Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25342811›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2014

Lattice light-sheet microscopy: imaging molecules to embryos at high spatiotemporal resolution.

Bi-Chang Chen, Wesley R Legant, Kai Wang, Lin Shao, Daniel E Milkie, Michael W Davidson, Chris Janetopoulos, Xufeng S Wu, John A Hammer, Zhe Liu and 17 more

Abstract read
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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 980 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

980 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors.

Bi-Chang ChenJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Wesley R LegantJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Kai WangJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Lin ShaoJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Daniel E MilkieColeman Technologies, Incorporated, Newtown Square, PA 19073, USA.
Michael W DavidsonNational High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA.
Chris JanetopoulosDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Xufeng S WuLaboratory of Cell Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
John A HammerLaboratory of Cell Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Zhe LiuJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Brian P EnglishJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Yuko Mimori-KiyosueOptical Image Analysis Unit, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.
Daniel P RomeroDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Alex T RitterCell Biology and Metabolism Program, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0XY, England, UK.
Jennifer Lippincott-SchwartzCell Biology and Metabolism Program, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Lillian Fritz-LaylinDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
R Dyche MullinsDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Diana M MitchellDepartment of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
Joshua N BembenekDepartment of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
Anne-Cecile ReymannMax Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany. Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
Ralph BöhmeMax Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany. Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
Stephan W GrillMax Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany. Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
Jennifer T WangDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Cell Dynamics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Geraldine SeydouxDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Cell Dynamics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
U Serdar TuluDepartment of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Daniel P KiehartDepartment of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Eric BetzigJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA. betzige@janelia.hhmi.org.

Funding

Light Microscopy CoreZICHL006019 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI COMBS, CHRISTIAN · 2009 to 2025
$29.3M
BIOCHEMISTRY, CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY PROGRAMT32GM007445 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GREEN, RACHEL · 1985 to 2021
$24.1M
Structure And Function Of Unconventional Myosins and CARMIL ProteinsZIAHL000514 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI HAMMER, JOHN A · 2009 to 2018
$9.6M
Morphogenesis: Biophysics and Genetics of Dorsal ClosureR01GM033830 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI KIEHART, DANIEL PETER · 1985 to 2017
$7.2M
Development of green fluorescent protein technologyZIAHD008850 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI LIPPINCOTT-SCHWARTZ, JENNIFER · 2009 to 2016
$6.5M
REGULATION OF GERM CELL FATE DURING EMBRYOGENESISR01HD037047 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GERALDINE Catherine Joelle SEYDOUX · 1999 to 2026
$4.3M
MECHANISMS OF ARP2/3 ACTIVATION AND FUNCTIONR01GM061010 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MULLINS, R DYCHE · 2000 to 2015
$3.8M
PI(3,4,5)P3 Regulates Cell Polarity During Chemotaxis and CytokinesisR01GM080370 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI JANETOPOULOS, CHRISTOPHER J · 2008 to 2012
$1.4M
European Research Council 281903Howard Hughes Medical InstituteIntramural NIH HHSNICHD NIH HHS R01 HD037047NICHD NIH HHS R01HD37047NIGMS NIH HHS GM33830NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM033830NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM080370NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM080370NIGMS NIH HHS RM01-GM61010NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007445
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although fluorescence microscopy provides a crucial window into the physiology of living specimens, many biological processes are too fragile, are too small, or occur too rapidly to see clearly with existing tools. We crafted ultrathin light sheets from two-dimensional optical lattices that allowed us to image three-dimensional (3D) dynamics for hundreds of volumes, often at subsecond intervals, at the diffraction limit and beyond. We applied this to systems spanning four orders of magnitude in space and time, including the diffusion of single transcription factor molecules in stem cell spheroids, the dynamic instability of mitotic microtubules, the immunological synapse, neutrophil motility in a 3D matrix, and embryogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster. The results provide a visceral reminder of the beauty and the complexity of living systems.

Indexed as

AnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCell CommunicationDrosophila melanogasterEmbryonic Stem CellsEmbryo, NonmammalianImaging, Three-DimensionalMiceMicroscopyMolecular ImagingSpheroids, Cellular

Identifiers

PMID25342811
PMCPMC4336192

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