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Retina
Zwischenbildebene
Objektebene
Leuchtfeldblende
Eintrittspupille des Kondesors
Austrittspupille des Objektivs
Iris
Lampen Filament
Auge
Okular
ObjektivObjekttisch
Kondensorlinse
Kollektorlinse
Image planes
Konjugierte Ebenen im LichtmikroskopBildebenen Diffraktionsebenen
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1) Lamp focused on the front aperture of the condenser.
2) Focus the specimen.
3) Focus the condenser to see the field stop diaphragm.
4) Adjust the condenser diaphragm (also phase rings) using the eyepiece telescope.
Köhler Illumination
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Markings on Objectives
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Amplitude and phase objects: only amplitude objects can be seen by eye!
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Frits Zernike (1888 – 1966)Nobel prize 1953 for work on phase contrast1930
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Phase contrast microscopy
Bright field Phase contrast
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LensGrating
Object plane Image planeBack focal plane
Planar wave
0th
ordern
thorder
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Phase contrast microscopy
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Phase contrast microscopy
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Phase contrast microscopy
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Phase contrast microscopyInterpretation of images
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Light Path and Optical Elements in Different Microscopic Techniques
Bright Field Microscopy Phase Contrast Microscopy
Phase Ring
Condenser
ObjectivewithPhase Ring
Condenser
Objective
Alignment:Köhler illuminationCondenser aperture: close max 20%Field aperture: illuminaton of field of view
Alignment:Köhler illuminationCondenser aperture fully openField aperture: illuminaton of field of viewAdjust correct phase rings
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y
z
x
Polarization of Light
E
B
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Splitting of an incident linerar polarized ray into O- and E-ray components by a birefringent crystal
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Differential interference microscopy(DIC)
Wollaston prism: wedge-shapedslabs of quartz: spliting and recombining of polarized light
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Differential interference microscopy
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Differential interference microscopy(DIC)
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Differential interference microscopy
Phase contrast DIC
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Differential interference microscopy
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Light Path and Optical Elements in Different Microscopic Techniques
Bright Field Microscopy Phase Contrast MicroscopyDifferential InterferenceMicroscopy
Wollaston Prism
Wollaston Prism
Condenser
Objective
Phase Ring
Condenser
ObjectivewithPhase Ring
Condenser
Objective
Alignment:Köhler illuminationCondenser aperture: close max 20%Field aperture: illuminaton of field of view
Alignment:Köhler illuminationCondenser aperture: close max 20%Field aperture: illuminaton of field of viewAdjust polarizers and wollaston prisms
Polarizer
Polarizer
Alignment:Köhler illuminationCondenser aperture fully openField aperture: illuminaton of field of viewAdjust correct phase rings
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Fluorescence microscopy
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Fluorescence microscopy
Annexin V staining(apoptotic cells –
phosphatidyl serinexposure)
PhiphiluxV staining(apoptotic cells –
caspase 3 activation)
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Fluorescence microscopy
DNA
Bax
Mitochondria
Cytochrome C
DNA
Bax
Mitochondria
Cytochrome C
DNA
Bax
Mitochondria
Cytochrome C
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Fluorescence microscopy
Chlamydia pneumonia, live
stain
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Generation of fluorescence
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Common Fluorochromes - FITC
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Immunfluoreszenz: Markierung mit Fluoreszenzfarbstoff gekoppelten Antikörpern
FITC
Direkte Immunfluoreszenz
FITC
indirekte Immunfluoreszenz
Antigen
AntigenGrösse des Stoke’s Shift
Molarer Extinktionskoeffizient
Quantumeffizienz
Resistenz gegenüber Photobleaching
Anzahl von Farbstoffmolekülen / Antikörper
Quenching
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Common Fluorochromes - FITC
Stoke’s Shift: 20nm for Fluorescein (> 200nm for porphyrins
Molar extinctions coefficient: potential to absorb photon quanta
Quantum efficiency: fraction of absorbed photon quanta that is re-emitted by fluorescent photons (fluorescein: 0.9 in alkaline pH and in solution, 0.3 – 0-6 coupled to antibodies)
Quenching: interaction with other neighboring dye or aromatic molecules
Photobleaching: permanent loss of fluorescence by photon induced damage
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Photobleaching
