Of course, today at the Karolinska Institute, I am working with some top experts - even some Nobel prize winners. They have the latest news and I have the technique. Lennart Nilsson expertinstitutekarolinska Change image and share on social
And my real enemy is not to hold the specimen sterile, but it's the lighting. The light is our real enemy. So we have to work with very very poor lighting. But we can increase the light with computers. Lennart Nilsson computerenemyhold share on social
I have some friends, colleagues here at the Karolinska Institute and even in the United States and many other countries too, because we are working together as scientists. Lennart Nilsson colleaguecountryfriend Change image and share on social
I have many times thought I did the wrong thing, but the reason was not to be a medical doctor - it was just to have the information. But then, maybe I was wrong, I don't know. Lennart Nilsson doctorinformationmedical Change image and share on social
It's to surprise people about something that is extremely well known. I mean human reproduction, the human body, nature and so on. To surprise them with a new technique. Lennart Nilsson bodyextremelyhuman Change image and share on social
That's the new way - with computers, computers, computers. That's the way we can have the cell survive and get some new information in high resolution. We started about five years ago and, today, I think we have reached the target. Lennart Nilsson agocellcomputer share on social
We sometimes freeze the specimen with liquid nitrogen, which is extremely cold, you know. This is another technique we use now - but the specimens are not alive. Lennart Nilsson alivecoldextremely Change image and share on social
And I remember that the editors wanted to have a witness to say that this was really the case, because it was a very sharp picture of the just the face, the head of the fetus inside the womb. Lennart Nilsson caseeditorface Change image and share on social
I have the instruments, ideas, technology, computer techniques. We try to create or see something, which has not been known before - just to discover something together. This is always my dream. Lennart Nilsson computercreatediscover Change image and share on social
There is a new way with very very tiny fiber optics, which give an enormous high resolution. There are many many thousand fibers, very very close together with a very small diameter. Lennart Nilsson closediameterenormous Change image and share on social