Issue 17, 2014

Microfluidic cryofixation for correlative microscopy

Abstract

Cryofixation yields outstanding ultrastructural preservation of cells for electron microscopy, but current methods disrupt live cell imaging. Here we demonstrate a microfluidic approach that enables cryofixation to be performed directly in the light microscope with millisecond time resolution and at atmospheric pressure. This will provide a link between imaging/stimulation of live cells and post-fixation optical, electron, or X-ray microscopy.

Graphical abstract: Microfluidic cryofixation for correlative microscopy

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Mar 2014
Accepted
30 Jun 2014
First published
30 Jun 2014

Lab Chip, 2014,14, 3281-3284

Author version available

Microfluidic cryofixation for correlative microscopy

Y. X. Mejia, H. Feindt, D. Zhang, S. Steltenkamp and T. P. Burg, Lab Chip, 2014, 14, 3281 DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00333K

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