electrophoresis. Before capturing the image on the computer, it is important to peer through the viewer to make sure the gel is aligned (as Tiaira is doing in the left photo). The photo on the right is the resultant image.
PCR Thermocycler
This is the Moore lab's PCR thermocycler responsible for heating and cooling a sample undergoing polymerase chain reaction (PCR). (See: Techniques - Polymerase Chain Reaction)
