Zeiss Apotome, Zeiss LSM 710 NLO
Image provided by Luke Mander, Surangi Punyasena Lab
Research funded by the National Science Foundation
Pollen grains are an indispensable record of vegetation from the Earth’s past, and provide a unique window into the nature and timing of plant evolution. Pollen grains are also objects of considerable beauty, and their diversity of form has fascinated scientists since Malpighi and Grew first described them in the late 1600s.
