Imaging Techniques Set New Standard for Super-Resolution in Live Cells
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 13:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists can now watch dynamic biological processes with unprecedented clarity in living cells using new imaging techniques developed by researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus. The new methods dramatically improve on the spatial resolution provided by structured illumination microscopy, one of the best imaging methods for seeing inside living cells. Janelia group leader Eric Betzig and postdoctoral fellow Dong Li led the research. Betzig was one of three scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.