Functional in toto imaging
This list presents recent publications in the main application areas of light sheet imaging with the Viventis LS1 and LS2 and is updated regularly.
Light sheet microscopy, also known as Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM), has emerged as a powerful imaging technique in scientific research, especially for the study of living samples. This non-invasive method combines optical sectioning and low phototoxicity, allowing researchers to visualize biological processes in three dimensions with high spatiotemporal resolution. Over the years, light sheet microscopy has evolved from its early development in the late 1990s to become a cornerstone technique in several fields of study. Light sheet microscopy has transformed our understanding of developmental biology, neurobiology, and cancer research, among others, with unprecedented insights into the dynamic interactions of cells and tissues.
Publications by application:
Organoids and spheroids
Topological morphogenesis of neuroepithelial organoids
 Ishihara et al.,
 Nature Physics 2022 
Multiscale light-sheet organoid imaging framework
 de Medeiros et al.,
 Nature Communication 2022 
Lineage recording in human cerebral organoids
 He et al.,
 Nature Methods 2021 
Oocytes and Embryos
Mechanism of spindle pole organization and instability in human oocytes
 So et al.,
 Science 2022 
Aurora kinase A is essential for meiosis in mouse oocytes
 Blengini et al.,
 Plos Genetics 2021
Fracking and Ostwald ripening position the lumen of the mouse blastocyst
 Dumortier et al.,
 Science 2019
Zebrafish and other model organisms
Left-right symmetry of zebrafish embryos requires somite surface tension
 Naganathan et al.,
 Nature 2022 
Deconstructing body axis morphogenesis in zebrafish embryos using robot-assisted tissue micromanipulation
 Ozelci et al.,
 Nature Communications 2022 
By year of publication:
2024 [LS2]
Open-top multi sample dual-view light-sheet microscope for live imaging of large multicellular systems
 Moos et al.,
 Nature Methods 2024
2024 [LS1]
LiverZap: a chemoptogenetic tool for global and locally restricted hepatocyte ablation to study cellular behaviours in liver regeneration
 Ambrosio et al.,
 Development 2024
Cell-autonomous generation of the wave pattern within the vertebrate segmentation clock
 Rohde et al.,
 Elife 2024 
2023 [LS1]
Integrating single-cell imaging and RNA sequencing datasets links differentiation and morphogenetic dynamics of human pancreatic endocrine progenitors
 Beydag-Tasöz et al.,
 Developmental Cell 2023 
CHK1-CDC25A-CDK1 regulate cell cycle progression and protect genome integrity in early mouse embryos
 Knoblochova et al.,
 Embo Reports 2023 
Actin-driven chromosome clustering facilitates fast and complete chromosome capture in mammalian oocytes
 Harasimov et al.,
 Nature Cell Biology 2023 
The nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio drives cellularization in the close animal relative Sphaeroforma arctica
 Olivetta et al.,
 Current Biology 2023 
Cell fragmentation in mouse preimplantation embryos induced by ectopic activation of the polar body extrusion pathway
 Pelzer et al.,
 Embo Journal 2023 
Inverse blebs operate as hydraulic pumps during mouse blastocyst formation
 Schliffka et al.,
 bioRvix 2023 
Morphodynamics of human early brain organoid development
 Jain et al.,
 bioRvix 2023 
2022 [LS1]
Deconstructing body axis morphogenesis in zebrafish embryos using robot-assisted tissue micromanipulation
 Ozelci et al.,
 Nature Communications 2022 
Topological morphogenesis of neuroepithelial organoids
 Ishihara et al.,
 Nature Physics 2022 
Multiscale light-sheet organoid imaging framework
 de Medeiros et al.,
 Nature Communication 2022 
Left-right symmetry of zebrafish embryos requires somite surface tension
 Naganathan et al.,
 Nature 2022 
Mechanism of spindle pole organization and instability in human oocytes
 So et al.,
 Science 2022 
2021 [LS1]
Cell fate coordinates mechano-osmotic forces in intestinal crypt formation
 Yang et al.,
 Nature cell Biology 2021 
Lineage recording in human cerebral organoids
 He et al.,
 Nature Methods 2021 
Tissue Engineering with Mechanically Induced Solid-Fluid Transitions
 Mailand et al.,
 Ad. Materials 2021 
Aurora kinase A is essential for meiosis in mouse oocytes
 Blengini et al.,
 Plos Genetics 2021
2020 [LS1]
Embryonic organoids recapitulate early heart organogenesis
 Rossi et al.,
 Cell Stem Cell 2020 
2019 [LS1]
Self-organization and symmetry breaking in intestinal organoids development
 Serra et al.,
 Nature 2019
Fracking and Ostwald ripening position the lumen of the mouse blastocyst
 Dumortier et al.,
 Science 2019
Primed Track, high-fidelity lineage tracing in mouse pre-implantation embryos using primed conversion of photoconvertible proteins
 Welling et al.,
 Elife 2019.
Mitochondria in Embryogenesis: An Organellogenesis Perspective
 Arribat et al.,
 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 2019.