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Restless Receptors
Synapses are the switch-points in our brain for information transmission, learning and memory. News studies and developments of imaging techniques have provided new insights into the dynamics of…Read article
The Missing Link to the Nanocosm of Life
Fully understanding the functionality and complexity of the human central nervous system remains one of the major open questions in modern science. Stimulated emission depletion microscopy (STED) can…Read article
A Guide to Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy
For centuries, cell biology has been based on light microscopy and at the same time been limited by its optical resolution. However, several new technologies have been developed recently that bypass…Read article
Confocal Nanoscopy Goes Multicolor
Scientists strive to understand the architecture of life. They want to learn how biological structures are arranged in respect to one another. Multicolor superresolution imaging allows fundamental…Read article
Interview with Stefan Hell – For me, Pioneering is …
Our interview partner on the topic of Pioneering is Prf. Stefan Hell, a scientific member of the Max Planck Society and director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen,…Read article