False Color Scanning Electron Micrograph of a T Cell (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

False Color Scanning Electron Micrograph of a T Cell

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This is a false color scanning electron micrograph of a T cell (green) on an array of clusters of T cell receptor ligands (not visible) bound to gold-palladium nanoparticles (gold, there are seven in each cluster). Filopodia (cellular extensions) reach out and contact the clusters directly.

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Haogang Cai/Columbia Engineering

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