Best Research Image 2008 III

Heeelp - they are giving me a huge bunch of flowers, two diplomas and a micro, too... ! By the way, look at my highly sophisticated foot position: yes Sir, I play tennis (and it really helps in such a situation). Image: © Martin Oeggerli / www.Micronaut.ch 2008. All rights reserved. 

Best Research Image 2008 IV

Be sure I didn't miss many Knoff-Hoff shows in my life: chair of the jury, charming and expert talkmaster all in one person Joachim Bublath was in good-humour, too. Image © Martin Oeggerli / www.Micronaut.ch 2008. All rights reserved. 

love at first sight...

Cleopatra, mother of six, and her beautiful daughter Jada, which meanwhile listens to her new name "Diva" and helps to protect Switzerland from beeing overpopulated by mice! Image: © Martin Oeggerli / ® Micronaut 2008. All rigths reserved. 

the stomach-contents of a...

CPD (Critical Point Dryer). Note the bursting disc (blue arrow) ensures safety, if the pressure passes the limit. I had the pleasure once to see it in full action and I'm not especially keen on making the experience again: the explosion made the machine jump up from the table but interestingly, my samples remained unharmed. I later produced some of my finest images ever... !! 

the 6-pack of the year!

...one came after the other until we finally got 6 young (and additionally two adults) by 3 a.m. After 30 days our place had slowly but continuously turned into a cat playground and on an ordinary day you could see e.g. three cats climbing up the sacred National Geographic Magazine collection while one was trying to catch Roger Federers passing shots on TV, another was using its razor sharp claws to climb up your naked leg, while the last one was constantly trying to bite off your toes. Thus, wearing jeans and shoes at home became the golden rule!

my dayjob

This is science right from the scene. Proliferation-array after silencing a potential amplification target gene. Image: © Martin Oeggerli / ® Micronaut.ch 2008. All rights reserved. 

Cell publication

This image shows dividing Caulobacter crescentus cells attached to a solid substrate via their stalk and holdfast structures. Published in: Paul et al, Cell. 2008 May 2;133(3):452-61. Erratum in Cell. 2008 May 30;133(5):928. Image: © Martin Oeggerli / www.Micronaut.ch, 2008. All rights reserved. With kind support by FHNW, Life Sciences, Muttenz.