McTips

Tips & Procedures (web page)  http://confocal.jhu.edu/mctips/tipsprocedures   (please contact GM directly for PDF).

** 20240123U note: I am currently 20% time at Ross Image Center, so new McTips will be rare, and new 2024 page not worth organizing. I put an antibody solutions centrifugation tip near the top of thispage (just past the web links).

2021 PC Tips for microscope and analysis workstations http://confocal.jhu.edu/mctips/pc_tips_2021

2022 PC Tips for microscope and analysis workstations http://confocal.jhu.edu/mctips/pc_tips_2022

2022_part2 PC Tips (started 20220705U) http://confocal.jhu.edu/mctips/pc_tips_2022_part2

Confocal Sweetest Spots (web page) http://confocal.jhu.edu/mctips/confocalsweetestspot  

  Online Image Data Repositories - blog (20210427W web page)  image-data-repositories

    MPMicro "Multi-Probe Microscopy" (1500 pages - please do not print out) https://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/2/ 

Multiplex fluorescence microscopy  http://confocal.jhu.edu/mctips/multiplex

     Alexa Fluor 610-X performance calculations wrt FISHscope http://confocal.jhu.edu/mctips/af610-x   (gm note: SulfoRhodamine 101 = SR101, Brightness=125 aboutthe same as AF610)

     StreamBio UK LinkBright CPNs labeling kits available (1/2003) from Sigma-Aldrich (hopefully low shipping and total costs) http://confocal.jhu.edu/mctips/streambiouk-linkbright-cpn-kits

McTips 2023 http://confocal.jhu.edu/mctips/mctips_2023 (no PDF)

McTips 2020 PDF go to: McTips 2020 download at https://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/90

McTips 2019 PDF go to: McTips 2019 download at https://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/85

McTips 2018 PDF go to: McTips 2018 download at https://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/84

McTips 2017 PDF go to: McTips 2017  download at https://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/81/

McTips 2017 Direct download is    https://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/81/download 

Factoids (started 01/2022) http://confocal.jhu.edu/mctips/factoids

FISHscope Quick Tips (startup, close out session)  http://confocal.jhu.edu/mctips/fishscope-quick-tips -- FISHscope main page is   http://confocal.jhu.edu/current-equipment/fishscope 

* Quick Leica SP8 confocal microscope tip (see more info on our SP8 page from current equipment):

I recommend (we have Leica SP8 Klondike linear scanner - most SP8's are the same sub-model):

HyD detectors, Photon counting mode ... not max linear counting rate is 6 Mcps (million counts per second) = 6 counts per microsecond or 0.6 counts per 100 nanoseconds.

          At very high counts the safety interlock should trigger, resulting in all values ZERO until the user stops scanning (i.e. 1000x1000 x 100 planes Z-series could be lots of zeros).

600 Hz line scan rate (enables full range of zoom

10 Line accumulation as a starting point, more or less depending on user needs. Max is 16 line accumulation.

1 Frame accumulation as starting value, more if needed.

Modest laser power, usually 0.5% or 1% for 405nm laser, 1 or 2 percent for any of 488, 552, 638nm lasers, depending on what fluorophores are used (ex. DAPI, Alexa Fluor Plus 488, Alexa Fluor Plus 555, Alexa Fluor Plus 647).

Sequential scan tracks, usually ... can combine blue (DAPI) and NIR (AF647Plus) in moany experiments (3plex plus DAPI), such as: (i) AF555Plus, (ii) AF488Plus, (iii) DAPU + AF647Plus.

Always have detection bandpass AT LEAST 10nm away from any laser line - even if the laser line is not used in that wscan track. If no NIR, turn off the 638nm laser.

 

Alexa Fluor Plus secondary antibodies 3x brighter 1.3x more expensive

20240627Thur - summary of sections below on recent reagents for (hopefully) improve your immunofluorescence microscopy

  * 20240701M see nice linkedin thread on topic - both PipeBio's URL and the comments, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pipebio_recombinant-antibodies-are-less-than-5-of-ugcPost-7213534716845563905-fwuJ 

Product names are not meant as endorsements. Acronyms ("VHH") are explained in "the literature" (peer-reviewed, preprints, product pages, press releases). 

