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Super-resolved fluorescence imaging utilising accessible stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (easySTORM) implemented on a low-cost, modular open-source (openFrame) microscope
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MST 2024 accepted manuscript.pdf (1.87 MB)
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Author(s)
Bharadwaj, Anupam
Kumar, Amalesh
Kalita, Ranjan
MITRA, RUMELA
Sharma, Amit
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Optical super-resolution microscope is a powerful tool for the life sciences, including cell biology and pathology yielding information on, e.g. biological structure and protein distribution in the nano-scale range. In recent years, there has been an exponential rise in the interest to apply super-resolution microscopes in diverse areas, but its wider utility is hindered by the cost of purchasing and maintaining super-resolved microscopes. In this paper we present the implementation of easySTORM, an accessible implementation of stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), India, in a flexible, user friendly and cost-effective manner using a state-of-the-art, modular, open-source, optical microscope platform called: 'openFrame'. Providing comparable imaging performance to commercial optical super-resolution microscopes, the openFrame-based implementation of easySTORM uses in-expensive multimode diode lasers and industry grade CMOS cameras, and the open-source and modular nature of the instrument makes it easy to maintain and to upgrade. To demonstrate its successful implementation at IITG, we image quantum dots and actin-tubulin structure in both normal and cancer cells, resolved features separated by a few tens of nanometers. This work demonstrates that openFrame-enabled easySTORM instrumentation can be widely accessible to provide affordable, research grade super-resolution microscopy capability for academic and medical research.
Date Issued
2024-12
Date Acceptance
2024-09-02
Citation
Measurement Science and Technology, 2024, 35 (12)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/114959
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ad761b
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ad761b
ISSN
0957-0233
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Journal / Book Title
Measurement Science and Technology
Volume
35
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2024 IOP Publishing Ltd. This is the author’s accepted manuscript made available under a CC-BY licence in accordance with Imperial’s Research Publications Open Access policy (www.imperial.ac.uk/oa-policy)
License URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ad761b
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
125402
Date Publish Online
2024-09-12
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