Tutorial: guidance for quantitative confocal microscopy

J Jonkman, CM Brown, GD Wright, KI Anderson… - Nature protocols, 2020 - nature.com
When used appropriately, a confocal fluorescence microscope is an excellent tool for
making quantitative measurements in cells and tissues. The confocal microscope's ability to …

[HTML][HTML] Clarifying tissue clearing

DS Richardson, JW Lichtman - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Biological specimens are intrinsically three dimensional; however, because of the obscuring
effects of light scatter, imaging deep into a tissue volume is problematic. Although efforts to …

MINFLUX nanoscopy delivers 3D multicolor nanometer resolution in cells

KC Gwosch, JK Pape, F Balzarotti, P Hoess… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The ultimate goal of biological super-resolution fluorescence microscopy is to provide three-
dimensional resolution at the size scale of a fluorescent marker. Here we show that by …

Orthogonally induced differentiation of stem cells for the programmatic patterning of vascularized organoids and bioprinted tissues

MA Skylar-Scott, JY Huang, A Lu, AHM Ng… - Nature biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
The generation of organoids and tissues with programmable cellular complexity,
architecture and function would benefit from the simultaneous differentiation of human …

Cell and nucleus shape as an indicator of tissue fluidity in carcinoma

S Grosser, J Lippoldt, L Oswald, M Merkel… - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
Tissue, cell, and nucleus morphology change during tumor progression. In 2D confluent cell
cultures, different tissue states, such as fluid (unjammed) and solid (jammed), are correlated …

Three-dimensional localization of single molecules for super-resolution imaging and single-particle tracking

L von Diezmann, Y Shechtman, WE Moerner - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Single-molecule super-resolution fluorescence microscopy and single-particle tracking are
two imaging modalities that illuminate the properties of cells and materials on spatial scales …

Actin cortex architecture regulates cell surface tension

P Chugh, AG Clark, MB Smith, DAD Cassani… - Nature cell …, 2017 - nature.com
Animal cell shape is largely determined by the cortex, a thin actin network underlying the
plasma membrane in which myosin-driven stresses generate contractile tension. Tension …

Super-resolution microscopy with single molecules in biology and beyond–essentials, current trends, and future challenges

L Möckl, WE Moerner - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Single-molecule super-resolution microscopy has developed from a specialized technique
into one of the most versatile and powerful imaging methods of the nanoscale over the past …

3D-printed microfluidic devices: fabrication, advantages and limitations—a mini review

C Chen, BT Mehl, AS Munshi, AD Townsend… - Analytical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A mini-review with 79 references. In this review, the most recent trends in 3D-printed
microfluidic devices are discussed. In addition, a focus is given to the fabrication aspects of …

An introduction to optical super-resolution microscopy for the adventurous biologist

J Vangindertael, R Camacho, W Sempels… - … and applications in …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Ever since the inception of light microscopy, the laws of physics have seemingly thwarted
every attempt to visualize the processes of life at its most fundamental, sub-cellular, level …