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“Submarine Glia”
Author: Carlos Avilés Granados
Lab: Dr. Javier Sáez Valero
"Resembling seaweed, this image shows astrocytes labelled with GFAP (green) and S100b (heatmap). These glial cells form a vital ecosystem in the brain. Taken with @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social SPEII".

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“Fire and Ice”
Author: Carlos Avilés Granados
Lab: Dr. Javier Sáez Valero
"Astrocytes (yellow and red gradient) and neurons (blue gradient) seem as opposite as ice and fire, but balance is vital. Image taken with a @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social SPEII confocal microscope".

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“Cerebral Big Bang”
Author: Carlos Avilés Granados
Lab: Dr. Javier Sáez Valero
"This image shows the interaction between neurons (cyan) and astrocytes (heatmap) derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Using the @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social SPEII microscope".

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“Between Reward and Punishment”
Authors: Carolina Cuenca & Dr. Mario Aguilar
Lab: Dr. María Domínguez
"In the Drosophila brain, two opposing neural circuits meet through synaptic contacts. Green highlights the connection points between reward and punishment neurons (red)".

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“Larvae Diptych”
Author: Dr. Mercedes Martín
Lab: @pastorparejalab.bsky.social
"Beneath the translucent cuticle of a fruit-fly larva, Collagen IV fused to GFP highlights the architecture of the extracellular matrix. With @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social MZFLIII, recolored in ImageJ".