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Basics of Image Acquisition. Elvira Garcia Osuna Tad Merryman ITR Meeting 7 October 2004. Cell Types. HeLa Cells from Henrietta Lacks Died in 1951 of cervical cancer 3T3 Cells from mouse embryo. Cells are mostly water.
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Basics of Image Acquisition Elvira Garcia Osuna Tad Merryman ITR Meeting 7 October 2004
Cell Types • HeLa • Cells from Henrietta Lacks • Died in 1951 of cervical cancer • 3T3 • Cells from mouse embryo
Cells are mostly water Since cells are about 70% water, there is nothing to impede light rays. For the most part cells are almost invisible in an ordinary light microscope. So what can we do to see them? Staining
Staining • Dyes show a preference for particular parts of the cell • These dyes make the internal structures visible • For example, Hematoxylin has an affinity for negatively charged molecules (DNA, RNA, acidic proteins) • But dyes have relatively low specificity Central Dogma-tagging
Central Dogma of Biology DNA exon intron exon intron transcription RNA translation PROTEIN
Central-Dogma (CD) Tagging • Insertion of a CD-cassette into an intron • CD-cassette is a specially designed sequence DNA exon intron exon intron guest exon transcription RNA translation PROTEIN We use Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)
Types of Confocal Microscopy • Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy (CSLM) • Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopy
Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy • Point by point acquisition • High resolution • Precise Control of capture locations • Slow acquisition
Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopy • Fast acquisition • Lower resolution • Little control of acquisition locations
Our Data Sets • 3D HeLa • Confocal Scanning Laser Microscope (100x) • DNA stain, all protein stain and fluorescent anti-body for a specific protein • 3D 3T3 • Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope (60x) • GFP for a specific protein