The November 2009 edition of the Journal of Biophotonics features a cover created by ITG Staff Alex Jerez in the Visualization Laboratory. Jerez created the cover artwork to accompany the feature story "Imaging engineered tissues using structural and functional optical coherence tomography" by Xing Liang, Benedikt W. Graf, and Stephen A. Boppart of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The October 21, 2009 edition of the Biophysical Journal features a cover created by Olga Svinarski and ITG staff in the Visualization Laboratory. Staff members Alex Jerez and Zach Johnson collaborated with Svinarski, using 3D modeling and compositing techniques to make the final rendered image. The cover artwork accompanies a feature story titled "Common Structural Transitions in Explicit-Solvent Simulations of Villin Headpiece Folding" by Peter L. Freddolino and Klaus Schulten, both of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

ITG Staff Alex Jerez, Zach Johnson, and Eric Shoemaker collaborated to create the cover of the September 15, 2009 edition of the journal Analytical Chemistry in the Visualization Laboratory. The cover image depicts microfabricated electrodes and molecular interaction via functionalized particles and it accompanies the feature article by Sang Woo Lee of Yonsei University and Rashid Bashir of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, titled Dielectrophoretic Technique for Measurement of Chemical and Biological Interactions.

The September 25, 2009 edition of the journal Advanced Materials features a cover photograph captured by ITG staff Chas Conway in the Visualization Laboratory. Conway used the ITG's macro-photography system, including a Canon 1Ds Mark-III SLR, macro lens, and custom lighting setup. The cover imagery accompanies the feature article Ultrathin Silicon Circuits With Strain-Isolation Layers and Mesh Layouts for High-Performance Electronics on Fabric, Vinyl, Leather, and Paper by Dae-Hyeong Kim, Yun-Soung Kim, Jian Wu, Zhuangjian Liu, Jizhou Song, Hoon-Sik Kim, Yonggang Y. Huang, Keh-Chih Hwang, and John A. Rogers. The paper describes various stretchable high-performance CMOS circuit demonstrations on unconventional substrates, which may open up new and important application possibilities for electronics.

Members of the ITG staff have constructed a new system for imaging dynamic processes at ultra-high frame rates while recording the video output (up to 153,846 frames per second). The captured video can be slowed down to reveal processes that occur at speeds undetectable with the human eye. The new system is based around a Vision Research Phantom v9.1 CMOS high speed color digital camera. In addition to the camera, several new pieces of supporting equipment comprise the system, including a Zeiss Stereo Discovery V.20 microscope, a suite of wide field and macro lenses, specialized lighting equipment, a wall mounted 30-inch external preview monitor, a Mark-10 motorized test stand, and high-speed video acquisition/editing software. The camera offers the ability to capture 1016 frames per second at its native resolution of 1632 x 1200. As resolution is incrementally reduced, the camera can capture up to 153,846 frames per second. Most experiments will find optimized resolution and frame rate settings somewhere in between these ranges (1632 x 1200 resolution and 153,846 frames per second), as the camera's sensor employs CAR (continuous adjustable resolution). The system is currently available for use in the ITG Visualization Laboratory. Please see the fees page for current rates and the calendars page for making reservations. All users must complete training with ITG staff prior to their initial use of the high speed video system. Contact Darren Stevenson for training and further information.

The July 20, 2009 edition of the journal Advanced Materials features a cover created by ITG staff Alex Jerez, Eric Shoemaker, and Zach Johnson in the Visualization Laboratory. Jerez, Shoemaker, and Johnson used a variety of advanced techniques for 3D modeling and rendering to create the final graphic as seen on the cover. The cover artwork highlights the issue's feature article titled "DNA Sensors: Highly Sensitive, Mechanically Stable Nanopore Sensors for DNA Analysis" by Bala Murali Venkatesan, Brian Dorvel, Sukru Yemenicioglu, Nicholas Watkins, Ivan Petrov, and Rashid Bashir all of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

ITG staff Janet Sinn-Hanlon created cover art in the Visualization Laboratory for the recent book Functional Nucleic Acids for Analytical Applications, available from Springer publications. The book was written by Yingfu Li of McMaster University and Yi Lu of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The June 2009 edition of the journal Learning & Memory features a cover created by ITG staff Janet Sinn-Hanlon in the Visualization Laboratory. The cover artwork highlights a previous Learning and Memory feature article titled "Intrahippocampal infusions of anisomycin produce amnesia: Contribution of increased release of norepinephrine, dopamine, and acetylcholine" by Zhenghan Qi and Paul E. Gold both of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

ITG Staff Alex Jerez collaborated with the Beckman Institute's Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Research Group, to create the cover of the June 17, 2009 edition of the Biophysical Journal. The cover artwork accompanies the feature article by Ilia A. Solov'yov of Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies and Klaus Schulten of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, titled "Magnetoreception through Cryptochrome May Involve Superoxide". The Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Research Group is an NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics that studies the structure and function of biopolymers and biopolymer aggregates by theoretical and computational means.

The back cover of the August 7, 2009 edition of Lab on a Chip was created by ITG staff Janet Sinn-Hanlon in the Visualization Laboratory. The artwork accompanies an article by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty member Rashid Bashir and his research group, titled "Dielectrophoresis-Based cell Manipulation Using Electrodes on a Reusable Printed Circuit board". The paper describes a convenient and affordable approach to implement dielectrophoresis (DEP) particle manipulation without micro-fabrication on a chip.