# @optica.worldwide on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DKKYm1bTR41
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31051911-opticaworldwide-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/7a4d7cadd3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-27T15:36:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Optica (@optica.worldwide) — https://gondola.cc/optica.worldwide

## Caption

Image of the Week: Degenerating Beauty

Confocal image of a fruit fly retina expressing a toxic form of the RdgB protein, leading to degeneration. 

—Guilliaume Thuery, Ireland, Wiki Science Competition 2023; CC-BY-4.0

*Link in Bio

#retina #confocal #degenration

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## Tags

degenration, confocal, retina

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