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The Imaging Facility at the MPI-IE maintains a diverse park of advanced light microscopes and software, permitting the acquisition and analysis of images of various live and fixed objects of interest, from sub-diffraction (super-resolution) to whole-organ scales. You find a selection below.

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Head of an adult zebrafish

3D reconstruction of cleared adult zebrafish head. Lightsheet Z1 microscope.

Mitochondrial network

Fragment of mitochondrial network in mammalian cell. Conventional epifluorescence (left) and STORM super-resolution (right) images. Elyra PS1 microscope.

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Kidney of a mouse

Fragment of cleared murine kidney. Nuclei staining (magenta) and autofluorescence (green). Lightsheet Z1 microscope.

Fruit fly egg chamber

3D reconstruction of fruit fly (Drosophila) egg chamber.

Mammalian mitochondria

SIM super-resolution image of mitochondria (magenta) and mitochondrial DNA (green) in a mammalian cell. Elyra PS1 microscope.

Mitochondrial DNA

Cultured mammalian cells with stained mitochondrial DNA (green). Laser scanning confocal microscope.

Mouse thymus

3D reconstruction of a cleared murine thymus. Lightsheet Z1 microscope.

Beat heart of a zebrafish embryo