Imaging the brain at multiple size scales
New technique can reveal subcellular details and long-range connections.
Cell squeezing enhances protein imaging
Compressing cells allows delivery of new fluorescent tags to track proteins in living cells.
New microscope creates near-real-time videos of nanoscale processes
Instrument scans images 2,000 times faster than commercial models.
Protein imaging reveals detailed brain architecture
New technique could contribute to efforts to map the human brain.
Automating single-molecule image studies
MIT physics graduate student James Owen Andrews is developing software to improve dynamic image capture from super-resolution fluorescent microscopes.
Faculty Highlight: Ibrahim Cissé
Assistant professor of physics probes the formation of enzyme clusters that enable gene copying and protein production in living cells.
Diamonds could help bring proteins into focus
New technique could use tiny diamond defects to reveal unprecedented detail of molecular structures.
Illuminating neuron activity in 3-D
New technique allows scientists to monitor the entire nervous system of a small worm.
Cells get ready for their close-up
New microscopy technique captures 3-D images of cells as they flow through a microfluidic channel.
Promoting passage through mucus
Molecular charges affect peptide transport, MIT postdoc Leon Li demonstrates
New kind of microscope uses neutrons
Device could open up new areas of research on materials and biological samples at tiny scales.
Seeing through silicon
New microscopy technique allows scientists to visualize cells through the walls of silicon microfluidic devices.
Watching tumors burst through a blood vessel
A microfluidic platform provides a high-resolution view of a crucial step in cancer metastasis.
A new glow for electron microscopy
Protein-labeling technique allows high-resolution visualization of molecules inside cells.