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ArticleCell2012

Noninvasive imaging beyond the diffraction limit of 3D dynamics in thickly fluorescent specimens.

Liang Gao, Lin Shao, Christopher D Higgins, John S Poulton, Mark Peifer, Michael W Davidson, Xufeng Wu, Bob Goldstein, Eric Betzig

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Article in Cell, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 148 papers.

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148citing papers in PubMed
33.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

148 citing papers in PubMed, 325 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Liang GaoJanelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Lin Shao
Christopher D Higgins
John S Poulton
Mark Peifer
Michael W Davidson
Xufeng Wu
Bob Goldstein
Eric Betzig
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USFlorida State University · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Mechanisms of C. elegans GastrulationR01GM083071 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI GOLDSTEIN, ROBERT P · 2008 to 2019
$3.7M
A model system to study the tumor suppressor APCR01GM067236 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI PEIFER, MARK A. · 2002 to 2015
$2.8M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067236NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM083071NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM083071NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM67236
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optical imaging of the dynamics of living specimens involves tradeoffs between spatial resolution, temporal resolution, and phototoxicity, made more difficult in three dimensions. Here, however, we report that rapid three-dimensional (3D) dynamics can be studied beyond the diffraction limit in thick or densely fluorescent living specimens over many time points by combining ultrathin planar illumination produced by scanned Bessel beams with super-resolution structured illumination microscopy. We demonstrate in vivo karyotyping of chromosomes during mitosis and identify different dynamics for the actin cytoskeleton at the dorsal and ventral surfaces of fibroblasts. Compared to spinning disk confocal microscopy, we demonstrate substantially reduced photodamage when imaging rapid morphological changes in D. discoideum cells, as well as improved contrast and resolution at depth within developing C. elegans embryos. Bessel beam structured plane illumination thus promises new insights into complex biological phenomena that require 4D subcellular spatiotemporal detail in either a single or multicellular context.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainCaenorhabditis elegansCell LineCell Line, TumorDermatitis, PhototoxicDictyosteliumDrosophila melanogasterFibroblastsHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalKaryotypingLarvaMicroscopy, FluorescenceMitosisOptical Imaging

Identifiers

PMID23217717
PMCPMC3615549
OpenAlexW2144613560

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