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Enhanced FIB-SEM systems for large-volume 3D imaging
Xu CS, Hayworth KJ, Lu Z, Grob P, Hassan AM, García-Cerdán JG, Niyogi KK, Nogales E, Weinberg RJ, Hess HF. Enhanced FIB-SEM systems for large-volume 3D imaging. ELife 2017, 6: e25916. PMID: 28500755, PMCID: PMC5476429, DOI: 10.7554/elife.25916.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFIB-SEM systemFocused Ion Beam Scanning Electron MicroscopyIon beam scanning electron microscopyBeam scanning electron microscopyLong-term system stabilityScanning electron microscopyNovel high-resolution techniqueSystem stabilityFIB-SEMElectron microscopyHigh resolutionHigh-resolution techniquesSmall volumeAn open-access volume electron microscopy atlas of whole cells and tissues
Xu CS, Pang S, Shtengel G, Müller A, Ritter AT, Hoffman HK, Takemura SY, Lu Z, Pasolli HA, Iyer N, Chung J, Bennett D, Weigel AV, Freeman M, van Engelenburg SB, Walther TC, Farese RV, Lippincott-Schwartz J, Mellman I, Solimena M, Hess HF. An open-access volume electron microscopy atlas of whole cells and tissues. Nature 2021, 599: 147-151. PMID: 34616045, PMCID: PMC9004664, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03992-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell LineCells, CulturedDatasets as TopicDrosophila melanogasterFemaleGolgi ApparatusHumansInformation DisseminationInterphaseIslets of LangerhansMaleMiceMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMicrotubulesNeurogliaNeuronsOpen Access PublishingOrganellesOvarian NeoplasmsRibosomesSynaptic VesiclesT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicConceptsDrosophila neural tissueWhole cellsThin-section electron microscopyVolume electron microscopyCellular architectureMouse pancreatic isletsCancer cellsEM tomographyCellular structureCellsCellular samplesNeural tissuePancreatic isletsEnhanced signal detectionAtlasBeam-scanning electron microscopyTissueElectron microscopyOpen access dataBiologyImmune cellsSubsequent analysisSEM scanningMicroscopyCorrelative three-dimensional super-resolution and block-face electron microscopy of whole vitreously frozen cells
Hoffman DP, Shtengel G, Xu CS, Campbell KR, Freeman M, Wang L, Milkie DE, Pasolli HA, Iyer N, Bogovic JA, Stabley DR, Shirinifard A, Pang S, Peale D, Schaefer K, Pomp W, Chang CL, Lippincott-Schwartz J, Kirchhausen T, Solecki DJ, Betzig E, Hess HF. Correlative three-dimensional super-resolution and block-face electron microscopy of whole vitreously frozen cells. Science 2020, 367 PMID: 31949053, PMCID: PMC7339343, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz5357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCorrelative super-resolution fluorescenceEndoplasmic reticulum-associated proteinSuper-resolution fluorescenceChromatin domainsMammalian cellsBlock-face electron microscopyDistinct proteinsTranscriptional activityBiochemical needsSpatial compartmentalizationIntranuclear vesiclesUltrastructural variabilityFrozen cellsWhole cellsFluorescence retentionCultured neuronsProteinCellsElectron microscopyCompartmentalizationVesiclesUltrastructureAdhesionDomainFluorescenceTransforming FIB-SEMFocused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy (FIB-SEM) Systems for Large-Volume ConnectomicsConnectomics and Cell BiologyCell biology
Xu C, Pang S, Hayworth K, Hess H. Transforming FIB-SEMFocused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy (FIB-SEM) Systems for Large-Volume ConnectomicsConnectomics and Cell BiologyCell biology. Neuromethods 2020, 155: 221-243. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0691-9_12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchScanning electron microscopy systemIon beam scanning electron microscopyBeam scanning electron microscopyElectron microscopy systemScanning electron microscopyElectron microscopyLong-term reliabilityScanning electron microscopy technologyRobust imaging platformElectron microscopy technologyConventional FIBMicroscopy systemHigh resolutionFIB-SEMResolution requirementsCell biology researchBoundary conditionsFinal image stackFIBMicroscopy technologyHigh-resolution imagingOrders of magnitudeImaging platformLarge sample volumesImage volumes
2019
Gas cluster ion beam SEM for imaging of large tissue samples with 10 nm isotropic resolution
Hayworth K, Peale D, Januszewski M, Knott G, Lu Z, Xu C, Hess H. Gas cluster ion beam SEM for imaging of large tissue samples with 10 nm isotropic resolution. Nature Methods 2019, 17: 68-71. PMID: 31740820, DOI: 10.1038/s41592-019-0641-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIon beam scanning electron microscopyBeam scanning electron microscopyScanning electron microscopyThree-dimensional electron microscopy techniquesElectron microscopy techniquesIon millingIsotropic resolutionMicroscopy techniquesElectron microscopyThick tissue sectionsResolutionLarge tissue samplesMicroscopyMillingSections
2012
Correlative 3D superresolution fluorescence and electron microscopy reveal the relationship of mitochondrial nucleoids to membranes
Kopek BG, Shtengel G, Xu CS, Clayton DA, Hess HF. Correlative 3D superresolution fluorescence and electron microscopy reveal the relationship of mitochondrial nucleoids to membranes. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 6136-6141. PMID: 22474357, PMCID: PMC3341004, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1121558109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords3T3 CellsAnimalsDNA, MitochondrialDNA-Binding ProteinsFibroblastsHigh Mobility Group ProteinsImaging, Three-DimensionalLuminescent ProteinsMiceMicroscopy, ElectronMicroscopy, FluorescenceMicroscopy, InterferenceMitochondriaMitochondrial MembranesMitochondrial ProteinsReproducibility of ResultsConceptsMitochondrial nucleoidsSuperresolution fluorescenceIon beam ablationOptical microscopy techniquesFluorescent protein labelsCellular contextUltrastructural contextDirect imagingBiological questionsBiological processesSpecific proteinsCellular ultrastructureSuperresolution microscopyProtein labelCellular architectureFluorescence microscopyLocalization microscopyEM imagesNucleoidsMicroscopy techniquesProteinSample preparation protocolElectron microscopyVivo natureMicroscopy