Work From the Birkedal Group on the Cover of Journal of Structural Biology
A paper by Fiona Bach-Gansmo et al from the group of Henrik Birkedal published in the Journal of Structural Biology is featured on the cover of the issue.
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The paper describes shapes of the casings of bone cells, called osteocyte lacunae, studied by synchrotron tomographic 3D imaging. The image show a rendering of osteocyte lacunae in rat cortical bone. Blood vessel canals are shown in turquoise while osteocyte lacunae are coloured bronze or golden yellow depending in the type of bone. | |