This image, captured by Michael Balsamo, shows "a funny human prostate tissue."
Michael Balsamo
Gertler Laboratory, Koch Institute
Deconvolution Microscopy
"I took the image because I wanted to know the expression of some proteins that we are interested in the lab in human prostate tissue. Understanding the role of Mena, an actin cytoskeleton regulatory protein in cancer progression and metastasis is our main goal. This image fits [into that] because we did not know anything about Mena in prostate cancers."
Keywords: 2013, Gertler Laboratory, deconvolution microscopy, metastasis, cytoskeleton
Collection: Image Awards 2013