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Emerging fluorescence technology to study the spatial and temporal dynamics of molecules within living cells

演題 Emerging fluorescence technology to study the spatial and temporal dynamics of molecules within living cells
講演者 Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz(NICHD, NIH, USA)
使用言語 English
日時 2012年8月27日(月曜日) 11:00~12:00
場所 大セミナー室
内容
Emerging visualization technologies are playing an increasingly important role in the study of numerous aspects of cell biology, capturing processes at the level of whole organisms down to single molecules. Recent developments in probes, techniques, microscopes and quantification are dramatically expanding the areas of productive imaging. Photoactivatable fluorescent proteins (PA-FPs) have been particular fruitful in this regard. They become bright and visible upon being exposed to a pulse of UV light. This allows selected populations of proteins to be pulse-labeled and tracked over time. Used for in cellulo pulse chase experiments, the PA-FPs have helped clarify mechanisms for biogenesis, targeting, and maintenance of organelles as separate identities within cells. PA-FPs have further permitted the development of single molecule-based superresolution (SR) imaging, which dramatically improves the spatial resolution of light microscopy by over an order of magnitude (~10-20 nm resolution). Involving the controlled activation and sampling of sparse subsets of photoconvertible fluorescent molecules, single molecule SR imaging offers exciting possibilities for obtaining molecule scale information on biological events occurring at variable time scales. Here, I discuss the new fluorescent imaging techniques and the ways they are helping researchers navigate through the cell to unravel long-standing biological questions.

References
(1) An evolving paradigm for the secretory pathway?  Mol Biol Cell: 22, 3929-3932 (2011)
(2) Bridging structure and process in developmental biology through new imaging technologies. Dev Cell 21, 5-10 (2011)
問合せ先 動物細胞工学
河野 憲二 (kkouno@bs.naist.jp)

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