These samples were analyzed
with a confocal microscope system (Bio-Rad MRC 1024 coupled to a Zeiss Axiovert 135).
We thank D. Dorward and O. Steele - Mortimer for help
with confocal microscopy; S. Raffel and G. Sylva for sequencing; T. Hackstadt for assistance with photography; M. Schrumpf for supplying protein lysates and E. coli strains; R. Gilmore, M. L. Mbow, and O. Steele - Mortimer for providing antibodies; K. Caughey, G. Hettrick, and A. Mora for graphic support; and F. DeLeo, T. Hackstadt, and S. Priola for critical review of the manuscript.
Purkinje cells labeled with GFP: XYZ image
with confocal and super resolution image in different Z positions.
We would like to thank M. P. Hefferan for his help
with confocal microscopy and M.L. Gage for editorial comments.
We would like to thank Dr. Peter Didier for the pathology report, Dr. Xavier Alvarez for assistance
with confocal microscopy, and Dr. Nicholas Crossland for critical review of the manuscript.
The image was taken
with a confocal laser scanning microscope and shows cells giving strong inmmunofluorescence staining for CD3 antigen (green), indicating presence of cells of T - lymphocytes origin in the infarct zone of the heart tissue, counterstained nuclei with DAPI (blue).
Images were taken
with the confocal microscopes Zeiss LSM710 and image analysis was accomplished with Fiji (ImageJ).
The ultimate dream is to take STEM into three dimensions
with confocal electron microscopy, which images a material in slices by changing the focus of the beam.
Arabidopsis root seen
with confocal microscopy.
Not exact matches
Top scientists don't flap if they need to use a
confocal microscope and have never tackled the beast before, they just find someone to teach them the basics and get on
with it.
These include more sensitive mass spectrometry for detecting, identifying and quantifying protein molecules, electron microscopy for visualizing an assortment of components of the nano - machine that transports toxins, and fluorescence
confocal microscopy, which can label proteins
with light emitting dyes.
Confocal imaging gives us the opportunity to view the vascular system by illuminating the whole body
with fluorescent light and providing a translucent image of the subject.
The Shot: Pan took this digital image
with an Olympus FluoView FV1000
confocal microscope using a 20x objective and a photomultiplier tube.
The
confocal microscopy of Setaria grass roots (top and bottom insets) show mutant strains of Azospirillum brasilense and Herbaspirillum serpedicae
with heavy colonization around branch roots and the elongation of primary roots.
Confocal microscopy of human neural stem cell culture infected
with Zika virus (red).
Using chemicals like these in combination
with new imaging tools, such as the multi-photon
confocal microscope, has enabled researchers to explore the minuscule world of the neuron and observe brain cells in action
with far more precision.
Kozlowski tackled that problem computationally; using the popular MATLAB programming environment, she and her colleagues developed an algorithm that classifies the shapes of microglia in
confocal microscopy images
with 90 % accuracy.
Scientists get to play
with great bits of kit like
confocal microscopes and even get to take a peek right into the heart of nature.
«Our new approach, SDC - PAINT, integrates the versatile super-resolution capabilities of DNA - PAINT
with the optical sectioning features of
confocal microscopes.
Specifically, the MPI / Wyss Institute team developed the technique for «Spinning Disk
Confocal» (SDC) microscopes that detect fluorescence signals from an entire plane all at once by sensing them through a rotating disc
with multiple pinholes.
The figure shows a
confocal microscopy image of a mammalian cell undergoing apoptosis
with the mitochondria stained in magenta and the protein Bax in green.
In
confocal microscopy the focal plane is imaged
with a single, intense point of light, centered between two cones of light that flood the rest of the sample.
So the Bessel beam can scan a cell
with the same total flux as the light spots used in
confocal microscopy, but that flux is distributed among the seven beams and the cell isn't flooded
with excess light; thus, the cell isn't damaged nearly as quickly.
The chip is compatible
with optical imaging technologies such as
confocal microscopy, allowing the researchers to obtain high - resolution images and movies of the fertilization process, as it occurs.
The automated
confocal micro-extensometer (ACME)-- developed by a team of researchers in Europe and the US — allows scientists to measure spatial variation in the mechanical properties of plant cells
with unprecedented accuracy.
Using
confocal laser microscopy and electron microscopy, coupled
with the use of advanced synchrotron techniques at the Swiss Light Source, in Villigen (Switzerland), and at the Canadian Light Source in Saskatoon, Canada, the team was able to show that not only the morphology of microbial twisted structures is preserved after long incubations under diagenetic conditions, but also organic remnants can be detected in the mineralized twisted structures.
Photobleaching and phototoxicity are typically reduced by one to two orders of magnitude relative to that seen
with a 1D scanned Bessel beam or the point array scanned excitation of spinning disk
confocal microscopy.