Assumption: standard primary antibody from rabbit or mouse. One hour of confocal microscope time ($30/hr) using standard secondary antibody.

Brighter options imply proportionally greater signal (and signal to noise ration) and/or decrease in acquisition time (lower cost per specimen field of view). Not all possibilities are permuted in the table. I used Fab below (fragment antigen binding; VH_CH1 + VL-CL; historically made by specific protease digestion of IgG ad then purify the Fab's from the Fc fragment crystallizable domain), but scFv (single chain fragment variable, VH-linker-VL or sometimes VL-linker-VH) is single chain equivalent, so simpler for recombinant protein production.

Not in table below: DNA-PAINT (single molecule localization Ab-oligo + fluorophore-oligo, antibody-PAINT (especially Fast Kd Ab-PAINT, scFv-PAINT, nanobody-PAINT), hybridization chain reaction (HCR, detecting either a DNA sequence, RNA sequence, Ab-oligo, protein-protein interaction etc). I am a big fan of many of these. 

Also not in the table: the mounting medium you use matters. Elsewhere in this web site I discuss D2O instead of H2O (Maillard 2020 Chem Sci; also Alexa Fluor 610-X AF610-X, brightest of 42 fluorophores they tested; potentially deuterated glycerol, though expensive compared to D2O) to bosst intensity (photons out) of many read and near infrared dyes; some users still use VectaShield with DAPI: (i) VectraShield quenches many CyDyes (i.e. Cy3, Cy5, also some Alexa Fluor trademark named dyes are CyDyes) maybe not a good idea, (ii) often with DAPI in the VectraShield, which is just a way to badly decrease contrast [you can apply DAPI with the secondary antibodies; if using direct label antibodies, can apply with them ... or switch to a NIR DNA dye, perhaps DRAQ5 or To-Pro-3, apply with antibodies); some users use ProlongGold - a product around longer than some of the users have been alive: consider Prolong Diamond or Prolong Glass ... and read the instructions: need to cure at least 24 hours in open space to vent volatile compound(s) that keep them liquid. 

Ideal future in my (George McNamara) opinion: $1 per slide very bright modern fluorophore(s) all recombinant direct label Fab or scFv or primary nanobodies with custom C-terminal tail, simple and efficient labeling of BV421 (Brightness = 1500 vs Alexa fluor 488 or EGFP Brightness ~60; Brightness = Extinction coefficient * Quantum Yield / 1000, for BV421 2.5M * 0.6 / 1000). Using Fab (~50 kDa)  instead of intact IgG (~$155 kDa) eliminates binding to FcR and FcRn receptors (good to avoid); decreases number of lysine (for NHS ester) or cysteines (for maleimide); for 1 ug protein, monomeric Fab has ~1.5x more antigen binding sites than IgG (two antigen binding sites per IgG); custom C-terminal tail: (i) antigen binding site is near N-terminal end so best to avoid, (ii) tail can be whatever length and sequence is desired (optimal for brightness vs total cost [and for companies, profit ... caveat intellectual property protection and rights). 

Some options for immunofluorescence microscopy detection
Option Brightness

Reagent Price (est)

[1st or 1st + detection reagents)

Comment

Nano-Tag or Chromotek VHH nanobody 2ndary Ab

ex: Alpaca anti-rabbit  AF488 VHH

    1/3x         $1 + $1

As formatted from Pleiner et al 2018 JCB (PubMed 29263082; Ewers comment 29444803) (licensed to both Nano-Tag.com and Chromotek (now ptglab.com see Nanobody page) dimmer; but enables multiplexing of multiple mouse monoclonal antibodies etc.

Hypothesis: nanobodies with optimized tail (academic lab with protein synthesis and labeling capability; ThermoFisher etc if they get their act together) whatever the maker wants (ex. 1x, 3x, 5x ...)

       $1 + $1

(or multiplier for the detection reagent)

GM hypothesis/suggestion: Pleiner 2018 suppl table has the sequences of all the VHH used --> instead of "default C-terminal tail" in Pleiner (20+ years of nanobodies) a "custom tail' with optimized conjugation sites for NHS ester (lysine), maleimide (cysteine), non-canonical amino acid(s) (ncAA; click chemistry) could enable optimized brightness, photochemistry (no cross quenching of the fluorophores; optional FRET to diversify colors; FLIM etc).

