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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 microscopyMicroscopeMicroscopyImplementation of a 4Pi-SMS super-resolution microscope
Wang J, Allgeyer ES, Sirinakis G, Zhang Y, Hu K, Lessard MD, Li Y, Diekmann R, Phillips MA, Dobbie IM, Ries J, Booth MJ, Bewersdorf J. Implementation of a 4Pi-SMS super-resolution microscope. Nature Protocols 2020, 16: 677-727. PMID: 33328610, PMCID: PMC9118368, DOI: 10.1038/s41596-020-00428-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLight microscopy of proteins in their ultrastructural context
M’Saad O, Bewersdorf J. Light microscopy of proteins in their ultrastructural context. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 3850. PMID: 32737322, PMCID: PMC7395138, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17523-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltrastructural contextLocal protein densityConventional confocal microscopeCellular nanoarchitectureOptical contrastSpecific proteinsElectron microscopyFluorescence microscopyLight microscopyProteinBulk labelingProtein densityConfocal microscopeStandard light microscopyIntracellular spaceMicroscopyProteomeCellsNanoscaleMicroscopeNew principleDiscoveryLabelingPhysical expansionDensity
2024
Unraveling cellular complexity with transient adapters in highly multiplexed super-resolution imaging
Schueder F, Rivera-Molina F, Su M, Marin Z, Kidd P, Rothman J, Toomre D, Bewersdorf J. Unraveling cellular complexity with transient adapters in highly multiplexed super-resolution imaging. Cell 2024, 187: 1769-1784.e18. PMID: 38552613, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.02.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInter-organelle contactsSuper-resolutionMultiplexed super-resolution microscopyIntricate spatial relationshipsGolgi stacksMammalian cellsCellular functionsSuper-resolution microscopyPrimary ciliaSuper-resolution fluorescence microscopyCellular complexityTransient adaptationFluorescence microscopyDNA-PAINTFluorogenic labelingMolecular targetsSpatial relationshipsImagesThroughput
2023
Extracting nanoscale membrane morphology from single-molecule localizations
Marin Z, Fuentes L, Bewersdorf J, Baddeley D. Extracting nanoscale membrane morphology from single-molecule localizations. Biophysical Journal 2023, 122: 3022-3030. PMID: 37355772, PMCID: PMC10432223, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.06.010.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Three-dimensional sub–100 nm resolution fluorescence microscopy of thick samples
Juette MF, Gould TJ, Lessard MD, Mlodzianoski MJ, Nagpure BS, Bennett BT, Hess ST, Bewersdorf J. Three-dimensional sub–100 nm resolution fluorescence microscopy of thick samples. Nature Methods 2008, 5: 527-529. PMID: 18469823, DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1211.Peer-Reviewed Original Research