Brain Technique

Mr. Thomas Deerinck

2005

National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, University of California

San Diego, CA, USA

Specimen: Rat brain cerebellum

Technique: Multiphoton photography, 300x

Dr. Christian Klämbt

2012

University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Specimen: Beta-tubulin expression of a Drosophila third instar larval brain, with attached eye imaginal discs.

Technique: Confocal microscopy

Co-prizewinners: Imke Schmidt

Dr. Philipp Keller

2014

HHMI Janelia Research Campus

Ashburn, VA, USA

Specimen: Neural activity in an entire zebrafish brain in vivo. The video, which shows fast 3D recordings of the entire larval brain (ca. 100,000 neurons), depicts, for the first time, an almost exhaustive view of single-neuron activity in the brain of a living vertebrate

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

Co-prizewinners: Fernando Amat and Misha Ahrens

Mr. Werner Zuschratter

2004

Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology

Magdeburg, Germany

Specimen: Hippocampal neurons

Technique: Confocal, 40x Objective