Further refinement: BV421-streptavidin to mAb-biotin, etc.

Direct labeled Fab - classic dye, ex. Alexa Fluor 488-anti-CD4

ex: mouse (recombinant) Fab fragment monoclonal antibody (~50 kDa) with degree of labeling (DoL) 1-2 Alexa Fluor 488 fluorophores.

    1/9x (?)           $0.33

Direct labeled antibody (IgG) - classic dye, ex. Alexa Fluor 488-anti-CD4

GM note: this could be much brighter as Fab-(custom tail) as hypothesized above for 2ndary VHH nanobody. Could further optimize with BV421 (one or multiple) or BV-tandem (multiplex) on custom tail.

Direct labeled antibody (IgG) - classic dye, ex. Alexa Fluor 488-anti-CD4

ex: mouse monoclonal antibody (~155 kDa) with degree of labeling (DoL) 4 Alexa Fluor 488 fluorophores.

    1/3x           $1 Common in flow cytometry; rare in fluorescence microscopy
Direct labeled antibody - modern fluorophore, ex. BV421-anti-CD4)      3x           $1 Common in flow cytometry; rare in fluorescence microscopy. BV### also available (ex. BV570)

Standard 2ndary antibody (ex. goat-anti-mouse; donkey-anti-rabbit)

     1x        $1 + $1 Standard of care since ~1965 (the fluorophores, microscopes, detectors have improved a lot over ~60 years)

Recombinant 2ndary antibody (ex. goat-anti-mouse; donkey-anti-rabbit)

 

     1x       $1 + $1

==> no more sacrificing small and/or large furry animals for your experiments; more consistent reagents.

Pricing (usually) identical to standard from dead animals 2ndary antibodies - likely more profitable since no animal feed, more consistent products. 

"Plus" fluorophore 2ndary Ab      3x      $1 + $1.30 See below for thermoFisher Alexa Fluor Plus secondary antibodies - Plus recombinant secondary antibodies also available.
"Plus" Recombinant 2ndary antibody (ex. goat-anti-mouse; donkey-anti-rabbit)      3x      $1 + $1.30 High brightness, high consistency, no more dead furry animals.
Tyramide signal amplification (TSA) * ThermoFisher Superboost; other vendors    

TSA is more complicated (HRP polymer conjugated 2ndary antibody; H2O2 + fluorophore-tyramide).

Can "quench" (aka kill) HRP enzyme activity with PeroxAbolish or other reagents / methods (heat for example), then do multiple rounds. See Berrry, ... Szalay, Taube 2021 Science, PubMed 34112666  (7plex Akoya TSA reagents and slide scanner).

       
       

 

20240605W ThermoFisher Superclonal recombinant secondary antibodies ... available with Alexa Fluor PLUS fluorophores

* GM note(s): recombinant antibodies "should" perform better than "out of rabbit", "out of goat", out of donkey" etc, plus no more dead animals haunting you. Of course, ThermoFisher (and other rec Ab vendors) need to deliver conistently high quality manufacturing - and follow through with QA/QC. I do think they would do better by offering scFv-custom-optimized-tail, instead of just Fab and intact IgG.

from marketing info:

https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/antibodies/secondary-antibodies/superclonal-secondary-antibodies.html

What are Superclonal recombinant secondary antibodies?

Thermo Fisher Scientific Invitrogen Superclonal secondary antibodies represent a recombinant antibody technology designed to provide precise and accurate detection of mouse, rabbit and goat primary antibodies in a variety of applications.

Our proprietary screening and production process yields specific mixtures of recombinant goat or rabbit secondary antibodies that bind with the epitope-precision of monoclonal antibodies, while also achieving the multi-epitope coverage (e.g., H+L) and sensitivity of polyclonal antibodies. Superclonal secondary antibodies are in vitro manufactured using synthetic genes after the first immunization. Each Superclonal secondary antibody is formulated and optimized to help achieve excellent results in ELISA, cell and tissue imaging (ICC/IF and IHC) and flow cytometry applications.

