The beauty of plants, fungi and algae Beautiful microscopic specimens play a leading role in the firstyear Biology course ‘Biodiversity Plant’. Normally, the specimens of plants, fungi and algae are put back in storage right after the course. But this year, biology alumnus Werner de Gier and artist Franz Anthony decided to change that. They photographed the specimens through the ocular of their microscope and shared a picture on social media each day, attracting quite some attention. ‘We want to show the world that, although static and very small, such educational preparations can be very beautiful,’ says De Gier.
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