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Nobel Prize 2012 in Physiology or Medicine for Stem Cell Research
The Nobel Prize recognizes two scientists who discovered that mature, specialised cells can be reprogrammed to become immature cells capable of developing into all tissues of the body. Their findings…
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Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS)
Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) measures fluctuations of fluorescence intensity in a sub-femtolitre volume to detect such parameters as the diffusion time, number of molecules or dark…
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白激光
在生物医学应用中,共聚焦显微镜的完美光源它应该有足够的强度,可调谐的波长,以便同时激发一系列样品。此外,它应该成为荧光寿命实验的脉冲光源。这样的光源已经出现:白激光。它采用高能脉冲红外光纤激光器经过光子晶体光纤以产生连续光谱。通过声光调制滤片从该连续光谱中选择窄带激光。
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Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)
The Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) phenomenon offers techniques that allow studies of interactions in dimensions below the optical resolution limit. FRET describes the transfer of the energy…
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An Introduction to CARS Microscopy
CARS overcomes the drawbacks of conventional staining methods by the intrinsic characteristics of the method. CARS does not require labeling because it is highly specific to molecular compounds which…
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Mosaic Images
Confocal laser scanning microscopes are widely used to create highly resolved 3D images of cells, subcellular structures and even single molecules. Still, an increasing number of scientists are…
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共聚焦光学截面厚度
共聚焦显微镜用于光学切片比较厚的样本。最直接的问题是:1. 什么是“比较厚的样本”;2. 光学切片到底有多厚?这两个问题在一定程度上是相关的,即假设一份厚样本至少比光学切片厚10倍。