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2 new Actin and Tubulin live cell imaging stains - without transfection!
Cytoskeletal live cell imaging is extremely powerful when investigating cellular processes such as cytokinesis, motility and organelle transport and organization. The current experimental procedures
Actin staining techniques in fixed and living cells
Actin can be stained in living and fixed cells to determine and follow the structure and function of the cytoskeleton. The actin cytoskeleton is a very dynamic and labile structure in the living cell,
How to manipulate and measure Autophagy?
The term Autophagy was introduced by Christian de Duve during the Ciba Foundation Symposium on Lysosomes - which was held in London in February 1963. In 1974 he was honoured with the Nobel price in
Differentiate between Apoptosis, Necroptosis, Autophagy & Ferroptosis
Cell death can be caused by external factors such as infection or trauma - a process which is call necrosis. On the other hand, cell death can be mediated by intracellular programs - in this cases we talk
Modulating or inhibiting Caspase activities
In a previous post, I discussed Caspases as pharmaceutical targets - how to screen for inhibitors?
Today I would like to concentrate on Caspase inhibitors/modulators, which allow for in-depth characterisation
Mechanism of action for angiogenesis inhibitor Borrelidin discovered
Originally identified as an active molecule against the Borrelia species, Borrelidin has since been described as a selective inhibitor of threonyl tRNA synthetase (ThrRS). More recent research has
New Fluorescent Labeling and Detection Products
For decades researchers have been using the famous Alexa Fluor® dyes developed by Molecular Probes for everything from flow cytometry to oligonucleotide labeling. These sulfonated forms of common fluorophores
Intracellular Calcium measurement with Fluo-8
G Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR) and ion channels are important targets in drug development. Both target classes represent membrane proteins which require convenient and robust cell-based assays for
Live Cell Imaging: User results with SiR-Actin & SiR-Tubulin
For one year now,  SiR-Actin and SiR-Tubulin, the second generation of tools to stain actin and tubulin in living cells, have been available on the market - and although it may sound like an overstatement,