Photobleaching: permanent loss of fluorescence by photon induced damage
Mechanism: after excitation to a singlet state transit to a triplet state followed by complex reactions with other molecules
Examples: reactions with molecular oxygen permanently destroys the fluorochrome (free oxygen radicals destroy other molecules in sample)
Solution: reducing oxygen concentration by addition of n-propyl gallate, phenylendiamine, ….. Or commercially available embedding media
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Fluorescent Proteins – GFP and Variants
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Fluorescent Proteins – GFP
GFP
• Composed of 238 amino acids• Each monomer composed of a central -helix surrounded by an
eleven stranded cylinder of anti-parallel -sheets• Cylinder has a diameter of about 30Å and is about 40Å long• Fluorophore located on central helix inside cylinder• Fluorophore protected in very stable -can barrel structure • Autocatalytic formation of fluorophore
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Andere fluoreszente Proteine
• DsRed: (obligates Tetramer), grüne Phase • HcRed1: co-aggregation mit DsRed, weniger hell
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Fluorescent Proteins
• Living and fixed samplesGene expressionReporter assaysLocalisation studies……
• Fixation: Formaldehyd, Methanol, Ethanol, Aceton
Never: Glutaraldehyde
• Disadvantage: some fluorescent proteins tend to form oligomers (DsRed!), size (GFP: 28 kDa)
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Fluorescent dyes: examples
DAPI
A popular nuclear and chromosomecounterstain, DAPI emits bluefluorescence upon binding to AT regionsof DNA. Although the dye is cellimpermeant, higher concentrations will enter a live cell.
DAPI binds to theminor groove of DNA
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Fluorescent dyes: examples
Hoechst 33342
A popular cell-permeant nuclearcounterstain that emits blue fluorescencewhen bound to dsDNA. This dye is oftenused to distinguish condensed pycnoticnuclei in apoptotic cells and for cell cyclestudies in combination with BrdU. Hoechst binds to the minor groove of DNA
Hoechst 33342DAPI
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Fluorescent dyes: examples
Lectins
• Lectins bind to oligosaccharides. Although most abundant on the cell surface, oligosaccharide residues are sometimes also found covalently attached to constituents within the cell.
• Fluorescent derivatives have been used to detect cell-surface and intracellularglycoconjugates by microscopy.
The 2 most important are:
Concanavalin A: Con A selectively binds to -mannopyranosyl and -glucopyranosyl residues
Wheat Germ Agglutinin: WGA binds to sialic acid and N-acetylglucosaminylresidues.
• Disadvantage: Distribution of staining is variable between cell types
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Fluorescent dyes: examples
Ion sensitive dyes
• Fura-2: popular Ca2+ sensitive dye • Measurement:ratio imaging excitation 340 / 380 nm
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Fluorescent dyes: examples
Dyes with preferential uptake into selective cellular compartments
• Mitochondria: selective dyes that stainsmitochondria in live cells and itsaccumulation is dependent uponmembrane potential. Some dyes arewell-retained after aldehyde fixation(e. g.: Mitotracker (several colors))
• Lysosomes: Weakly basic amines selectively accumulate in cellular compartments with low internal pH and can be used to investigate the biosynthesis and pathogenesis of lysosomes.(e. g.:
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FluorescenceFilter Cube
Ocular
Sample PlaneObjectives
Condenser
Z Focus
Light Source
FluorescenceLight Source
Phase RingWollaston Prism
Wollaston Prism
Bright Field Microscopy(including DIC / Phase Contrast)
Fluorescence Microscopy
Fundamental Setup of Light Microscopes
Polarizer
Polarizer
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Fluorescence filter cube
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Fluorescence filters
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Light Path and Optical Elements in Different Microscopic Techniques
Bright Field Microscopy Phase Contrast Microscopy Fluorescence MicroscopyDifferential InterferenceMicroscopy
Wollaston Prism
Wollaston Prism
Condenser
Objective
Phase Ring
Condenser
ObjectivewithPhase Ring
FluorescenceCube
Objective
Condenser
Objective
Alignment:Köhler illuminationCondenser aperture: close max 20%Field aperture: illumination of field of view
Alignment:Köhler illuminationCondenser aperture: close max 20%Field aperture: illumination of field of viewAdjust polarizers and wollaston prisms
Polarizer
Polarizer
Alignment:Köhler illuminationCondenser aperture fully openField aperture: illumination of field of viewAdjust correct phase rings
Alignment:Correct alignment of fluorescence lamp
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Background in fluorescence
• Usually 15 - 30 % of maximum signal intensity
• Less than ideal performance of filter sets
• Specimen preparation: autofluorescence / non specific binding / unbound fluorochrome
• Reflection and scattering in the optical pathway
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Bleed through
• Multiple stained specimens!
