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ArticleNature biotechnology2026

Spatial transcriptomic imaging of an intact organism using volumetric DNA microscopy.

Nianchao Qian, Joshua A Weinstein

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Next-generation molecular imaging of cardiac fibrosis.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2026
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  4. A Guide for Spatial Omics Technologies: Innovation, Evaluation, and Application.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nianchao QianDepartment of Medicine, Section of Genetic Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2819-4746
Joshua A WeinsteinDepartment of Medicine, Section of Genetic Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. jaweinst@uchicago.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0103-9738

Funding

DNA microscopy for spatially resolved genomic analyses in intact tissueR01HG009276 · NHGRI · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI ZHANG, FENG · 2016 to 2019
$4.9M
Volumetric spatial-genetic imaging with DNA microscopyR35GM143017 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI WEINSTEIN, JOSHUA · 2021 to 2025
$2.0M
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation (Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation) Runyon-Rachleff Innovation AwardGordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation) Moore Inventor FellowshipNational Science Foundation (NSF) NSF-2121044NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG009276NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM143017U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) NIH-1R35GM143017-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lymphatic, nervous and tumor tissues exhibit complex physiology arising from three-dimensional interactions within genetically unique microenvironments. Here we develop a technology capable of volumetrically imaging transcriptomes, genotypes and morphologies in a single measurement, without relying on prior knowledge of spatial organization or genetic sequences. Our method extends DNA microscopy into three dimensions at scales involving 10

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DNAGene Expression ProfilingImaging, Three-DimensionalMicroscopyTranscriptomeAnimalsEmbryo, NonmammalianZebrafishDNA

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