Live Cell Super-Resolution Imaging Research Team

Subjects「Development of High-speed and High-resolution Live Imaging Microscopy That Is Needed for Membrane Traffic Research」

Development of High-speed and High-resolution Live Imaging Microscopy That Is Needed for Membrane Traffic Research

The SCLIM (super-resolution confocal live imaging microscopy) system we developed enables true live imaging of membrane trafficking, which involves very high-speed movement of very small vesicles. Our SCLIM2M model comprises high-speed spinning-disk confocal scanner (2000 frames/sec), high-speed Z-axis drive controller (no intervals), 3-color simultaneous spectroscopic unit (green, red and infrared), cooled high-S/N image intensifiers (106-fold amplification), and high-speed and high-precision CMOS cameras (4 million pixels, 1000 frames/sec). By photon counting and Gaussian fitting to remove most of noises and by a novel deconvolution algorithm based on probability calculation we developed, it achieves resolutions at 20 volumes/sec in time and at < 80 nm in space.

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