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Michael Shribak @shribak.bsky.social · 17h

A living sea urchin larva, Arbacia punctulata, under a polychromatic polarizing microscope. Its calcite skeletal rods are birefringent. Here the hue encodes their slow-axis orientation, so the rods change color as the larva turns. No stains #Microscopy #SeaUrchin #Larva #Biomineralization #Plankton

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Michael Shribak @shribak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our Nematostella image made it into the Top 10 for the BioTechniques Image Competition 2026! Here is the link if you'd like to vote or pass it along: www.biotechniques.com/imaging/the-...

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The Top 10 | BioTechniques Image Competition 2026

We're delighted to announce the Top 10 images in the BioTechniques Image Competition 2026!

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Michael Shribak @shribak.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Not one of these colors is pigment. A tardigrade under a polychromatic polarizing microscope. 40x, half speed. It's 0.2 mm long — small enough to sit inside a printed period. 🧵

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Michael Shribak @shribak.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Examination of Histology and Bone Soft Tissue Specimens under Polychromatic Polarization Microscopy: A New Way of Looking at Things academic.oup.com/mt/article/3...

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New England Society for Microscopy @nesmicroscopy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🔬 For #MicroscopyMonday, a live Philodina roseola rotifer captured with Polychromatic Polarization Microscopy by Michael Shribak & Irina Arkhipova at @mblscience.bsky.social PPM reveals fine anatomy in this tiny freshwater invertebrate. #Microscopy #Bioimaging #NESM #Evident

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Marine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Happy #MicroscopyMonday! This live image captures a larval sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis) that refracts light like a gemstone. The vibrant, true-color image highlights the organism’s birefringence. Imaged by @shribak.bsky.social) and @karenecheverri.bsky.social from the MBL’s Bell Center.

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Marine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Diatom Arachnoidiscus ehrenbergii viewed through a Polychromatic Polarization Microscope (PPM). Imaged by Michael Shribak (@shribak.bsky.social), a senior scientist at the MBL’s Bell Center.

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Marine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Happy #MicroscopyMonday! Live Northern Star Coral (Astrangia poculata) imaged using a Polychromatic Polarization Microscope (PPM). Imaged by Michael Shribak (@shribak.bsky.social) and Loretta Roberson (@robersonlo.bsky.social) at the Bell Center of the MBL (US Patent 9,625,369).

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Kazuhiro Maeshima @kazu-maeshima.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Our linker histone H1 paper is featured on the cover of the April 10 issue of #ScienceAdvances. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... A molecular dynamics simulation of nucleosomes and linker histone H1, with single-H1 trajectories (background). 🎉 Full cover caption: www.science.org/toc/sciadv/1...

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Michael Shribak @shribak.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Visualizing Biaxial Birefringence These conoscopic interference patterns of a 25-µm DuPont HB3 biaxial film. • Left: crossed linear polarizers. • Right: Polychromatic Polarizing Module (PPM). PPM technology is available through MBL #Microscopy #Birefringence #Photonics #MBL #Crystallography

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Marine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

This polychromatic polarizing microscope image of 0.3µ thick calcite film shows real colors, as it is seen by naked eye. The vibrant colors are produced as the calcite crystals form, revealing their molecular orientation. Imaged by @shribak.bsky.social #MicroscopyMonday

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Michael Shribak @shribak.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

diatom Arachnoidiscus. The image taken with polychromatic polarizing microscope (www.researchgate.net/publication/... )

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Michael Shribak @shribak.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Playing baby squids. The movie taken with polychromatic polarizing microscope (www.researchgate.net/publication/... )

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