• Excitation spectra of fluorochromes are broad and overlap
• Emission spectra are broad and overlap
• Emission of one dye stimulate a second longer wavelength dye
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Microscopy in 3 Dimensions
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Why confocal microscopy?Image acquired with a widefield microscope
Image acquired with a confocal microscope
Low signal to noise ratio Very high signal to noise ratio
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Why confocal microscopy?Image acquired with a widefield microscope
Image acquired with a confocal microscope
Low definition of depth of field
High definition of depth of field
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Why confocal microscopy?Image acquired with a confocal microscope
Data is 3 dimensional
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Why confocal microscopy?Image acquired with a confocal microscope
Data is 3 dimensional
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Principal Light Pathways in Confocal Microscpoy
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Principal Light Pathways in Confocal Microscpoy
Light source pinhole aperture
Laser
Detector pinhole aperture
Photomultiplier detector
Dichroic mirror
Objective
Focal planes in specimen
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Principal Light Pathways in Confocal Microscpoy
Light source pinhole aperture
Laser
Detector pinhole aperture
Photomultiplier detector
Dichroic mirror
Objective
Focal planes in specimen
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Retina
Zwischenbildebene
Objektebene
Leuchtfeldblende
Eintrittspupille des Kondesors
Austrittspupille des Objektivs
Iris
Lampen Filament
Auge
Okular
ObjektivObjekttisch
Kondensorlinse
Kollektorlinse
Diffraction planesImage planesKonjugierte Ebenen im Lichtmikroskop
DiffraktionsebenenBildebenen
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Principal Light Pathways in Confocal Microscpoy
Light source pinhole aperture
Laser
Detector pinhole aperture
Photomultiplier detector
Dichroic mirror
Objective
Focal planes in specimen
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Spatial resolution in confocal fluorescence microscopy
• Definition: NA = n sin • In fluorescence microscopy for
self luminous points: d = 0.61 NA
• In confocal fluorescencemicroscopy: resolution dependson excitation and emissionwavelength (smallest resolvabledistance is proportional to 1/1 + 1/2)
dx,y ≈ 0.4
NA
dz ≈ 1.4NA2
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Spatial resolution in x,y and z
1 µm
Crossectionfocal plane 0.1 µm bead
Rea
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Theo
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Airy Disk – The Image of a Point
The image of point in the microscopy
a) Airy disk surrounded by diffraction rings
b) The first minima is dependent on the NA of the objective
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Spatial resolution (point) – measurement
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Spatial Resolution – Rayleigh Criterion(regular light microscopy)
d = 0.61λ/NA – Point objects which are self luminous
Two adjacent points are resolved when the central diffraction spot (Airy Disk) of one point coincides with the first diffraction minimum ot the other point (b)).
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Influence of NA on resolution in z (CLSM with a pinhole size of 1 airy
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Influence of pinhole diameter on resolution in z (CLSM with an objective of 1.25 NA
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Influence of pinhole diameter on resolution in z (CLSM with an objective of 1.4 NA
1 Airy
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Principal Light Pathways in Confocal Microscpoy
Light source pinhole aperture
Laser
Detector pinhole aperture
Photomultiplier detector
Dichroic mirror
Objective
Focal planes in specimen
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Influence of pinhole diameter on resolution in z (CLSM with an objective of 1.25 NA or 1.4 NA
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Influence of wavelength on resolution in z (CLSM with an objective of 1.4 NA
525 nm 700 nm
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Resolution is only dependent on the NA of objectives
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Spatial Resolution – Rayleigh Criterion(electronic light microscopy)
d = 0.61λ/NA – Point objects which are self luminous
Two adjacent points are resolved when the central diffraction spot (Airy Disk) of one point coincides with the first diffraction minimum ot the other point (a)).