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Superclonal plus ... 11 products  (as of 20240604U)

https://www.thermofisher.com/antibody/secondary/query/Superclonal%20plus

two examples (one IgG, one Fab):

Goat anti-Human IgG (H+L), Superclonal™ Recombinant Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor™ Plus 488

Goat anti-Human IgG Fab, Superclonal™ Recombinant Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor™ Plus 488

20240511A: 

Daniel Beacham, ThermoFisher - Molecular Probes (Eugene, OR) presented a seminar on 20250508W on fluorescent probes at the JHU SOM campus (Smith Bldg Atrium, Wilmer Eye Institute - attended by researchers from all over campus). Among the highlights:

* Dan is a coinventor of the Bacmam2 product line, Baculovirus derived 30 kb cargo transient transduction reagent, uses VSV-G to bind most mammalian cells (receptor is human, mouse etc LDL-R). After internalization, routed to endosomes/lysosomes, then escape to cytoplasm and cargo genes expressed from appopriate promoter(s) [the remaining bucolovirus vector genes are not expressed in mammalian cells - Bacmam2 is generated in insect cell lines]. The one major cell lineage Bacmam does not work in are hematopoietic cells, ex. hematpoietic stem cells (HSC), T-cells, B-cells, monocytes, neutrophils. Maybe TF-MPI will come up with a "Bacmam3" that does. Dan mentioned "2" binds ok, but do not escape from endosomes.

* Dan said Alexa Fluor Plus products vary in their 'tweaks' (my term) compared to 'regular' antibodies. Can be any (one?) of:

  • * tweak to fluorophore (possible methods include, not limited to, add sulfonylation to make more soluble; single isomer AF488).
  • * optimized linker (which is what I was informed when Plus came out - maybe marketing dept simplified story?).
  • * optimized conjugation site(s) -- that is choices of what amino acids on the antibody heavy and/or light chains (possibly by using non-canonical amino acids and 'click' chemistry; possibly adjusting reactive moieties, pH, etc, to get the fluorophores only onto specific amino acids ... possibly C-termini???).

* Dan alsoe said the key release criteria of Plus products is at least 1.5-fold better signal to background ratio compared to 'regular' secondary antibodies.

  • GM note: This implies to me that this makes "titering" each of the Plus antibodies -- and each primary antibody -- for each use may be crucial to see the full benefit of "Plus" prducts. As a further suggestion (by me), titering may need to be different for antigens on (or in) cell types with low expression vs medium or high expression. EGFR is expressed at low level on 'normal kidney' cells (i.e 5,000 EGFR per cell), much higher on some tumor cells (ex. 100,000 EGFR per cell) and very high on the classsic A431 lung cancer cell line (1,000,000 EGFR per cell, perhaps more on some cells -- for example a cell just before division would have ~2,000,000 molecules per cell, then divide to two cells each with 1,000,000 per cell [on average]). the 20-40 range of EGFR on these cells (we'll assume same surface area of each) might benefit from different doses of antibodies.

* I mentioned to Dan (post seminar) my (mis?)understanding of TF-MPI marketing "Plus" as 3x brighter than regular -- he disavowed that Marketing would ever put up such numbers, and remphasized the Signal-to-Background (SNB) 1.5x of more release criteria for each Plus product (he also mentioned not knowing prices). If 'only' 1.5x better, then if 1.3x fold more expensive, Plus would be a marginal win (if user takes the time to optimize titers of each reagent) -- but I suggest (hope) that in many cases "Plus" will be both brighter and higher SNB. 

 

20240307H:

Two fun facts (or at least colleagues repoorts):

To-Pro-3 DNA counterstain was so bright on Tim Feinstein's Leica SP8 that it destroyed a HyD detector. No additional details - so could have been "crazy concentration", "crazy laser power", "bad settings" (aka bad user), "user not following training", any or all of the above. The Leica HyD edetectors have a safety interlock - Tim told me zap was too fast.

Alexa Fluor 568 Phalloidin worked as a LIVE cells F-actin label for Dowlette-Mary. Normally users fix and permeabilize cells, so any Fluorophore-Phalloidin works. I encourage users to test AF568-Phalloidin on their (your) live cells and let me know if it lights the live cells up ... and that I should update this section with postive and/or negative results.

