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ArticleChemical & biomedical imaging2026

Single-Step Expansion SMLM Enables Molecular-Resolution Imaging in Cells and Isolated Proteins.

Danush Taban, Marvin Jungblut, Made Budiarta, Dominic A Helmerich, Cerridwen Kiesel, Sarah E Plutkis, Luke D Lavis, Donatus Krah, Ali H Shaib, Sören Doose and 4 more

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Article in Chemical & biomedical imaging, 2026. 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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Danush TabanDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg 97074, Germany.
Marvin JungblutRudolf Virchow Center, Research Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging, University of Würzburg, Würzburg 97074, Germany.
Made BudiartaRudolf Virchow Center, Research Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging, University of Würzburg, Würzburg 97074, Germany.
Dominic A HelmerichDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg 97074, Germany.
Cerridwen KieselDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg 97074, Germany.
Sarah E PlutkisJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, Virginia 20147, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1822-0466
Luke D LavisJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, Virginia 20147, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0789-6343
Donatus KrahDepartment of Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen 37073, Germany.
Ali H ShaibDepartment of Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen 37073, Germany.
Sören DooseDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg 97074, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6983-1182
Philip KollmannsbergerDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg 97074, Germany.
Silvio O RizzoliDepartment of Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen 37073, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1667-7839
Gerti BeliuRudolf Virchow Center, Research Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging, University of Würzburg, Würzburg 97074, Germany.
Markus SauerDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg 97074, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1692-3219

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Expansion microscopy (ExM) enables nanoscale fluorescence imaging on standard microscopes, but its combination with single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) remains challenging due to the incompatibility of expanded hydrogels with photoswitching buffers. Here, we introduce a single-step expansion microscopy approach that enables SMLM using spontaneously blinking dyes in 6-14× expanded samples, without re-embedding or buffer exchange. Using this approach, we achieve nanometer-scale spatial resolution by resolving the organization of the nuclear pore complex and the molecular structure of recombinant homotrimeric proliferating cell nuclear antigen.

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expansion microscopymolecular resolutionsingle-molecule localization microscopyspontaneously blinking dyessuper-resolution microscopy

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PMCPMC13417522

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