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Dario J. Cavaliere<\/a> is a graduate student in the Commodore Mathew Perry Graduate Studies Program and a part-time research technician for the Cullman Program in Molecular Systematics at The New York Botanical Garden. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\"Nitella<\/a>\n

Meet Nitella hyalina<\/em>, a freshwater\u00a0alga with an especially unusual appearance. Elaborate whorls of branchlets and other three-dimensional structures make microscopic imaging of this species quite a challenge.<\/p>\n

With advances in imaging software, N. hyalina <\/em>has met its match. This software includes a stacking feature that allowed me to photograph the whole three-dimensional structure.<\/p>\n

Check out those spiky bits! Those orange blobs are the plant\u2019s reproductive structures, which are notoriously difficult to image. But now N. hyalina <\/em>is ready for its close-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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