Using a modern imaging technology known as cryo-electron microscopy, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have ...

Researchers reveal that mitochondria in photoreceptor cells align side-by-side via specialized tethers, enabling ...

Rather than being like battery chargers, mitochondria are more like the motherboard of the cell.

and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) are powerful techniques that allow scientists to better understand the intricacies of biology, providing atomic-level insights that reveal how viruses, proteins ...

enabling researchers to see the inner workings of cells in fine detail. Collectively called volume electron microscopy, or volume EM, these methods use electron microscopes to image thin layers of ...

Cell organelles. Structure and anatomy of a animal cell ... indicating the range of readily resolvable objects in the light and electron microscope. animal cell diagram stock illustrations Sizes of ...

The unit manages two transmission electron microscopes TEM (Hitachi HT7700 and Hitachi ... a powerful tool used to detect and localize single proteins within the cell and different organelles. It ...

More information: Karel Mocaer et al, Targeted volume correlative light and electron microscopy of an environmental marine microorganism, Journal of Cell Science (2023). DOI: 10.1242/jcs.

BESSY II's high-brilliance X-rays can be used to produce microscopic images with spatial resolution down to a few tens of nanometres. Whole cell volumes can be examined without the need for complex ...

Serial focussed ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB/SEM) enables imaging and assessment ... serial FIB/SEM is also a means to target specific structures in cells and tissues while maintaining ...

In the 20th century, electron microscopy offered even greater detail, revealing the elaborate structures within cells, including organelles like the endoplasmic reticulum, a complex network of ...

In the 20th century, electron microscopy offered even greater detail, revealing the elaborate structures within cells, including organelles like the endoplasmic reticulum, a complex network of ...