Tools

Tools we use

Microscopy is central to our work — combined with custom image analysis in MATLAB and Python.

Microscope setup in the lab
Optical setup in the lab

Techniques

IRM

Interference Reflection Microscopy

TIRF

Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence

CLSM

Confocal microscopy

OT

Optical trapping

STED

Stimulated Emission Depletion super-resolution microscopy

FLIM

Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging

Model systems

What we put under the microscope

  • HeLa
  • CHO
  • C2C12
  • N2A cells
  • RBCs
  • Plasma membrane spheres
  • Myotubes
  • Keratocytes from Auratus cichlids
Time-lapse movie from the lab