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Test Samples for Optimizing STORM Super-Resolution Microscopy
Published on: September 6, 2013
Development in the STORM
1Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. daichi.kamiyama@ucsf.edu
Abstract:
The recent invention of superresolution microscopy has brought up much excitement in the biological research community. Here, we focus on stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy/photoactivated localization microscopy (STORM/PALM) to discuss the challenges in applying superresolution microscopy to the study of developmental biology, including tissue imaging, sample preparation artifacts, and image interpretation. We also summarize new opportunities that superresolution microscopy could bring to the field of developmental biology.
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