Super-Resolution Imaging in Biomedicine

Alberto Diaspro, Ph.D, is a professor of applied physics and head of the Nanophysics Unit of the Italian Institute of Technology. He also founded the Laboratory for Advanced Microscopy, Bioimaging, and Spectroscopy (LAMBS).Marc A.M.J. van Zandvoort, Ph.D, is the leader of the Two-Photon Core Facility in Aachen and head of the Advanced Microscopy Unit in the Department of Genetics and Cell Biology at Maastricht University, Netherlands.

• Overview of Super-Resolution Technologies. Introduction to the Main Techniques - (F)PALM/(d)STORM, STED, SIM. Super-Resolution Imaging of Single Molecules. Image Processing for Super-Resolution. Super-Resolution Fluorescent Probes. The Methods. Principles and Techniques for STED; SIM/SSIM; SOFI. Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy - PALM, (F)PALM, (d)STORM): Principles, Probes, and Algorithms. Principles and Techniques for SPDM; GSDIM. Applications in Biology and Medicine. Synaptic Protein Distributions Studied with (d)STORM/(F)PALM. Studies of Chromosomal Organization at Super Resolution. Nanoscale Organization of RNA Polymerase Using PALM. Super-Resolution Microscopy of Protein Machines in Bacteria. Super-Resolution Microscopy of Living Biological Nanostructures. SIM for the Study of Mitochondrial Dynamics in 3D. Neurobiological Applications Using STED. STED in HIV Research. Super-Resolution Imaging in Cardiovascular Research. Quantitative Super-Resolution Imaging of Proteins.

"an outstanding book suitable for people with interests in the biomedical applications of super-resolution microscopy…. The chapter on structured-light microscopy is another gem, with its exposition of theory, instrumentation and limitations. The warning of artifacts in the specimen preparation, the image acquisition, as well as image analysis and interpretation, permeate the book’s content…. The figures are all high quality" –Optics & Photonics News (Mar 2017), review by Barry R. Masters