Resolution improvement by electronic imaging: adjustment of gain and offeset(b)
Important: the dip (dashed curve) in the summation of the individual intensitieshas to be detected.
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Quality of confocal (electronic) images
• Spatial resolution
• Resolution of light intensity
• Signal to noise ratio
• Temporal resolution
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Signal to noise ratio
Longer integration times with CCD cameras: more electrons / well are generated
Longer dwell times per pixel (lower scan rate) with CLSM: more electrons / pixel aregenerated
Several images (frames) are accumulated and averaged
1 Frame
20 Frames
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Signal to noise ratio
• 50 – 100 photons /s/pixel are detected from a moderate to brightspecimen by CLSM
• S/N (Signal to noise) → 25
• Improve S/N•
→ averaging→ slower scan rates (longer dwell times/pixel resulting in morephotons but increases bleaching)→ increase size of pinhole
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Temporal resolution – Nipkow disk (spinning disk –tandem) scanning microscopy
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Temporal resolution – Nipkow disk (spinning disk –tandem) scanning microscopy
• Thousands of small pinholes• Thousands of small scanning points
• Generation of a real confocal image recorded on camera
• Time resolution is improved (up to 360 frames /s)(a conventional CLSM: 12-36 frames/s)
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Confocal parameters: image intensity and spatialresolution
↑ Intensity
↑ Spatial resolution
↑ Objective NA
↓ Intensity
↑ Temporal resolution
↑ Scan rate
↑ Intensity
↑ Spatial resolution
↑ Zoom
↑ Intensity
↓ Spatial resolution
↑ Pinhole diameter
EffectParameter
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Photobleaching
• Electrons are excited above singlet state with a probability to entertriplet states
Molecules in triplet states are chemically reactive, generation of radicals
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Photobleaching
• Reduce photobleaching:
Employ anti bleach solutions and mounting media (anti free radicalreagents)
Reduce laser power
Scan at a faster rate
Lower zoom factor (larger area)
open pinhole to allow shorter dwell times
capture more of the emission spectra (long pass filters)
Reduce frame averaging
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FRAP (Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching)
• FRAP measures turnover time of molecules in membranes, cytoplasm, or chromatin, the dynamics of proteins and macromolecules in living cells. Briefly,
1. A photobleach mark is placed on a cell. The shape of the bleach mark is a spot or a vertical slit.
2. Fluorescence recovery is monitored with a CCD camera or with a confocal laser scanning microscope.
3. Kinetics are modeled to determine the “half-time of recovery”.
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FRAP – Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching
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Resolution in Time
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FRAP (Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching)
Monitoring the recovery of fluorescence afterphotobleaching.
BleachingMonitoring the fluorescence before photobleaching.
Graphical presentation of datacollected during a FRAP experiment.
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FRAP (Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching)
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Binding, Dissociation and FRAP
Proteins ina structure
Proteins freein the cytosol
Before Photobleaching
Binding (k+)
Dissociation (k-)
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Binding, Dissociation and FRAP
After Photobleaching
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Binding, Dissociation and FRAP
Partial fluorescence Recovery
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Recovery Curve
• Kinetics modeling: perturbation- relaxation • Ft = Fi + (Ff - Fi)(1 - e-kt)
Finitial
Ffinal
Ftime = t
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FRET (Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer)
• FRET imaging can give information about the precise location andnature of interaction between specific molecular species.
• Background: • Energy from one exited fluorochrome is transferred without emission
of photons to a second fluorochrome of longer wavelength
• Distance between the two fluorochromes must be in the range of several nanometer (Förster Radius)
• Emission spectra of the donor and excitation spectra of the acceptor must overlap
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TIRF Microscopy
• TIRF = Total internal reflection microscopy
• Used for single molecule and vesicle trafficking studies at membrane surfaces
• Principle: different refractive indexes:glass (n = 1.518) vs sample (n = 1.33 – 1.37)
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TIRF Microscopy
1. Laser excitation light is directed at a tissue sample through a glass slide at a specific, oblique angle (critical angle)
2. Most of the light is reflected at the interface between glass and the tissue sample (total internal reflection)
3. Induction of a evanescent wave parallel to the slide
4. Decay of the evanescent wave over 200 nm
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TIRF Microscopy