imaging, techniques

A new technique reveals cells’ precise locations and functions in the brain. Its developers have already used it to identify a previously unknown neuron type.

A new methodology combines existing techniques to reveal the specific function and location of multiple types of neurons at once.

The COVID-19 pandemic is still with us. Biomedical innovation has rallied to address that pressing concern while continuing to tackle broader research challenges.

The G-baToN prototype transfers GFP between cells, illuminating cell-cell contacts.

Researchers use advanced imaging techniques to see what happens when a male and a female mate.

The liquid biopsy, which detects cell-free tumor DNA, spotted undiagnosed cancers in some women, but had a greater number of false positives and false negatives.

The long-time Marine Biological Laboratory scientist was known for using his own hand-built microscopes to image the dynamics of live cells.

Researchers are developing a variety of approaches for clearing neural tissue to get a better view of the brain’s circuitry.

Scientists traced 1,000 neurons through the mouse brain, uncovering new details about how the organ is wired.

Only recently have scientists directly witnessed this most pivotal of events in biology, thanks to new technology that allows them to observe the process in living cells. It’s teaching them a lot.

A newly developed imaging technology visualizes entire mouse brains in two and three dimensions using multicolor fluorescence microscopy.

A new study uses deep learning to improve the resolution of biological images, but elicits skepticism about its ability to enhance snapshots of sample types that it has never seen before.

Researchers flipped light-sensitive proteins upside down for a new twist on optogenetics.

Cryo-electron tomography reveals how Salmonella sets up physical interactions with host cells.

The winner of the 2018 Nikon Small World in Motion video competition shows the development of sensory neurons in a zebrafish embryo.

Unmanned aerial vehicles allow researchers to collect huge volumes of biological data cheaply, easily, and at higher resolution than ever before.

By combining two microscopy techniques, researchers produce images of structures less than 10 nanometers wide.

Researchers are using light and new image processing tools for label-free cell characterization.

Molecular probes for imaging in live animals