Cellular imaging articles from across Nature Portfolio

This study demonstrates that co-clustering of the EphB6 receptor tyrosine pseudokinase with its ephrinB1 ligand on neighboring cells promotes formation of intercellular tubules. This stabilizes cell-cell adhesion and reduces cancer cell invasion.

Generation of an endogenous Cyp1a1 luciferase reporter mouse model to dynamically and longitudinally visualize AHR activity throughout lifespan and in response to ligand exposure, reveals prolonged AHR activation in the lung.

Volume electron microscopy (vEM) generates large 3D volumes of cells or tissues at nanoscale resolutions, enabling analyses of organelles in their cellular environment. Here, we provide examples of vEM in cell biology and discuss community efforts to develop standards in sample preparation and image acquisition for enhanced reproducibility and data reuse.

The exceptionally photostable green fluorescent protein StayGold has been monomerized in different laboratories, which has generated three unique monomeric variants that will enable new imaging applications.

Using in vivo imaging in zebrafish, we unveiled critical components (PSD-95, gephyrin and neuroligin-3) and dynamic properties of synapses between neurons and oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPC). Furthermore, we showed that neuron–OPC synapses have a pivotal role in regulating OPC development and CNS myelination.

The heartbreak of losing a mentor or a colleague to illness can be part of a researcher’s life.

We introduce GelMap, a flexible workflow for reporting deformations and anisotropy in expansion microscopy. By intrinsically calibrating the expansion hydrogel using a fluorescent grid that scales with expansion and deforms with anisotropy, GelMap enables the reliable quantification of expansion factors and correction of deformations.