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As a research technician in EMBL\u2019s Bork Group<\/a>, Di\u00ebnty Hazenbrink is used to working with the tiny creatures that accompany us in great numbers \u2013 the microbes that live in our guts. Hazenbrink\u2019s work focuses on how the community of gut microbes \u2013 the gut microbiome \u2013 differs between healthy people and people who have liver disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The image above shows Hazenbrink working in a special biosafety cabinet that allows her to manipulate samples of gut bacteria in the absence of oxygen \u2013 a condition that gut microbes favour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the walls of the lab, Hazenbrink enjoys taking her camera to catch the wildlife in the fields and forests surrounding EMBL Heidelberg. Recently, she observed a European goldfinch (left) and a hare (right) \u2013 although it\u2019s not entirely clear who was observing whom more closely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A European goldfinch (left) and a hare (right), which Di\u00ebnty Hazenbrink observed in the fields and forests surrounding EMBL Heidelberg. Credit: Di\u00ebnty Hazenbrink\/EMBL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For molecular biology research and animal photography, overlapping sets of skills come in useful. Studying microbes in the lab requires a steady hand, close observation, and attention to detail \u2013 as well as patience. The same skills belong to the core repertoire of a wildlife photographer. Hazenbrink\u2019s photographs demonstrate that she has successfully transferred these skills between lab bench and countryside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the lab, Di\u00ebnty Hazenbrink works with microbes that live in our guts. In her free time, she enjoys wildlife photography. 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