PhD student Sivanjah Indumathy's image displayed at 'Day of Immunology' photography exhibition

Visualising macrophages in the adult mouse testis

Congratulations Sivanjah Indumathy, whose macrophage image was selected to be displayed at the inaugural Day of Immunology photography exhibition "Snapshots of the Immune System". 

In the second year of her PhD at the School of Clinical Sciences and Hudson Institute, Siv belongs to the Testis Development and Germ Cell Differentiation Group, Endocrinology and Immunophysiology Laboratory.  She is also a member of the International Research Training Group funded jointly by the German Research Foundation and Monash University.

Sivanjah Indumathy

Of her winning image, Siv said that macrophages are visualised in the adult mouse testis using a transgenic CX₃CR₁-GFP knockout mouse model. 

"Macrophages with a stellate/dendriform morphology are widely spaced along the outside of the tubule, while macrophages in clusters are found within the interstitial space of the testis," said Siv.