Getting to Know Expansion Microscopy
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Blog Post
Published
June 20, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
...of an objective you have, you can’t resolve two points within ~250 nm of each other. For reference, individual...most SRM techniques also require specialized instruments and technical expertise, limiting their accessibility...relative positions, allowing you to resolve individual points with a conventional, diffraction-limited light ..., ExM protocols utilize relatively inexpensive reagents and are readily adoptable by labs already familiar...will link biomolecules to the gel and add gel components to polymerize.
Step 3: digest the sample to allow... “super-resolution” technique that uses common reagents, straightforward protocols, and standard microscopes...isotropic expansion depends on how well the gel components penetrate the sample, how well the gel polymerizes...