Molecular probes, chemosensors, and nanosensors for optical detection of biorelevant molecules and ions in aqueous media and biofluids

J Krämer, R Kang, LM Grimm, L De Cola… - Chemical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Synthetic molecular probes, chemosensors, and nanosensors used in combination with
innovative assay protocols hold great potential for the development of robust, low-cost, and …

Light sheet fluorescence microscopy

EHK Stelzer, F Strobl, BJ Chang, F Preusser… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) uses a thin sheet of light to excite only
fluorophores within the focal volume. Light sheet microscopes (LSMs) have a true optical …

Caveat fluorophore: an insiders' guide to small-molecule fluorescent labels

JB Grimm, LD Lavis - Nature Methods, 2022‏ - nature.com
The last three decades have brought a revolution in fluorescence microscopy. The
development of new microscopes, fluorescent labels and analysis techniques has pushed …

Fluorescent proteins and genetically encoded biosensors

M Wang, Y Da, Y Tian - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The genetically encoded fluorescent sensors convert chemical and physical signals into
light. They are powerful tools for the visualisation of physiological processes in living cells …

FRET as a biomolecular research tool—understanding its potential while avoiding pitfalls

WR Algar, N Hildebrandt, SS Vogel, IL Medintz - Nature methods, 2019‏ - nature.com
The applications of Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) grow with each year.
However, different FRET techniques are not applied consistently, nor are results uniformly …

De novo design of modular and tunable protein biosensors

A Quijano-Rubio, HW Yeh, J Park, H Lee, RA Langan… - Nature, 2021‏ - nature.com
Naturally occurring protein switches have been repurposed for the development of
biosensors and reporters for cellular and clinical applications. However, the number of such …

Structure-and mechanism-guided design of single fluorescent protein-based biosensors

Y Nasu, Y Shen, L Kramer, RE Campbell - Nature chemical biology, 2021‏ - nature.com
Intensiometric genetically encoded biosensors, based on allosteric modulation of the
fluorescence of a single fluorescent protein, are powerful tools for enabling imaging of …

Optogenetics at the presynapse

BR Rost, J Wietek, O Yizhar, D Schmitz - Nature neuroscience, 2022‏ - nature.com
Optogenetic actuators enable highly precise spatiotemporal interrogation of biological
processes at levels ranging from the subcellular to cells, circuits and behaving organisms …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation of a PKA regulatory subunit controls cAMP compartmentation and oncogenic signaling

JZ Zhang, TW Lu, LM Stolerman, B Tenner, JR Yang… - Cell, 2020‏ - cell.com
The fidelity of intracellular signaling hinges on the organization of dynamic activity
architectures. Spatial compartmentation was first proposed over 30 years ago to explain how …

A high-throughput multiparameter screen for accelerated development and optimization of soluble genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors

D Koveal, PC Rosen, DJ Meyer… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors are powerful tools used to track chemical
processes in intact biological systems. However, the development and optimization of …