Squid's Shimmer is Captured by MBL Microscope | @NikonInst

Jocelyn Malamy and Elizabeth Lee of University of Chicago have been working with MBL's Michael Shribak to apply a new technique for imaging jellyfish and other transparent marine and fresh water animals. In the video below, the iridescent colors depict the birefringent layers in squid skin. This video was captured with the polychromatic polarization microscope, which was invented at the MBL.

Check out this real-time #polychromatic #polarization #microscope movie of baby #squid! Movie was captured by Dr. Elizabeth Lee (@UChicago) and @mshribak (@MBLScience). pic.twitter.com/mq0rLsjuvG

— Nikon Instruments (@NikonInst) August 28, 2019

Here are plankton (copepods) darting about, also captured at MBL with the polychromatic polarization microscope: https://figshare.com/articles/Plankton_under_polychromatic_polarization_microscope/9752837