microscopy

Scientists developed new tools for brain reconstruction and analysis to create and characterize a complete brain wiring map of the fruit fly larva for the first time.

Modification on a high-resolution fluorescent microscopy technique allow researchers to track the precise movements of motor proteins. 

Benedetta Artegiani and Delilah Hendriks formed a joint laboratory group to understand disease mechanisms and treatments through organoid models.

Scientists developed a standardized multiplex immunohistochemistry and RNA in situ hybridization protocol using ChipCytometry^TM.

Technological and engineering advances let researchers delve deeper into cell function and behavior in physiological and pathological settings.

A new technique, called Unclearing Microscopy, physically inflates and then stains cells to circumvent the need for expensive microscopes.

This year’s crop of winning products features many with a clinical focus and others that represent significant advances in sequencing, single-cell analysis, and more.

See some of the coolest images recently featured by The Scientist.

This image took 5th place at the 2022 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.

This image took 4th place at the 2022 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.

This image took 2nd place at the 2022 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.

This image took the top prize at the 2022 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.

By modifying a technique used to image single cells, researchers have managed to generate a super-resolution 3D image of a complete organoid in just seven seconds.

Analyzing organoids has proven slow and cumbersome for scientists. But a new technique may speed things up, producing 3D images of hundreds of organoids per hour.

An honorable mention in the 2022 Nikon Small World in Motion competition shows thale cress sperm being released into the ovule.

This year’s fourth-place winner of the 2022 Nikon Small World in Motion competition shows dying melanoma cells.

This year’s third-place winner of the 2022 Nikon Small World in Motion competition features sea anemone cells.

The top winner of the 2022 Nikon Small World in Motion contest shows cells migrating through a zebrafish embryo.

Avoid missing critical cellular behaviors and events through real-time imaging.

As cricket blastoderms form, cell nuclei are pulled into an egg’s remaining empty space to form the new cell layers that will shape the developing animal.