#3DSTED
#fluorescencefriday with centriolar rosettes in fixed RPE-1 cells, imaged confocal / with #3DSTED and #FLEXPOSURE adaptive illumination.
Labeling: CP110🟥(STAR RED), SAS-6🟦(STAR ORANGE).
Sample courtesy: Catherine Sullenberger & Jadranka Loncarek, Cancer Innovation Lab, NCI/CCR.
#superresolution
June 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
A cilium of a fixed RPE-1 cell, expanded and imaged with #3DSTED and #FLEXPOSURE adaptive illumination. CEP164 🟥 (STAR RED), acetylated tubulin+CCDC41 🟦 (STAR ORANGE).

Samples courtesy: Dong Kong & Jadranka Loncarek. Cancer Innovation Laboratory, NCI/CCR.
#ExM #superresolution #fluorescencefriday
July 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
#3DSTED volume of #Drosophila nephrocytes stained for Kirre🟦(STAR RED), nephrocyte diaphragm component (Neph1 homolog), and DAPI🟥. Light burden was reduced with #FLEXPOSURE adaptive illumination.
Sample courtesy: Konrad Lang, Freiburg Uni Medical Center, Germany
#fluorescencefriday #superresolution
September 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
#ExM #3DSTED for #fluorescencefriday:
#herpesvirus particles 4-5x expanded. Viral glycoprotein (🟨STAR RED) and tegument protein (🟦STAR 580) stained.
Don’t just expand your sample, expand your options with abberior dyes and STED!
Sample courtesy: Jannik Jensen & @bosse-lab.bsky.social
#virology
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Volume of mutant transmedulla neurons expressing membrane mCherry (🟦STAR RED) in adult #Drosophila brain. WT neurons labeled with GFP🟥. Isotropic #3DSTED with #MIRAVAPOLYSCOPE shows disorganized dendrites.
Thanks to Dr. Tzu-Yang Lin and Prof. Chi-Hon Lee (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) for the sample.
April 2, 2026 at 6:32 AM
#Drosophila brain stained for transmedulla neurons with abberior STAR RED🟨 and fixed GFP🟦. Compared to confocal imaging, #3DSTED reveals higher resolution, enabling tracing of ultra-fine dendritic structures.
Thanks to Dr. Tzu-Yang Lin and Prof. Chi-Hon Lee (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) for the sample.
March 31, 2026 at 8:49 AM
#HIV cracks the #nuclearporecomplex during passage😲
👉abberior #3DSTED was used to show that HIV capsids accumulate at nuclear pores of the host cell
👉abberior #STED was used to determine the exact localization of HIV capsid relative to the nuclear pore
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#superresolution #STEDmicroscopy #virology
In a great collaboration with @hummerlab.bsky.social and the Kräusslich lab: HIV capsid doesn't break at the NPC; instead, it cracks open the NPC itself! Details in Cell: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @mpibp.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social A thread below:
February 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
BABB-cleared early #Xenopus embryos with stained nuclei (RNA Pol II pS2, STAR RED). The combination of #3DSTED and MATRIX array detection boosts resolution and the signal-to-background-ratio.
Sample by Hui Chen, PhD. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

#superresolution #STEDmicroscopy
August 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM