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Fluorescent microscopy
Fluorescent microscopy is an optical technique utilizing fluorescence in place of (or in addition to) other light sources. Fluorescent microscopy is used to study organic and inorganic substances by harnessing fluorescence to generate an image.
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JAN 27, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Seeing what's going on inside of cells presents many challenges that advances in microscopy have tried to address.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Mitochondria are one of the specialized structures or organelles that can be found in eukaryotic cells, as well as some ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2020Health & Medicine
A new study, published earlier this week in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, supports a 40-year theory suggesti ...Written By: Tiffany DazetDEC 29, 2019Microbiology
The winner of the Nikon Small World in Motion contest has captured a tiny animal called coral polyp as light levels go d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
A new microscopy technique called holo-tomographic microscopy can generate 3D images and does not require labeling.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
Plastic litter is a global problem, and some of the tiniest culprits are not visible to the naked eye. These microplasti ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 24, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins are critical to biology, and are generated by vital, ancient cellular structures called ribosomes.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
As an organism develops, it has to form the right types of cells, like heart or muscle or nerve cells, and then move the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2019Neuroscience
Two years ago, Dr. Jayaram Chandrashekar and his colleagues at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Ca ...Written By: Dr. Nina LichtenbergJUL 06, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria are turning out to be more complex than once thought.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
The genome contains all of the instructions a cell needs to build an organism, and we thought we knew how that worked.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 05, 2019Microbiology
Helicobacter pylori doesn't only withstand the harsh stomach environment, it can thrive there, sometimes causing ulcers ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2019Neuroscience
Neurogenesis is the growth or development of new neural cells. One of the most heated debates in neuroscience is whether ...Written By: Dr. Nina LichtenbergAPR 08, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers combined powerful microscopy techniques to create a cutting edge tool for generating 3D images of neurons in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Tuberculosis is a global infection far from being eradicated. It currently infects more than 1,400 people per year in Au ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 24, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Treating some diseases of the eye has been difficult because researchers have had difficulty seeing the damage. New work ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 03, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecules on the cell membrane and channels through it play important roles in that cell-to-cell signaling.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2019Plants & Animals
Biofluorescence is the ability of an animal to absorb certain kinds of light and emit different wavelengths in its place ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 05, 2019Microbiology
Bacteria have to be able to defend themselves from other microbes, making some microbes valuable producers of antibiotic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have combined two powerful imaging tools to visualize the brain at the molecular level.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists will be able to get a better look at cells in the brain after three-photon microscopy was improved.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2018Microbiology
HIV is still a global health problem, even though antiretroviral drugs have completely changed outcomes for those that a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
To get a better look at fine detail, researchers found a way to make their specimen larger.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2018Videos
Zebrafish share genetic features with many other organisms, and they undergo a rapid developmental process in which they ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Seeing what's going on inside of cells presents many challenges that advances in microscopy have tried to address.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Mitochondria are one of the specialized structures or organelles that can be found in eukaryotic cells, as well as some
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2020
Health & Medicine
A new study, published earlier this week in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, supports a 40-year theory suggesti
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
DEC 29, 2019
Microbiology
The winner of the Nikon Small World in Motion contest has captured a tiny animal called coral polyp as light levels go d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new microscopy technique called holo-tomographic microscopy can generate 3D images and does not require labeling.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Plastic litter is a global problem, and some of the tiniest culprits are not visible to the naked eye. These microplasti
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 24, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins are critical to biology, and are generated by vital, ancient cellular structures called ribosomes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
As an organism develops, it has to form the right types of cells, like heart or muscle or nerve cells, and then move the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2019
Neuroscience
Two years ago, Dr. Jayaram Chandrashekar and his colleagues at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Ca
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
JUL 06, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria are turning out to be more complex than once thought.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
The genome contains all of the instructions a cell needs to build an organism, and we thought we knew how that worked.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2019
Microbiology
Helicobacter pylori doesn't only withstand the harsh stomach environment, it can thrive there, sometimes causing ulcers
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2019
Neuroscience
Neurogenesis is the growth or development of new neural cells. One of the most heated debates in neuroscience is whether
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
APR 08, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers combined powerful microscopy techniques to create a cutting edge tool for generating 3D images of neurons in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Tuberculosis is a global infection far from being eradicated. It currently infects more than 1,400 people per year in Au
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 24, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Treating some diseases of the eye has been difficult because researchers have had difficulty seeing the damage. New work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecules on the cell membrane and channels through it play important roles in that cell-to-cell signaling.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
Biofluorescence is the ability of an animal to absorb certain kinds of light and emit different wavelengths in its place
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 05, 2019
Microbiology
Bacteria have to be able to defend themselves from other microbes, making some microbes valuable producers of antibiotic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have combined two powerful imaging tools to visualize the brain at the molecular level.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists will be able to get a better look at cells in the brain after three-photon microscopy was improved.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2018
Microbiology
HIV is still a global health problem, even though antiretroviral drugs have completely changed outcomes for those that a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
To get a better look at fine detail, researchers found a way to make their specimen larger.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2018
Videos
Zebrafish share genetic features with many other organisms, and they undergo a rapid developmental process in which they
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch