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ArticleBiophysical reports2025

Open-source 3D active sample stabilization for fluorescence microscopy.

Sanket Patil, Giuseppe Vicidomini, Eli Slenders

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Article in Biophysical reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Sanket PatilMolecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy (MMS), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy; Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Giuseppe VicidominiMolecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy (MMS), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
Eli SlendersMolecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy (MMS), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy. Electronic address: eli.slenders@iit.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Super-resolution microscopy has enabled imaging at nanometer-scale resolution. However, achieving this level of detail without introducing artifacts that could mislead data interpretation requires maintaining sample stability throughout the entire imaging acquisition. This process can range from a few seconds to several hours, particularly when combining live-cell imaging with super-resolution techniques. Here, we present a three-dimensional active sample stabilization system based on real-time tracking of fiducial markers. To ensure broad accessibility, the system is designed using readily available off-the-shelf optical and photonic components. Additionally, the accompanying software is open source and written in Python, facilitating adoption and customization by the community. We achieve a standard deviation of the sample movement within 1 nm in both the lateral and axial directions for a duration in the range of hours. Our approach allows easy integration into existing microscopes, not only making prolonged super-resolution microscopy more accessible but also allowing confocal and widefield live-cell imaging experiments spanning hours or even days.

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Imaging, Three-DimensionalHumansMicroscopy, FluorescenceSoftware

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PMID40254224
PMCPMC12124610

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