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GTC cover art December 2024

December 2024
This depicts a seashore in late autumn, where maple leaves resembling neurons are tinged with autumn red. In the distance, you can see an island, which is a whole brain map of Drosophila (Dorkenwald et al. (2024) Nature 634: 124-138, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07558-y), entirely composed of neuron-like maple leaves. Fly whole brain map: Adapted from Figure 1(a) of © Dorkenwald et al. (2024) Nature 634: 124-138, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07558-y. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

GTC cover art November 2024

November 2024
Fine cracks in the glaze on the surface of ceramics, known as crazing. The delicate crazing, created through the meticulous work of a skilled ceramic artist, resembles epithelial tissue. This piece was inspired by a microscopic image taken by Dr. Fumiko Matsukawa-Usami and Professor Toshihiko Fujimori (National Institute for Basic Biology).