New Microscope Shows Cells in 3-D (IMAGE)

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New Microscope Shows Cells in 3-D

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A projection of a mouse C2C12 nucleus at prophase created with 3D-SIM. Condensed chromosomes (stained with DAPI; shown in red) are visible in high detail, surrounded by the nuclear lamina (Lamin B inmmunofluorescensce, green), which is becoming visibly distorted and punctured by the forming mitotic spindle. This image relates to an article that appeared in the June 6, 2008, issue of Science , published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Lothar Schermelleh and colleagues at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich in Planegg-Martinsried, Germany was titled "Subdiffraction Multicolor Imaging of the Nuclear Periphery with 3-D Structured Illumination Microscopy."

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Image courtesy of Lothar Schermelleh and Peter Carlton

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