Featured image with Maik Bischoff

Posted by FocalPlane, on 18 July 2025

Our featured image, acquired by Maik Bischoff, captures a portion of the testis from the fruit fly Drosophila hydei. Like all insect testes, it is enveloped by a muscle layer. F-actin was stained using phalloidin, making the muscle fibers visible, while DAPI staining revealed the multiple nuclei within each syncytial myotube. An antibody against Drosophila