10 December 2024
Simple Fix
Treating whole samples for study, such as embryos, whole organisms, dissected or cultured tissues, with the well-known cell sample fixative glutaraldehyde enhances autofluorescence – the natural emission of light from some cell components – revealing structural details in 3D
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- Image from work by Miika Niemeläinen and Anna-Mari Haapanen-Saaristo, and colleagues
- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
- Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Published in and on the cover of Biology Open, November 2024
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