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Five-color FLIM-STED with One Depletion Laser
Webinar on five-color STED with a single depletion laser and fluorescence lifetime phasor separation.
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A Versatile Palette of Fluorescent Probes
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg have developed a general strategy to synthesize live-cell compatible fluorogenic probes, and the result are the new MaP (Max…
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STED Sheds Insight on Mitochondrial Protein Synthesis
In this paper the authors have adapted a click chemistry-based method coupled with stimulated emission depletion nanoscopy (STED) to address these questions reporting that, in human cells in culture,…
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Mitochondrial Dynamics Quantitatively Revealed by STED Nanoscopy
Mitochondria are vital subcellular organelles, which can generate energy to support the entire lifecycle of biological cells. However, conventional fluorescence microscopy cannot provide a high enough…
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Benefits of Combining STED and Lifetime
In this interview, Professor Alberto Diaspro talks about the advantages of the White Light Laser and the TauSTED capabilities of STELLARIS 8 STED. He speaks about his experience with the confocal…
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DNA Replication in Cancer Cells
DNA synthesis can be impeded by collisions between the DNA replication machinery and co-transcriptional R-loops leading to a major source of genomic instability in cancer cells. In this paper we…
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Nanoscopy meets Lifetime: Introducing TauSTED
TauSTED combines the optical signals from STED and the photophysical information from the fluorescence lifetime at unprecedented speeds. This approach to STED uses phasor analysis in a novel way.…
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The Guide to STED Sample Preparation
This guide is intended to help users optimize sample preparation for stimulated emission depletion (STED) nanoscopy, specifically when using the TCS SP8 STED 3X nanoscope from Leica Microsystems. It…
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Extending Nanoscopy Possibilities with STED and exchangeable fluorophores
When it comes to STED Nanoscopy, keeping high signal-to-noise is key to achieve the best possible resolution in fixed and living cells. This can be challenging in the case of experiments in 3D and/or…