Light Microscopy – Multimedia

Confocal fluorescence microscope image of astrocytes (magenta) and their cell nuclei (yellow) in the mouse brain.

A confocal microscopic image of a colony of human induced pluripotent stem cells derived from a patient with oculocutaneous albinism.

Scientists at Scripps Research have devised a method that may be able to shortcut one of the big steps in modern vaccine development.

This video, an honorable mention at the 2021 Nikon Small World in Motion Competition, shows the nervous system of a 7-day old chicken embryo, imaged using light sheet microscopy.

This image shows the lifecycle of a biological cell.

Confocal microscopy image of a triple culture of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cells, macrophages, and pancreatic stellate cells embed and growing within the engineered matrix.

Since the earliest microscopy efforts in the 1600s, cell imaging has significantly modernized and become a ubiquitous tool in cell biology laboratories. Here, we cover five key advances in cell microscopy to help you understand how the field is progressing.

Plasmodium at the ookinete stage viewed by expansion microscopy. The image shows the cytoskeleton of the pathogen following the labeling of tubulin. The conoid is the ring visible at the upper tip of the cell.

In this list, discover more about the key RNA-seq techniques used in neuroscience, including the direction and contributions of single-cell RNA sequencing, patch-seq and fluorescence in situ sequencing.

Download this guide to gain insight into the key aspects of caring for your confocal microscope.