Autumn Night Lab Screens Show Cell Structures

Warm amber string lights drape across the exposed brick walls of a specimen archive room in Old Montreal, casting soft pools of illumination against the dark evening. Multiple computer monitors glow with high-contrast blue and green images of cellular structures, their screens reflecting faintly on the polished oak desk surface. Fine dust particles drift visibly through the shafts of light, suspended in the still air. The room is quiet, lined with tall wooden cabinets and glass jars filled with preserved specimens. One pair of safety goggles rests on a stack of leather-bound ledgers beside a steaming ceramic mug. The blue light from the screens outlines the edge of a microscope, at the base of the scientific work in the historic stone architecture.