Expanding our insights into the planktonic universe
Researchers have utilized ultrastructure expansion microscopy to reveal more about the cytoskeletal characteristics of the planktonic universe.
Original story from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg, Germany). A new study provides unprecedented insights into the cellular architecture of over 200 species of plankton using ultrastructure expansion microscopy.
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, EMBL Group Leader Gautam Dey received a Zoom call from his collaborator, cell biologist Omaya Dudin. Dudin, who led a research group at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL; Switzerland), had optimized a technique to observe the cellular architecture of a marine microorganism.
Dudin had been working with marine microbes – Ichthyosporea – for over six years, but visualizing its inner structures had been a challenge.
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Author's summary: Researchers reveal planktonic universe insights using microscopy.