RyR MINFLUX study in Nature Communications

MINFLUX Nat Comm

We have just published a paper in Nature Communications, MINFLUX microscopy resolves subunits of the cardiac ryanodine receptor and its 3D orientation in cells.

MINFLUX microscopy resolves subunits of the cardiac ryanodine receptor

We present purely optical data of RyR2 distribution with sub-molecular resolution by applying 3D MINFLUX microscopy. Using …

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Paper out in ACS Photonics

ACS Photonics

We have just published a paper in ASC Photonics, Optimizing Effective Labeling Efficiency in MINFLUX 3D DNA-PAINT Microscopy by Maximizing Marker Detection Probability.

Optimizing Effective Labeling Efficiency in MINFLUX 3D DNA-PAINT

The gist is that we noticed needing considerable imaging time to exhaustively image the markers in densely labeled samples …

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Easier PYME install available

PYME

PYME and PYME-extra now fully pip installable

For users mainly interested in the stable releases of python-microscopy and PYME-extra for usage as is we now recommend a pip based install.

We highly recommend installing into a fresh virtual environment as can be generated with conda and related tools:

  1. if you …

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MINFLUX microscope installed

The new MINFLUX super-resolution microscope has been installed!

MINFLUX microscope

The brand new Abberior Super-resolution microscope is now installed in the Department of Physiology, Uni Bern.

MINFLUX microscope install combo

Everything arrived in 3 massive crates and after a little bit of sweating we got the breadboard with all optics assembled already on it into the …

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MINFLUX microscope for Physiology and Uni Bern

A new MINFLUX super-resolution microscope is coming to Physiology Bern!

MINFLUX microscope

The top image shows the Abberior Super-resolution microscope that enables fluorescence imaging with truly molcular resolution. The panel below shows proteins that are part of the nuclear pore complex (NPC) and exhibits the very high 3D resolution of the MINFLUX …

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Our laboratory is moving to Switzerland

We are moving!

Physiology Bern

Our lab is moving to the Department of Physiology @unibern with effect from 1 October 2021. We are excited to link up with our new colleagues and will also maintain strong connections with @LSI_Exeter which has been a superb place to work over the past few years …

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PhD award ceremony for Carl and Toby

Carl, Toby, CS academic regalia

Last Friday we had the December 2019 graduation ceremony which included the awards ceremony for Carl Harrison and Tobias Lutz who both completed their PhDs in 2019. It was great to see Carl and Toby again, this time in fancy attire and stylish hats.

Pictures from the awards ceremony

Alex, Carl, Anna, Toby, CS

Anna …

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PhD Opportunities for 2020 - apply now

PhD Overview pic

We have several PhD studentship openings for 2020. Applications are open now! Please get in touch if you have any questions about these projects. For further project details see our openings page

BBSRC funded PhD on Protein Cluster Biophysics and Super-Resolution Imaging

Deadline: 2nd December 2019
Title: Effects of clustering …

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