WEHImovies | Go behind the scenes with Stephen Mieruszynski | Eye of the beholder @WEHImovies | Uploaded August 2017 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Art of Science 2017 competition
https://www.wehi.edu.au/artofscience
'Eye of the beholder' - Stephen Mieruszynski and Dr Leigh Coultas, 2017
These green and magenta ‘tendrils’ show the network of blood vessels that are essential for the eye to form.
Once the eye has developed, these vessels will undergo a controlled cell death and scavenger cells – the green dots you can see – will eat the leftovers.
Understanding this process helps to inform new treatments for eye diseases.
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Art of Science 2017 competition
https://www.wehi.edu.au/artofscience
'Eye of the beholder' - Stephen Mieruszynski and Dr Leigh Coultas, 2017
These green and magenta ‘tendrils’ show the network of blood vessels that are essential for the eye to form.
Once the eye has developed, these vessels will undergo a controlled cell death and scavenger cells – the green dots you can see – will eat the leftovers.
Understanding this process helps to inform new treatments for eye diseases.
