Movie through a confocal TIMEBOW 3D image stack of a pollen grain (z-coordinate is animated).

SARS-CoV2 ("Corona", magenta, abberior STAR RED) and cellular actin (green, abberior STAR ORANGE Phalloidin) in VeroE6 infected cells.

Copyright: MDVA team/CNRS Montpellier, France (D. Muriaux, C. Favard, M.-P. Blanchard @MRI)

Vero cell, vimentin is labeled with abberior STAR RED. Note how in areas, where vimentin is thick, MATRIX removes background, while keeping the fibers in the foreground intact.

Actin stain of mouse inner ear hair cells using abberior STAR RED phalloidin. Zoom in for full effect.

Samples were prepared by Dr. Christian Vogl, InnerEarLab, UMG Göttingen, Germany.

Nuclear pores with EASY3D STED. Background removal with MATRIX is particularly advantageous with 3D-STED.

Four xy-planes from a volume stack recording of nuclear pore complexes (NUPs). With MATRIX, nuclear pores that are not in focus are effectively removed from the image.

Cultured mammalian cells (NUP, Giantin, and Vimentin, labeled with abberior STAR RED, STAR ORANGE, STAR GREEN). Out-of-focus contributions of all three types of structures is effectively removed and section is improved.

Two proteins in the Golgi apparatus were immunolabelled using primary antibodies specific for GM130 and Giantin and secondary antibodies coupled to abberior STAR 580 and abberior STAR 635P. Shown is RAW DATA. Images were acquired using a STEDYCON attached to a Zeiss Axio Imager Z2.

Vero cells, Vimentin (green, abberior STAR Red) and Phalloidin (white, abberior STAR Orange)

Centrosome linker. U2OS cells in which the centrosome-linker-protein rootletin was immunolabelled using secondary antibodies coupled to abberior STAR RED. The sample was prepared by R. Vlijm at MPI for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany. Imaged with abberior Instruments’ STEDYCON and deconvolved with SVI Huygens optimized for STEDYCON.

Primary hippocampal neurons with cytoskeleton proteins labeled (magenta, alpha-Adducin, abberior STAR 635P and green, ßII spectrin, Alexa 594). Imaged with abberior Instruments’ STEDYCON and deconvolved with SVI Huygens optimized for STEDYCON.

Maximum intensity projection of a z-stack showing nuclear pore complex protein (red, abberior STAR RED) and peroxisomes (cyan, Alexa 594) in mammalian cells. Imaged with abberior Instruments’ STEDYCON and deconvolved with SVI Huygens optimized for STEDYCON.

Actin in microvilli of Caco2 cells. Fixed cells were stained with abberior STAR RED phalloidin. MATRIX detection removes background signal and dramatically improves optical sectioning for 2D-STED.

Samples by Prof. Dorothee Günzel & Roman Mannweiler, Institut für Klinische Physiologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

Body wall preparation of a 3rd instar Drosophila melanogaster larva. Synapses at the neuromuscular junction are visualized by immunostaining against Bruchpilot (Brp), an integral component of active zones in Drosophila. Images were acquired on a STEDYCON attached to an Olympus IX81. Images were kindly provided by Dr. Nadine Ehmann, Institute of Physiology, Neurophysiology, University of Würzburg.

Pollen autofluorescence imaged with a STEDYCON on an IX83 microscope frame. z-stacks on 95 tiles were acquired and stitched with SVI Huygens.

Immunolabelling of βIV-spectrin, a scaffolding protein of the axon initial segment, using a self-made primary antibody and Alexa 594 secondary antibody. Cryo-section of mouse neocortex cut at 20 µm. Images were acquired using a STEDYCON attached to a Zeiss AxioImager Z2. The sample was kindly provided by Dr. Maren Engelhardt, Institute of Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University.

Confocal imaging of a large sample region. Shown is a 2.8 mm x 2.5 mm region, acquired using 35 by 29 tiles using the STEADYFOCUS and stitched with SVI Huygens. Sample: mammalian cells immunolabelled for the mitochondrial protein TOM20 (abberior STAR RED, red), double-stranded DNA to visualize mitochondrial DNA (abberior STAR ORANGE, green), phalloidin to label F-actin (abberior STAR GREEN, gray), and DAPI to label nuclei. Sample preparation by abberior GmbH.

TIMEBOW image of tubulin labeled with Atto647N and vimentin labeled with abberior STAR 635P. The two labels (Atto647N and abberior STAR 635P) have the same excitation spectra, but different lifetimes. Tubulin (red, short lifetime) and vimentin (green, long lifetime) can successfully be separated in the TIMEBOW STED recording via their lifetimes.

TIMEBOW image of mammalian cells labeled with antibodies against Tom20, ATTO 647N and NUP153, abberior STAR 635P. Note that nuclear pore (NUP) complex subunits appear to be localized in the cytoplasm, which is due to the NUP import pathway into the nuclear membrane.

TIMEBOW lifetime image of pollen.

TIMEBOW confocal and TIMEBOW STED image of mammalian cells labeled with antibodies against lamin, ATTO 647N and dsDNA, abberior STAR 635P.

2D tracking of a lipid-coupled Atto 647N molecule embedded in a supported lipid bilayer. The movement of the labeled lipid was tracked with a frequency of up to 10 kHz.

