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The hexagons visible in this Picture of the Week are the eyes of an ordinary housefly, <\/span>visualised with a scanning electron microscope. Former staff member Anna Steyer, who <\/span>captured this brilliant image, has coloured seven of the receptor areas of the eye to create a <\/span>stylised version of the EMBL logo.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The eyes of the fly illustrate the EMBL idea that \u201cseeing is understanding\u201d. Only by making <\/span>the microscopic world visible with the help of different types of microscopes can we learn <\/span>how our world works on its tiniest scales and how these processes influence our macroscale <\/span>world.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EMBL\u2019s mission is to explore this microscopic world, to provide the technologies allowing this\u00a0in the first place and to distribute both the technological know-how and the knowledge\u00a0gained to other researchers all over the world.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a stunning picture of your science, your lab or your site, you can submit it <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The hexagons visible in this Picture of the Week are the eyes of an ordinary housefly, visualised with a scanning electron microscope. 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