 

20240207W

--> see also (above) 20240605W "ThermoFisher Superclonal recombinant secondary antibodies ... available with Alexa Fluor PLUS fluorophores".

"Plan Plus" (see also Plan T below in this box for even brighter)

Alexa Fluor Plus secondary antibodies 3x brighter 1.3x more expensive

Famous quote: "Time is money".

ThermoFisher (Molecular Probes) introduced circa 2023 Alxa Fluor Plus secondary antibodies.

https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/antibodies/secondary-antibodies/fluorescent-secondary-antibodies/alexa-fluor-plus-secondary-antibodies.html#table

Donkey anti-mouse is $355 for 1 mg (1 mL)

https://www.thermofisher.com/antibody/product/Goat-anti-Rabbit-IgG-H-L-Highly-Cross-Adsorbed-Secondary-Antibody-Polyclonal/A32766

If you use 1:100 dilution, then 10 ug (10 uL) is $3.55 per coverglass, imaging dish, etc.

the "standard" prouduct is 1.3 fold less, so $2.55.

the primary antibody would likely be used at the same amount, say $1 per specimen.

GM update #1 20240322F: ThermoFisher SuperBoost tyramide signal amplification is about $5.33 per coverglass, so with primary Ab at $1/coverglass would be $6.33 each coverglass (or 35 mm imaging dish), 10x to 100x higher intensity implying 1/10 to 1/100 imaging time.

Confocal microscope time is $27/hr (work hours, our Leica SP8 or Olympus FV3000RS).

User time making specimens and imaging: $0 from the standpoint of the P.I. = already accounted for.

So 1 hour confocal time:

SuperBoost:        $5.33 + $1 + 27 = $33.33.

AF### Plus:        $3.55 + $1 + 27 = $31.55.

AF### Regular:  $2.55 + $1 + $27 = $30.55.

Or, since Plus is 3x brighter, could reduce confocal time to 1/3 hour ($9) and Plus slide same brightness as regular for 1 hour:

Plus at 20 minutes: $3.55 + $1 + $9 = $12.55.

SuperBoost at 10 minutes (i.e. 1/6 imaging time): $5.33 + $1 + $4.50 = $10.83.

My recommendation is choose the same acquisition time, get "Plus" 3x brighter data, or SuperBoost 10x to 100x brighter.

SuperBoost is only 4 HRP per Antibody

https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/B40943

Benefits of SuperBoost kits

Enhancement of signal using Alexa Fluor tyramides: SuperBoost kits utilize Alexa Fluor tyramides, which react with HRP to ultimately deposit bright and photostable Alexa Fluor dye on surrounding proteins and other similar molecules. SuperBoost kits are the only kits that combine the brightness of Alexa Fluor dyes with the enhancement of tyramide signal amplification to produce a superior signal.

Poly-HRP enhancement: Unlike TSA, SuperBoost kits employ poly-HRP-conjugated secondary antibodies. In such systems, several HRP enzymes are conjugated with short polymers, enhancing the signal by several fold over regular HRP systems. The poly-HRP is structured in such a way that the antibodies penetrate cells or tissue as efficiently as regular HRP-conjugated secondary antibodies. The molar enzyme/antibody protein ratio has an average value of '4'.

Reaction stop solution: Like any enzyme-based labeling system, it is possible to overdevelop the signal. SuperBoost kits include an HRP stop solution to halt the HRP reaction. HRP stop solution can be used to obtain maximum signal, without increase of background signal. Images produced with optimized HRP reaction times are as sharp as images produced with standard ICC/IHC/ISH methods, but with 10-200 times more sensitivity.

Reduction of background: SuperBoost kits include blockers for the elimination or reduction of endogenous peroxidase and fluorescent background signals. These blockers help ensure that only specific signals are enhanced while keeping non-specific/background signals in check.

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GM: statement above that is is "possible to overdevelop the signal" - I suggest more likely the number of surface exposed tyrosines (phenylalanines, tryptophans, histidines are 'somewhat reactive' as well) will be limiting in TSA (or Styramide, see below) immunofluorescence experiments. 

SuperBoost 4:1 molar ratio:

HRP is 44 kDa

IgG is approximately 155 kDa (isoforms vary in MW: IgG1 vs IgG2a etc).

