On the trail of blue bones

The bones of the tree hollow toad tree frog are turquoise blue. Our team is currently investigating the nanostructure of the bone and its significance for the frog. Read more about this on https://www.zoo.ch/de/zoonews/blauen-knochen-auf-der-spur

Pathologist Dr. Udo Hetzel (Uni Zurich) as well as Prof. Marianne Liebi and Torne Tänzer put the dead frog under the magnifying glass
Pathologist Dr. Udo Hetzel (Uni Zurich), Prof. Marianne Liebi and Torne Tänzer (from left to right) put the dead frog under the magnifying glass. Photo: Zoo Zürich, Nicole Schnyder

Prof. Dr. Marianne Liebi
Group Leader
Structure and Mechanics of Advanced Materials
Photon Science Division 
Paul Scherrer Institute
Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 56 310 4438
E-mail: marianne.liebi@psi.ch

Torne Tänzer
Doctoral Student
Structure and Mechanics of Advanced Materials
Photon Science Division 
Paul Scherrer Institute
Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 56 310 4438
E-mail: torne.taenzer@psi.ch