Single-molecule localization microscopy

M Lelek, MT Gyparaki, G Beliu, F Schueder… - Nature reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) describes a family of powerful imaging
techniques that dramatically improve spatial resolution over standard, diffraction-limited …

DNA origami

S Dey, C Fan, KV Gothelf, J Li, C Lin, L Liu… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Biological materials are self-assembled with near-atomic precision in living cells, whereas
synthetic 3D structures generally lack such precision and controllability. Recently, DNA …

Ångström-resolution fluorescence microscopy

SCM Reinhardt, LA Masullo, I Baudrexel, PR Steen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Fluorescence microscopy, with its molecular specificity, is one of the major characterization
methods used in the life sciences to understand complex biological systems. Super …

DNA origami: scaffolds for creating higher order structures

F Hong, F Zhang, Y Liu, H Yan - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
DNA has become one of the most extensively used molecular building blocks for
engineering self-assembling materials. DNA origami is a technique that uses hundreds of …

MINFLUX nanoscopy delivers 3D multicolor nanometer resolution in cells

KC Gwosch, JK Pape, F Balzarotti, P Hoess… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The ultimate goal of biological super-resolution fluorescence microscopy is to provide three-
dimensional resolution at the size scale of a fluorescent marker. Here we show that by …

A DNA origami rotary ratchet motor

AK Pumm, W Engelen, E Kopperger, J Isensee, M Vogt… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
To impart directionality to the motions of a molecular mechanism, one must overcome the
random thermal forces that are ubiquitous on such small scales and in liquid solution at …

Principles and applications of nucleic acid strand displacement reactions

FC Simmel, B Yurke, HR Singh - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Dynamic DNA nanotechnology, a subfield of DNA nanotechnology, is concerned with the
study and application of nucleic acid strand-displacement reactions. Strand-displacement …

Super-resolution microscopy with DNA-PAINT

J Schnitzbauer, MT Strauss, T Schlichthaerle… - Nature protocols, 2017 - nature.com
Super-resolution techniques have begun to transform biological and biomedical research by
allowing researchers to observe structures well below the classic diffraction limit of light …

Multiplexed 3D cellular super-resolution imaging with DNA-PAINT and Exchange-PAINT

R Jungmann, MS Avendaño, JB Woehrstein, M Dai… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy is a powerful tool for biological research, but
obtaining multiplexed images for a large number of distinct target species remains …

Expansion microscopy: principles and uses in biological research

AT Wassie, Y Zhao, ES Boyden - Nature methods, 2019 - nature.com
Many biological investigations require 3D imaging of cells or tissues with nanoscale spatial
resolution. We recently discovered that preserved biological specimens can be physically …