Z - stack images of taste buds and geniculate ganglia were collected on an Olympus Fluoview FV300 laser scanning
confocal microscope
with a 60 × oil - immersion objective [numerical aperture (NA) 1.3] and 20 × oil - immersion objective (NA 0.7) or on a Leica TCS SP5 laser scanning
confocal microscope
with a 63 × oil - immersion objective (NA 1.4).
«Nonlinear stage - scanning
confocal microscopy is critical because it allows us to rapidly measure the nonlinear emission from thousands of different nanostructures while minimizing the potential systematic errors, such as intensity or beam pointing variations, often associated
with tuning the wavelength of an ultrafast laser,» O'Brien says.
Korenberg's team is developing a 3D coordinate system to align various types of neuroimaging data in the macaque brain, from whole - brain MRI connectivity to single - cell
confocal data and, for some areas, subcellular resolution
with electron microscopy.
The CARS images were acquired
with a Leica TCS SP8 CARS system (Leica Microsystems, Mannheim, Germany) consisting of a TCS SP8
confocal microscope combined
with a picoEmerald laser (APE, Berlin, Germany) offering a fixed Stokes laser line of 1064.5 nm and a tuneable Pump line from an optical parametric oscillator (780 nm — 940 nm).
IDMIT is an infrastructure for preclinical research in infectious diseases and immunology which is certified ISO9001 and which includes 1) A large animal facility
with capacity to host NHP in BSL2 and BSL3 containment, 2) State - of - the - art laboratories for cell biology, immunology, molecular biology, flow cytometry and mass cytometry (CyTof), cell - sorting and
confocal microscopy in BSL3 containment; 3) A biological resources centre
with high storage capacity; 4) Highly innovative technologies for in vivo imaging of large animals in BSL2 and BSL3 containment, including a two - photon microscope, a PET - CT facility, and several optic based technologies (fibered endo - microscopy, near infra - red imaging).
By labeling one of the shell proteins
with Yellow Fluorescent Protein (YFP), we were able to use
confocal fluorescence microscopy to observe punctuate loci forming inside chloroplasts.
Biologists, biochemists and geneticists who need to visualize the anatomical location of cellular structure, proteins / enzymes, mRNA, and reporter genes within whole tissue are among those who can benefit from this innovative product, which can be used
with light microscopy, fluorescence microscopy,
confocal microscopy and single / multiphoton microscopy.
It is essential to familiarize yourself
with the microscope you are going to be working
with, especially its emission / excitation / dichroic filters and, for
confocal microscopes, its laser lines.
Combined
with spinning disk
confocal, TIRF, FLIM and photomanipulation, Marianas LightSheet is a powerful live - cell imaging workstation.
Images were acquired
with a LSM710 Zeiss
confocal laser scanning system or Olympus IX81 light microscope.
The 3D reconstruction over time of the forming blood clot was captured
with multiple fluorescent probes using VIVO, both wide field deconvolution and Spinning Disk
Confocal.
Confocal microscopy of AD macrophages responsive to curcuminoids showed surface binding in untreated macrophages but co-localization
with phalloidin in an intracellular compartment after treatment.
Images were taken on a Zeiss LSM 510
confocal microscope (Carl Zeiss, Canada) equipped
with Argon and Helium - Neon lasers.
In this webinar, the principles of state - of - the - art
confocal Raman imaging as a tool for the analysis of molecular characteristics of a sample will be presented, then the manner in which this information can be linked to structural information acquired
with scanning electron microscopy will be demonstrated.
Combined
with spinning
confocal, it enables Super Resolution to be achieved at high speed and low photo - toxicity, making it the ideal solution for live high resoluion cell imaging.
It is one of the market leaders in compound and stereo microscopy, digital microscopy,
confocal laser scanning microscopy
with related imaging systems, electron microscopy sample preparation, and surgical microscopes.
The Clarity LFC Laser Free
Confocal unit from Aurox uses a patented optical system, based on a unique design of spinning disc
with a grid - like structured illumination pattern.
CrestOptics is a Manufacturing Company
with the mission to develop advanced methodologies and equipment aimed at the MicroBiology Research, Material Sciences and Diagnostics The first Company milestone (2009), has been the development and manufacturing of the Advanced
Confocal Attachment «X-Light», based on state of the art solutions in spinning disk technology, optics and engineering.
This significant speed difference combined
with the superior sensitivity of high end CCDs has made spinning disk
confocal a must have technology for advanced live cell imaging labs.
Confocal images were analyzed and quantified
with the JACoP plugin [43] of the Image J software, to obtain Pearson and Manders» correlation coefficients.
Confocal imaging via spinning disk involves scanning a field
with laser light from a number of pinholes arranged in a pattern on a modified Nipkow disk.
Raman spectroscopy and
confocal Raman microscopy have already proved to be essential characterization tools in many areas of advanced research,
with a number of these applications extending into industry.
The system provides laser free
confocal imaging
with large field of view and up to 100 fps frame rate, setting a new benchmark in price / performance ratio in the field of
confocal microscopy