Bastien Aymon

Research gallery

Microscopy, materials, and journal covers from my research.

Four-panel collage of tissue sections, fluorescence microscopy, and an orange-and-blue woven scaffold.
PTAH-stained tissue section with a purple, curved outline resembling a dragon against a white background.

Fibrotic dragon

PTAH-stained tissue section.

Colorized SEM image of a 3D woven bioscaffold, with orange surfaces spanning interwoven blue structures.

3D woven bioscaffold

Colorized scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of a 3D woven bioscaffold. Winning image in the 2024 KI Image Awards.

Immunofluorescence image of a curved tissue section with DAPI in blue, F4/80 in red, and CD3 in green.

Foreign-body response

Immunofluorescence staining: DAPI (blue), F4/80 (red), and CD3 (green).

SEM image of mouse peritoneal wall mesothelium after TMS processing, showing textured surfaces and rounded protrusions.

Mesothelium

Mouse peritoneal wall mesothelium after TMS processing, imaged by SEM.

Two-photon image of fresh rat peritoneal muscle tissue after FITC-dextran injection, with a bright green branching network against a dark background.

Macrophages and vessels

Two-photon image of fresh rat peritoneal muscle tissue following FITC-dextran injection.

Advanced Science cover showing a red muscle-like element joined to a mechanical device by blue tendon-like connectors.

Advanced Science

13 March 2026 · Volume 13, issue 15

Extreme Mechanics Letters cover with the title Self-locking and stability of the bowline knot.

Extreme Mechanics Letters

December 2025 · Volume 81

Nature Materials cover showing a grayscale woven lattice and the headline Metamaterials inspired by double networks.

Nature Materials

June 2025 · Volume 24, issue 6

Science Advances cover dated 9 May 2025, showing a pink sphere among green, yellow, and orange cellular structures.

Science Advances

9 May 2025