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Three-dimensional adaptive optical nanoscopy for thick specimen imaging at sub-50-nm resolution
Hao X, Allgeyer ES, Lee DR, Antonello J, Watters K, Gerdes JA, Schroeder LK, Bottanelli F, Zhao J, Kidd P, Lessard MD, Rothman JE, Cooley L, Biederer T, Booth MJ, Bewersdorf J. Three-dimensional adaptive optical nanoscopy for thick specimen imaging at sub-50-nm resolution. Nature Methods 2021, 18: 688-693. PMID: 34059828, PMCID: PMC7610943, DOI: 10.1038/s41592-021-01149-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdaptive optics schemeBest possible spatial resolutionPossible spatial resolutionOptical nanoscopyOptics schemeDiffraction limitDark stateOptical aberrationsNanoscopy methodsThin samplesThick specimenFluorescent moleculesSpatial resolutionThick specimensNanoscopeIsotropic resolutionResolutionNanoscopyPath geometryFluorescence microscopyMicroscopeMicroscopy
2016
Ultra-High Resolution 3D Imaging of Whole Cells
Huang F, Sirinakis G, Allgeyer ES, Schroeder LK, Duim WC, Kromann EB, Phan T, Rivera-Molina FE, Myers JR, Irnov I, Lessard M, Zhang Y, Handel MA, Jacobs-Wagner C, Lusk CP, Rothman JE, Toomre D, Booth MJ, Bewersdorf J. Ultra-High Resolution 3D Imaging of Whole Cells. Cell 2016, 166: 1028-1040. PMID: 27397506, PMCID: PMC5005454, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.06.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell biological researchResolution 3D imagingHigh-resolution 3D imagingOptical nanoscopeSuper-resolution microscopyThree-dimensional structureMammalian cellsNuclear poresSynaptonemal complexFluorescence nanoscopyThick samplesThin samplesBiological researchNanoscopyInferior resolutionCellular volumeWhole cellsDepth directionMolecular architecturePractical biological applicationsBiological applicationsComplex molecular architecturesResolutionNanoscopeCells