F(ab')2 is approximately 110 kDa  (without Fc)

So: 4 HRP (~176 kDa) + 1 IgG (~155 kDa) is ~331 kDa (I suggest ~333 as an easier number to remember).

I also note that Fitzgerald Industries sells HRP20, HRP40 and HRP80 conjugates (ex. to streptavidin, see also their product list for secondary antibodies) ... I believe number of HRP per polymer is 5x more than the number in the name, that is: HRP20-Streptavidin  has 100 HRP:SA, HRP40 has 200 HRP:SA, HRP80 has 400 HRP:SA. So, if access is not a problem (thin specimen or antigen/biotin on a coverglass or ELISA SBS plate surface) then HRP80 would be a whole lot of HRP molecules -- and bring in a whole lot of surface tyrosines to "dock" fluorescent tyramide or fluorescent Styramide (Styr below in AATbio section).

* as of April 2023, F.I. is now part of Biosynth,

https://www.biosynth.com/news/biosynth-agree-acquisition-of-fitzgerald-industries-international-from-trinity-biotech

example product pages (see website)

https://www.biosynth.com/p/65R-S103PHRP/streptavidin-poly-hrp20-conjugate

https://www.biosynth.com/p/65R-S112/streptavidin-poly-hrp40-conjugate 

Weird (if not DY-tyramide) and/or interesting: HRP40 with DY647 (DyLight 647)

     https://www.biosynth.com/p/65R-S128/streptavidin-poly-hrp40-conjugate-dy647

https://www.biosynth.com/p/65R-S105PHRP/streptavidin-poly-hrp80-conjugate

 

GM update #2 20240322F: AAT Bioquest now offers "Styramide" (Styryl-phenol aka styryl-tyramide - see freepatentsonline or google patents for patents), which they claim is superior to tyramide - see box below for their marketing info.

MAYBE Styramide will be superior to ThermoFisher Alexa Fluor ### Superboost TSA.

AATbio Styramide (styryl-phenol aka styryl-tyramide)

https://www.aatbio.com/catalog/power-styramide-signal-amplification-psa

Similar to tyramide signal amplification (TSA), PSA™ imaging uses the analyte-dependent reporter enzyme, horseradish peroxidase (HRP), to catalyze the covalent deposition and binding of labeled-Styramide™ substrates onto a target protein or nucleic acid sequence in situ. In the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), HRP converts labeled Styramide™ substrates into highly-reactive, short-lived Styramide™ radicals that rapidly bind to tyrosine residues on and proximal to the enzyme site. Styramide™ radicals have much higher reactivity than tyramide radicals, making imaging with PSA™ significantly faster, more robust, and sensitive than conventional TSA labeling. Since the added labeled-Styramide™ are deposited close to the HRP-target site, there is a minimal diffusion-related loss of resolution. PSA™ imaging technology can be readily added to any application that allows for integrating HRP into its protocol. Such applications include IHC, ICC, IF, in situ hybridization, and ELISA.

GM update #3: (minimal info here); a Japanese group has published several papers using "methyl-Luminol" as an alternative to tyramide for HRP. See pubmed or ask GM for more info.

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I suepect many experiments could use lower concentration of secondary antibody to get "same or almost as bright" as the common 1:100 dilution = same more money, similar brightness. There is also potential to optimize incubation time of the primary and/or secondary antibodies, such as dilute further, incubate 24 hours (aking sure the specimens do not dry out), see (direct label flow cytometry experiments:

Whyte, C. E., Tumes, D. J., Liston, A., & Burton, O. T. (2022). Do more with less: Improving high parameter cytometry through overnight staining. Current Protocols, 2, e589. doi: 10.1002/cpz1.589

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"Plan T" for 10x to 100x brighter:

Big boost in signal: tyramide signal amplification (TSA) has been available since around 1990. Used optimally, can increase signal approximately 100x, while background is still close to zero. This could reduce imaging time by a lot (33 fold compared to "Plus" above) or increase signal for same scan time, or some combination. HRP is "easy to kill" the enzyme (Biocare Medical "PeroxAbolish" is one of the coolest name products for this), then multiplex,

Many companies now offer TSA reagents, see for examples (two of many):

https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/cell-analysis/cellular-imaging/immunofluorescence/tyramide-signal-amplification-tsa.html

https://www.tocris.com/product-type/tyramide-signaling-amplification-tsa 

 

McTip 20240131 Centrifuge down antibodies

McTip 20240131 Centrifuge down antibodies

GM note1: use cold (stored 4 C) microfuge rotor - if use room temperature rotor, you will cook your antibodies - similar to frying egg whites. You could use ultrafiltration (i.e. 40nm Amicron filte) though some risk of your antibodies sticking to the filter (lose of titer).

