Dr. William Lemon

2014

Specimen: Multiple views of Drosophila embryonic development. This embryo was recorded in 30-second intervals over a period of 24 hours, starting three hours after egg laying. The video may help reveal cell lineages, cell differentiation and whole-embryo morphogenesis, essential aspects of developmental biology. The newly hatched larva begins to crawl off screen at the end of the video.

Technique: Custom-built simultaneous multi-view light sheet microscopy

Co-prizewinners: Fernando Amat, and Philipp Keller