Author: Morgridge Institute for Research

Microscopes across time

Among the high-tech work stations in the Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation (LOCI), visitors will come across glass cabinets of curiosities that hold vintage microscopes spanning three centuries of science.

Rising Sparks: Judy Wexler, regenerative biology

An intellectual omnivore, Judy Wexler’s work across the science ecosystem has led her to a focus on the parasite-hosting snails with a “crazy life history” that play a key role in the tropical disease schistosomiasis.