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What’s the Deal with Bacterial Nanotubes?
What’s the Deal with Bacterial Nanotubes?
Several labs have reported the formation of bacterial nanotubes under different, often contrasting conditions. What are these structures and why are they so hard to reproduce?
Several labs have reported the formation of bacterial nanotubes under different, often contrasting conditions. What are these structures and why are they so hard to reproduce?
electron microscopy, techniques
Infographic: Sources of Variation in Bacterial Nanotube Studies
Sruthi S. Balakrishnan | Jun 1, 2021 | 2 min read
Differences in how researchers prepare and image samples can lead to discrepancies in their results.
Aaron Klug, Developer of Crystallographic Electron Microscopy, Dies
Ashley P. Taylor | Nov 26, 2018 | 3 min read
The chemist and biophysicist won a Nobel prize for the development of a technique to probe the structures of nucleotide-protein complexes.
Scientists Who Developed Cryo-Electron Microscopy Win Nobel Prize
Diana Kwon | Oct 4, 2017 | 3 min read
Chemistry Nobel goes to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson.
Microscopy’s Growth Through the Years
Jenny Rood | Oct 1, 2016 | 5 min read
From confocal fluorescence microscopy to super-resolution and live 3-D imaging, microscopes have changed rapidly since 1986.
Seeing Double
Nicholette Zeliadt | Nov 1, 2013 | 7 min read
Combining two imaging techniques integrates molecular specificity with nanometer-scale resolution.
Milling Magic
Ruth Williams | Aug 1, 2012 | 2 min read
Ion beams carve slices in frozen cells, giving biologists an interior view.
Bubble Vision
Edyta Zielinska | May 1, 2012 | 2 min read
Turning a liability into an asset, cryo-electron microscopists exploit an artifact to probe protein structure.
Deep Tissue Treatment
Tia Ghose | Sep 1, 2011 | 2 min read
A new, genetically encoded tag for electron microscopy may revolutionize studies of specific proteins in cells and tissues.