Sentences with phrase «fluorescent labeling technique»

The fluorescent labeling technique is the first to allow scientists to identify individual synapses that are active during a complex behavior, such as avoiding heat.

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Traditional techniques involve labelling or injecting the cells with stains or fluorophores — fluorescent compounds that «glow» when exposed to light — to detect their intricate structures.

In the Nature Biotechnology study, the researchers used it to anchor proteins, and they also showed that the technique works on tissue that has been previously labeled with either fluorescent antibodies or proteins such as green fluorescent protein (GFP).

Approach: Wu's group used Brainbow, a transgenic technique originally devised to map individual neurons in the brain, to label cells stochastically using gene cassettes that code for four uniquely expressed fluorescent proteins.

The same principle lies behind the powerful and visually spectacular Brainbow cell - labeling technique, in which each labeled cell expresses a unique ratio of three or four distinct colors of fluorescent protein.

Conventional flow cytometry is a powerful technique for measuring cell phenotype and function, but it relies on fluorescent stains, or labels, to identify particular cell subpopulations.

We develop methods to label RNA in fixed and living cells using fluorescent probes and microscopy techniques and image analysis algorithms to visualize and quantify many mRNAs simultaneously.