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Talk abstract: Insights into plasma membrane organization using STED microscopy
Christian Eggeling, University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford, UK
Lipid-lipid and lipid-protein plasma membrane interactions such as the formation of lipid nanodomains (often denoted "rafts") or restrictions of molecular plasmamembrane diffusion by cortical cytoskeleton compartments are considered to play a functional part in a whole range of membrane associated processes. However, the direct and non-invasive observation of such structures in living cells is impeded by the resolution limit of >200 nm of a conventional far-field optical microscope. With the superior spatial resolution of STED nanoscopy with effective focal spot sizes down to 20–30 nm in living cells, it is now possible to directly resolve such membrane heterogeneities, e.g. by imaging and investigating protein nanoclusters on the membrane surface [1]. On the other hand, the combination of STED nanoscopy with tools such as fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (