University of Genoa, MicroSCoBiO Research Center, Italy
MicroSCoBiO is an interdisciplinary research center, established by the University of Genoa. It is organized into four research units belonging to three different University Departments:
- Department of Experimental Medicine (DiMeS)
- Department of Computer and Information Science (DiSI)
- Department of Physics (DiFi)
Stem Cell Biology in Cancer Research
The comprehension of stem cell biology and its molecular basis is now acquiring paramount importance in cancer research. The need to look at a single, possibly living, cell makes fluorescence…Read article
The First Supercontinuum Confocal that Adapts to the Sample
Until now, biological and medical research fluorescence imaging in multi-user facilities or institutes has been limited by the type or number of dyes that could be excited. The Leica TCS SP5 X…Read article
From Molecules to Tissues
Cancer research using confocal and multiphoton microscopy. Sequencing of the human genome stimulated a radical change in the approach to biomedical research. The comprehension of the mechanisms…Read article
4D Photoactivation of pa-GFP in Living Cells Using Two-Photon Excitation Laser Scanning Microscopy
We report about two-photon activation of a photoactivatable derivative of the Aequorea Victoria green fluorescent protein (pa-GFP). This special form of the molecule increases its fluorescence…Read article
Multi-photon Excitation Microscopy
Advanced microscopical techique for life science: multiphoton microscopy. Multi-photon excitation (MPE) microscopy plays a growing role among microscopical techniques utilized for studying biological…Read article