Micro Cosmos in a new light
Electromicroscopy images made by Sten Sturefelt, Imaging Resource AB, Lund.
Sten Sturefelt is a microscopy expert with more than 25 years of experience from microanalysis, imaging technology and material characterization within an international R&D organisation.
Lung Cells
Two types of specialized lung cells from the conducting airways, also called bronchi can be seen in this image. The goblet cell (red) are secretory cells that produces mucus (blue). The main responsibility of the ciliated cells (green) is removal of debris and mucus from the lung by mucoiliary clearance. The cilia diameter is approximately 0.5 µm.
As part of the project "Discover Micro Cosmos" 2014, Sten Sturefelt performed a couple of workshops at, among others, the Vattenhallen Science Center in Lund. The main objective of the project was to inspire schoolchildren to be interested in science.
At the homepage of Imaging Resource you can see more illustrations made by Sten Sturefelt.