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ArticleNature biotechnology2024

Reflective multi-immersion microscope objectives inspired by the Schmidt telescope.

Fabian F Voigt, Anna Maria Reuss, Thomas Naert, Sven Hildebrand, Martina Schaettin, Adriana L Hotz, Lachlan Whitehead, Armin Bahl, Stephan C F Neuhauss, Alard Roebroeck and 4 more

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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14 authors.

Fabian F VoigtBrain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. fvoigt@fas.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7108-2176
Anna Maria ReussNeuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Thomas NaertInstitute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Sven HildebrandDepartment of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology & Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Martina SchaettinNeuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Adriana L HotzNeuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Lachlan WhiteheadWalter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4388-9642
Armin BahlCentre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7591-5860
Stephan C F NeuhaussNeuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9615-480X
Alard RoebroeckDepartment of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology & Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Esther T StoeckliNeuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8485-0648
Soeren S LienkampInstitute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2963-6865
Adriano AguzziNeuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0344-6708
Fritjof HelmchenBrain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8867-9569

Funding

Multi-area two-photon microscopy for revealing long-distance communication between multiple local brain circuitsU01NS090475 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH · PI HELMCHEN, FRITJOF · 2014 to 2016
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NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS090475
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Imaging large, cleared samples requires microscope objectives that combine a large field of view (FOV) with a long working distance (WD) and a high numerical aperture (NA). Ideally, such objectives should be compatible with a wide range of immersion media, which is challenging to achieve with conventional lens-based objective designs. Here we introduce the multi-immersion 'Schmidt objective' consisting of a spherical mirror and an aspherical correction plate as a solution to this problem. We demonstrate that a multi-photon variant of the Schmidt objective is compatible with all homogeneous immersion media and achieves an NA of 1.08 at a refractive index of 1.56, 1.1-mm FOV and 11-mm WD. We highlight its versatility by imaging cleared samples in various media ranging from air and water to benzyl alcohol/benzyl benzoate, dibenzyl ether and ethyl cinnamate and by imaging of neuronal activity in larval zebrafish in vivo. In principle, the concept can be extended to any imaging modality, including wide-field, confocal and light-sheet microscopy.

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TelescopesAnimalsImmersionMicroscopyZebrafish

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PMCPMC10791577

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