GM note 2: Also, if you use BD/BioLegends Brilliant Violets (BV421, etc), Brilliant Ultraviolets (BUV395 etc) you should use BD's Brilliant buffer to avoid aggregation of the Brilliants; quantum dots may or not play well in Brilliant Buffer and vice versa. I also note the authors used several QDot antibodies - quantum dot antibodies originally (first generation thermoFisher/Molecular Probes, acquired QDot Corp circa 2005) were highly prone to aggregation - may or not have been corrected in current (2024) versions. QDots have "blinking issues" which may be good for PALm/STORM/SMLM super-resolution microscopy and/or bad for standard "brighter is better" fluorescence microscopy.

Fun fact: Authors used many Brilliants (BUV, BV, BB) and several quantum dots. Brilliants technology won Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000 "conductive polymers" (see Sirigen history page - acquired by BD); Quantum dots won Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2023 (more for light sources for televisions and computer screens than for fluorescence). 

bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.14.571745

50-color phenotyping of the human immune system with in-depth assessment of T cells and dendritic cells
Andrew J. Konecny, Peter Mage, Aaron J. Tyznik, Martin Prlic, Florian Mair

Antibody mixes were centrifuged for 10,000 x g for 5 minutes immediately prior to use to remove antibody aggregates. We have observed a decrease in aggregation of Qdot 605 :: CD2, BUV615 :: CD141, Qdot 625 :: NKp46 (CD335), Pacific Blue :: CD1c, NovaFluor Blue 555 :: CD8a, NovaFluor Blue 585 CD4, and RB744 :: CD127. An example for such aggregates before and after centrifugation is shown in Online Figure 18.

Network Address Tip

 

Apple Mac users networking SMB://networkname is equivalent to Windows PC \\networkname

(the above line item is from McTips 2018 index).

for example, if a server is \\TikiGoddess on a Windows PC, then SMB://TikiGoddess on a Mac.We do not currently have a PC or server called TikiGoddess - to see Tiki_Goddess, see http://confocal.jhu.edu/gallery   .

Note: You may need to be logged in as a local user, not any JHU SOM Domaion login (ex: WIN domain). Local login cannot see the Domain assets for security. You can easily log in/out or "switch users" between a local and a Domain login.

Please do not give out the names of our file server or any image core workstations to anyone.

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You can create a network "share" on YOUR PC. Your office/lab PC is owned by JHU, and managed by your PI, so you should get permission before creating a "shared" folder -- and if you do not fully understand networking and computer security you should probably NOT crete any shartes.

For example, C:\TikiGoddess\Share could be made visible on the campus network (may be restricted to being on -- or not on -- the Domain). Then you could transfer files from our acquisition PC to your PC "share", and as soon as you get back to your lab, move the contents from your "Share" folder to a secure (not visible not network) folder. 

We recommend you upload from our acquisition PC(s) to your JHU OneDrive - this is simpler (though usually slower) than network share drives. MyJHU --> Cloud --> JH OneDrive (can be made a favorite in MyJHU), upload your new data (i.e. save to a folder with today's date, so your new data is segregated from previous data), then sign out of your OneDrive, wait for browser page to update, then sign out of MyJHU, wait for browser page to update, then close the web broswer.

Reminders:

* No USB drives on any of our image core PCs.

* no checking your email (JHU or personal) on any of our PCs. Besides your privacy, if you get an email with a computer virus it could infect our PCs and JHU network (which could lead to you being fired for cause). 

* No surfing the "Dark Net" on any of our PCs - and please use MyJHU just to access OneDrive (not email, not other content ... not your daily covid-19 "click"). 

* Scroll down for some more tips.