2D MINFLUX imaging of the cytoskeletal protein vimentin. Vimentin was labeled with Alexa Fluor 647 in fixed mammalian cells using indirect immunofluorescence. Note the individual filaments at intersections are invisible in the confocal image.

2D MINFLUX imaging of the peroxisomal membrane protein PMP70 labeled with Alexa Fluor 647 in fixed mammalian cells using indirect immunofluorescence

Two-color confocal and MINFLUX images of Tom20 (green) and mitochondrial DNA (red) stained with sCy5 and CF680 in mammalian cells using indirect immunolabeling. The two fluorophores were distinguished by ratiometric detection strategy. Note the dissimilar labeling density of the two imaged structures.

2D MINFLUX image of the mitochondrial import receptor Tom20 labeled with Alexa Fluor 647 in fixed mammalian cells using indirect immunolabeling.

MINFLUX image of axonal bII spectrin in primary hippocampal neurons with < 2 nm resolution. Note the periodic arrangement of spectrin along the axon, and the absence of any details in the confocal counterpart image.

Tom20 (red) and golgi (blue) in cultured mammalian cells.

Nuclear pore complex (green), Tom20 (red), and vimentin (white) in cultured mammalian cells.

Actin stain of mouse inner ear hair cells using abberior STAR RED phalloidin.

Samples were prepared by Dr. Christian Vogl, InnerEarLab, UMG Göttingen, Germany.

2-color 2D STED image of a cleared adult kidney sample of a rat. Shown is an image of a renal corpuscle showing Nephrin (red, abberior STAR 635P) structures inbetween the Podocin slits (green, AlexaFluor594).

Sample was prepared by D. Unnersjö Jess and H.G. Blom @ KTH Stockholm, Sweden.

4-color confocal image of mammalian cells (DAPI, Phalloidin, Tubulin, Tom20).

Growth cone at the tip of the axon of a primary hippocampal neuron at 1 day in vitro. Microtubules (Tuj1, abberior STAR 580, red) are bundled in the central-domain suggesting a pausing state. The molecular motor myosin IIB (confocal, Alexa488, blue) is enriched at the transition-zone, along the F-actin arcs. In the peripheral domain actin forms bundles in the filopodia (Phalloidin, abberior STAR 635, green). Sample courtesy: Elisa D'Este, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.

3-color STED image of primary hippocampal neurons. Please note the characteristic ~190 nm beta II spectrin periodicity along distal axons (green) which is only visible in the STED image. Labelled structures: beta II spectrin (green, abberior STAR 635P), Bassoon (red, abberior STAR 580), Actin cytoskeleton (blue, phalloidin, Oregon Green 488). Imaged with abberior Expert Line with 595nm and 775nm STED laser. Sample was prepared by Elisa D’Este @ MPIBPC, Göttingen.

3-color STED imaging: active zones at the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction immunostained for Bruchpilot and two other proteins.

Two superresolution channels (magenta, yellow) using a 775nm STED laser & one superresolution channel using a 595nm STED laser.

Samples by M. Lenz & M. Landgraf (University of Cambridge, UK).

Spherical aberrations arising from index mismatch between sample and immersion are corrected for, as well as higher-order, sample-induced aberrations.
Without Adaptive Optics, excitation laser power is typically increased with focus depth in order to compensate loss of signal due to aberrations. Adaptive Optics preserves resolution and brightness deep inside thick samples and enables imaging at low light levels.

Sample courtesy of Amelie Cabirol and Albrecht Haase, University of Trento.

Confocal acquisition of Convallaria rhizome (cross-section) with a 20x oil objective; 3 channels, maximum intensity projection. The image consists of 14 z-planes in 9 by 9 tile pattern comprising a total area of 3.2 mm x 3.2 mm, stitched using SVI Huygens. Shown is a maximum intensity projection.

Drosophila ovariole stained with abberior LIVE 560 DNA showing nuclei in different cell types of the egg chamber. Ovaries were dissected from adult female fruit flies and were fixed prior to staining.

Image was acquired with the STEDYCON tiling feature and assembled with the SVI Huygens Stitcher.

Drosophila ovariole stained with abberior LIVE 560 DNA showing nuclei in different cell types of the egg chamber. Ovaries were dissected from adult female fruit flies and were fixed prior to staining.

Image was acquired with the STEDYCON tiling feature and assembled with the SVI Huygens Stitcher.

Tiled and stitched image of drosophila testis. Sample by J. Rehman.

Drosophila ovariole stained with abberior STAR RED phalloidin (actin, red) and nuclear pores in STAR ORANGE (cyan) highlighting different cell types of the egg chamber.  Image was acquired with the STEDYCON tiling feature and assembled with the HYGENS stitcher

Drosophila ovariole stained with abberior LIVE 560 DNA, showing the different cell types of the egg chamber. The image was stitched using SVI Huygens.

3D superresolution volume image of active zones at the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction. Immunostaining for Bruchpilot and a second protein.

Recorded using EASY3D at 775nm. Samples by M. Lenz & M. Landgraf (University of Cambridge, UK).

Mouse inner ear hair cells imaged with superresolution in all three dimensions using EASY3D. Animation was generated directly from raw data. Actin stain (abberior STAR 580 phalloidin, blue) and Whirlin immunostain (abberior STAR 635P secondaries, yellow-red). Scalebar 1 µm.

Samples were prepared by Dr. Christian Vogl, InnerEarLab, UMG Göttingen, Germany.