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Illustration showing origami tardigrade, fungi and bacteria.

Magnifying Curiosity with a Pocket Microscope

Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Sep 8, 2023 | 5 min read

Microscopes were inaccessible to most of the world until Manu Prakash and Jim Cybulski put their engineering prowess to the test.

Infographic showing the difference between the classic MINFLUX and the updated MINFLUX

A New Kind of MINFLUX

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | Sep 1, 2023 | 1 min read

MINFLUX brought record-breaking resolution to fluorescence microscopy in 2016. A new version perfected for protein tracking came out this spring.

Discover How CF® Dyes Let Scientists Delve Deeper into Biological Phenomena

CF^® Dyes: Clearer Fluorescent Results

Biotium | 1 min read

CF^® Dyes combine pegylation and sulfonation to create fluorescent dyes with better signal intensity, more solubility, and superior specificity.

Infographic showing a new way to assess antibiotic effectiveness based on how much bacteria jiggle

Jiggling Bacteria Reveal Antibiotic Resistance

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | Jul 5, 2023 | 1 min read

Finding an effective antibiotic against an infection can easily take 24 hours. Faster testing could save lives and help doctors avoid broad-spectrum antibiotics, which can foster resistance.

A Complete Brain Wiring Map

Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Jul 5, 2023 | 2 min read

Scientists developed new tools for brain reconstruction and analysis to create and characterize a complete brain wiring map of the fruit fly larva for the first time.

A blood sample containing white and red blood cells.

Enhancing Cell Morphology-Based Analysis

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team and Deepcell | 3 min read

Learn how the latest AI-driven technology uses morphology to comprehensively analyze and sort cell populations.

Illustration of newly discovered mechanism allowing kinesin to “walk” down a microtubule. A green kinesin molecule with an attached yellow fluorophore is shown passing through a blue laser as it rotates step by step along a red and purple microtubule, fueled by blue ATP molecules that are hydrolyzed into orange ADP and phosphate groups.

High-Resolution Microscope Watches Proteins Strut Their Stuff

Holly Barker, PhD | Mar 31, 2023 | 3 min read

Modification on a high-resolution fluorescent microscopy technique allow researchers to track the precise movements of motor proteins.

A normal human liver organoid (left) stained with blue and red next to a fatty liver organoid (right) with lipid droplets stained yellow.

Working Together to Battle Fatty Liver Disorders

Niki Spahich, PhD | Mar 24, 2023 | 6 min read

Benedetta Artegiani and Delilah Hendriks formed a joint laboratory group to understand disease mechanisms and treatments through organoid models.

Visualizing apoptosis in a DU-145 cancer cell

Observing Cells in Their Natural State with Digital Holographic Cytometry

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team and Phase Holographic Imaging | 3 min read

Technological and engineering advances let researchers delve deeper into cell function and behavior in physiological and pathological settings.

Discover a new way to analyze tissue samples

Diving Deeper into Tissue Samples with Spatial Context

Canopy Biosciences | Mar 15, 2023 | 1 min read

Scientists developed a standardized multiplex immunohistochemistry and RNA in situ hybridization protocol using ChipCytometry^TM.

A photo of a dish in which cells, which look like small dots, have been enlarged and stained to make them visible to the naked eye.

New Swelling Technique Makes Cells Visible to the Naked Eye

Kamal Nahas, PhD | Jan 19, 2023 | 4 min read

A new technique, called Unclearing Microscopy, physically inflates and then stains cells to circumvent the need for expensive microscopes.

Finding CAR T Cells in Solid Tumors by Single-Cell Resolution

Finding CAR T Cells in Solid Tumors at Single-Cell Resolution

The Scientist Creative Services Team in collaboration with Miltenyi Biotec | 1 min read

Rita Pfeifer will discuss visualizing and quantifying CAR T-cell infiltration into solid tumors with 3-D light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM).

2022 Top 10 Innovations

The Scientist Staff | Dec 12, 2022 | 10+ min read

This year’s crop of winning products features many with a clinical focus and others that represent significant advances in sequencing, single-cell analysis, and more.