Recent Advances in Intravital and Live Cell Imaging

Dear Colleagues,

Ever since the invention of lenses, man has not only looked into the skies, but also into the realm of the “invisible” microscopic world of tissues, cells, and micro-organisms. The use of fluorescent labels and the development of various forms of optical microscopy, particularly confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), super-resolution microscopy (SRM), and intravital microscopy (IVM), have significantly advanced our knowledge about the basic mechanisms underpinning biology and the pathophysiological processes that lead to disease.

This Special Issue focuses exclusively on intravital, super-resolution, and life cell microscopy techniques which are developed to study cellular and subcellular events in health and diseases.

Previously unpublished experimental, theoretical, prospective, and review papers (with the exception of preprint servers) are solicited on the following and related topics:

• Intravital imaging of animal model tissues to study cellular dynamics in acute or chronic set up (longitudinal imaging);
• Generation of novel animal models to study cellular and subcellular events;
• Recent advances in intravital imaging technology to study cellular dynamics behavior in vivo for instance through an imaging window or optical fibers;
• Advances in super-resolution microscopy technologies;
• New developments in life cell imaging in general;
• Advances in fluorescence microscopy techniques, such as FRET, FLIM, FRAP, FLIP et al., with respect to life cell imaging;
• Correlative microscopy;
• Fundamental physicochemical properties, synthesis, and modification of novel fluorophores for imaging.

Dr. Gregor Drummen
Dr. Hellen Ishikawa-Ankerhold
Guest Editors

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