Uploaded July 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Art of Science 2018
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
https://www.wehi.edu.au/artofscience
This imposing neon creature is a female malaria-transmitting mosquito.
The proboscis points down out of its head and is primed to suck blood. Her feathered antennae have the amazing ability to taste, smell and touch. As surreal as the green and blue colours appear, they come from naturally occurring chemicals produced by the mosquito itself.
Julie Healer and Qike Wang captured the impressive detail you see in this image using high-powered laser microscopes. The information they gain from studying mosquitoes is invaluable in the fight against malaria.
Although malaria is no longer prevalent in Australia, the disease still kills up to half-a-million people each year in some of the poorest countries in the world. Julie and Qike are working to develop new drugs or vaccines that could prevent, and hopefully one day eradicate, the disease.
Art of Science 2018
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
https://www.wehi.edu.au/artofscience
This imposing neon creature is a female malaria-transmitting mosquito.
The proboscis points down out of its head and is primed to suck blood. Her feathered antennae have the amazing ability to taste, smell and touch. As surreal as the green and blue colours appear, they come from naturally occurring chemicals produced by the mosquito itself.
Julie Healer and Qike Wang captured the impressive detail you see in this image using high-powered laser microscopes. The information they gain from studying mosquitoes is invaluable in the fight against malaria.
Although malaria is no longer prevalent in Australia, the disease still kills up to half-a-million people each year in some of the poorest countries in the world. Julie and Qike are working to develop new drugs or vaccines that could prevent, and hopefully one day eradicate, the disease.
