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ArticleNature photonics2025

Multispectral live-cell imaging with uncompromised spatiotemporal resolution.

Akaash Kumar, Kerrie E McNally, Yuexuan Zhang, Alex Haslett-Saunders, Xinru Wang, Jordi Guillem-Marti, David Lee, Buwei Huang, Sjoerd Stallinga, Robert R Kay and 3 more

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Article in Nature photonics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Dual-Channel Event Microscopy for Ultrafast Biological Imaging.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Akaash KumarMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0009-0008-0880-1917
Kerrie E McNallyMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2376-3003
Yuexuan ZhangMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0009-0003-8672-0745
Alex Haslett-SaundersMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
Xinru WangInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA.
Jordi Guillem-MartiInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0307-2221
David LeeInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA.
Buwei HuangInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA.
Sjoerd StallingaDepartment of Imaging Physics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4978-3272
Robert R KayMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9836-7967
David BakerInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA.
Emmanuel DeriveryMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3927-5944
James D MantonMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9260-3156

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multispectral imaging is an established method to extend the number of colours usable in fluorescence imaging beyond the typical limit of three or four. However, standard approaches are poorly suited to live-cell imaging owing to the need to separate light into many spectral channels, and unmixing algorithms struggle with low signal-to-noise ratio data. Here we introduce an approach for multispectral imaging in live cells that comprises an iterative spectral unmixing algorithm and eight-channel camera-based image-acquisition hardware. This enables the accurate unmixing of low signal-to-noise ratio datasets captured at video rates, while maintaining diffraction-limited spatial resolution. We use this approach on a commercial spinning-disk confocal microscope and a home-built oblique-plane light-sheet microscope to image one to seven spectrally distinct fluorophore species simultaneously, using both fluorescent protein fusions and small-molecule dyes. We further develop protein-binding proteins (minibinders), labelled with organic fluorophores, and use these in combination with our multispectral imaging approach to study the endosomal trafficking of cell-surface receptors at endogenous levels.

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PMID41048459
PMCPMC12488498

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