At the intersection of observation and interpretation, a researcher's gaze through a microscope becomes an act of epistemological consequence. The shape of a cell — its edges, its nucleus, its granular interior — carries the memory of its origin, and mistaking one kind of cell for another is not merely a technical error but a philosophical one: it means drawing conclusions about life from a model that has quietly ceased to resemble it. In laboratories around the world, the discipline of morphological assessment has emerged as a first line of discernment, helping scientists ask not only what th