News tagged with cellular imaging

Proteins shine a brighter light on cellular processes

Scientists have designed a molecule which, in living cells, emits turquoise light three times brighter than possible until recently. This improves the sensitivity of cellular imaging, a technique where biological ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

2 top biological imaging centers offer powerful free online tool to researchers and public

The collaboration of two leading cell image resource centers now provides a more extensive and advanced facility for archiving, sharing, and analyzing microscope images in great detail. The American Society for Cell Biology ...

Biology / Other

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Helium raises resolution of whole cell imaging

The ability to obtain an accurate three-dimensional image of an intact cell is critical for unraveling the mysteries of cellular structure and function. However, for many years, tiny structures buried deep inside cells have ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Cellular communications visualized with a vibrant color palette

A University of Alberta-led research team has dramatically expanded the palette of fluorescent highlighters that can be used to track the movement of messengers inside of single cells.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research team achieves first 2-color STED microscopy of living cells

Researchers are able to achieve extremely high-resolution microscopy through a process known as stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy. This cutting-edge imaging system has pushed the performance of microscopes significantly ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New molecular imaging technologies for detecting cellular processes

A group of Spanish researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid have designed and developed a biomedical scanner that detects cellular processes at the molecular level and indicates malfunctioning of an ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Same types of cell respond differently to stimulus, study shows

Using new technology that allows scientists to monitor how individual cells react in the complex system of cell signaling, Stanford University researchers have uncovered a much larger spectrum of differences between each ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tumors may respond to extreme and moderate heat

Aided by ultrasound guidance, treating tumors with extreme heat or moderate heat may provide a possible therapeutic option, according to early research presented at the second AACR Dead Sea International Conference on Advances ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New method for measuring fluid flow in algae could herald revolution for fluid mechanics

In the words of Todd Squires, of the University of California, Santa Barbara "Nature has long inspired researchers in fluid mechanics to explore the mechanical strategies used by living creatures. Where better to look for ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Method of the future uses single-cell imaging to identify gene interactions

Cellular imaging offers a wealth of data about how cells respond to stimuli, but harnessing this technique to study biological systems is a daunting challenge. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have d ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanomagnets guide stem cells to damaged tissue

Microscopic magnetic particles have been used to bring stem cells to sites of cardiovascular injury in a new method designed to increase the capacity of cells to repair damaged tissue, UCL scientists announced today.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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