Title: LCAM-FEBS Advanced course “Functional imaging”Date: 9-15 June 2024Location: LCAM-FNWI, -NKI & -AMCContact: Mark HinkPrevious editions: 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 & In the Footsteps of van Leeuwenhoek (bi-annual)Sponsor: Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Introduction: The ability of cells to …
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Fluorescent proteins are widely used in biological research to make all kinds of cell types or structures visible. Think of, for example, stem cells or proteins related to cancer. A research team from the University of Amsterdam, led by …
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ELMI 2023 will be organized in the Netherlands, exactly 300 years after the Dutch microscopist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek performed his last microscopy observations. And earlier this week NL-BioImaging received funding for a fully integrated advanced light microscopy infrastructure! LCAM is …
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) announced on 20 February that the NL-BioImaging consortium will receive major funding from the National Roadmap programme. The Leeuwenhoek Center for Advanced Microscopy (LCAM), a collaboration between the University of Amsterdam and the Antoni van …
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In 2023 it will be 300 years after Antoni van Leeuwenhoek died at the age of 90 after a life full of wonder, observations and discoveries. The story of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek deserves a large audience. You could say that …
The vacuolar lumen of most plant cells is mildly acidic as compared to the surrounding cytoplasm, which is nearly neutral. In some plant tissues, however, vacuoles are extremely acidic. A few years ago, blue petunia flower mutants failing to hyper-acidify …
Pathogens use effector proteins to manipulate their hosts. During infection of tomato the fungus Fusarium oxysporum secretes the effectors Avr2 and Six5. Whereas Avr2 suffices to trigger I-2-mediated cell death in heterologous systems, both effectors are required for I-2-mediated disease …
Researchers succeeded for the first time in mapping protein-protein interactions in living developing plant roots. The findings of the international team of the department of Plant Developmental Biology at Wageningen University and Research, the section of Molecular Cytology at the …
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The performance of Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) biosensors depends on brightness and photostability, which are dependent on the characteristics of the fluorescent proteins that are employed. Yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) is often used as an acceptor but YFP is …
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In biological research, fluorescent proteins (FPs) are widely used in fluorescence microscopy. FPs are genetically encoded fluorophores, which are produced by cells after a noninvasive transfection. These proteins are utilized as markers and bio-sensors to study biological processes in living …