McTips 2018 PDF (as of 201810002) go to: McTips 2018 

https://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/84

The McTips 2018 includes some of my thoughts with respect to Fast Photon Counting (FPC) to make fluorescence confocal microscopy both faster and more quantitative than is now practiced by most biomedical researchers (i.e. twiddle the HV gain and offset values until someone proves their boss' hypothesis ... especially when they are using 'Santa Crap' antibodies and don't bother with controls).

George's Quick Tip on Optimizing Confocal Microscope Image Acquisition

20190603Mon (ok, not that quick ... please be patient)

Applies to: Olympus FV3000RS (analog PMTs), Leica SP8 (photon ounting HyDs), and other point scanning confocal microscopes (that is, whatever instrument you are using, whether at JHU or elsewhere).

Goals - sequential!!!:

1. acquire optimally, then explore your data (initially at the confocal PC, then at your office PC) visualization and quantitation.

2. compare acquired image data to your experiment requirements -- what hypothesis(es) are you testing? how close to resolution limit(s) do you need to be to acquire the data to critically test your hypothesis(es) - then figure out what settings to use in the future.

Quick Summary for 1.4 NA objective lens:

  • Use pixel size 60 nm, Z-step size 180 nm.
  • Use fast pixel dwell time, ex. 2 microseconds per pixel on FV3000RS ... small pixel dwell time minimizes photobleaching and phototoxicity.
  • Use "a few" line averaging, try 3 line avg on FV3000RS, so total pixel dwell time (t-PDT) = 6 microseconds (2 us/pixel * 3 line average). More averaging if needed.
  • FV3000RS: low laser power, HV 500 mV, offset = 0 (can subtract later), always keep "Gain" at 1.0 ... Leica SP8 is simple: use HyD photon counting mode.
  • Unidrectional scanning -- because (i) less prone to jaggedness artefacts, and (ii) every pixel gets identical "dark time", since flyback is dark. That is, in bidirectional scanning, the end pixels get re-illuminated immediately, whereas middle has delay. For more on jaggedness, and a fix, see Papiez et al 2019.
  • I generally operate FV3000RS in galvo mode, 2 microsecond pixel dwell time ("PDT") ... resonant scanner mode is faster (typically average more to get usable "total Pixel Dweel Time") ... in fact, RS mode likely to benefit the most from my proposal below.

Proposal (written here 20190603Mon): Acquire onto MULTIPLE DETECTORS, by setting the detectors to ADJACENT wavelength bands, equal area under the emission spectrum curve (on FV3000RS assumes dichroic beamsplitters enable optimal split). 

FV3000RS: 4 internal GaAsP detectors (but also dichroic beamplitters that may not be optimal for your fluorophore ... consider switching to fluorophores that are ... and/or help us buy optimal). Example:

   Standard scan: 2 microsecond pixel dwell time. one detector, 500-560 nm, 8 line average.

    VS

   Proposed scan 2 microsecond pixel dwell time. FOUR detectors, 500-515, 515-530, 530-545, 545-560 nm, 2 line average. Note: FV3000RS (currently., 6/2019) does not have optimized dichroics to take advantage of this hypothetical setting. It would be interesting for Olympus to (i) install 50/50 beamsplitters, and (ii) add to FluoView software the image math to combine (add, 12-bit 0 ... 4095 each --> 14-bit 0 ... 16380) the signal of all four detectors, (iii) optimize C.I. deconvolution to take aqdvantage of extended dynamic range. Bonus: "discard outlier" option when operating PMT's in high HV mode (13-bit if always throw out most extreme value ... Max Krummel has punlished similar idea). I also note ISS.com may have electronics (and software) to enable "fast photon counting" with current FV3000RS PMTs, and also pulsed laser to enable "fast FLIM". going from current analog (0 ... 4095) to photon counts (photon counts!) would be a "game changer" for our FV3000RS in terms of simplfying quantitation (the deconvolution module would also need to be optimized for photon counts).

 

Leica SP8: 2 HyD photon countng hybrid detectors. Can split the emission spectrum (area under the curve) 50:50, add together ... enables image acquisition in half the time (or get 2x more photons for 'full time). Reminder: scan as fast as possible for whatever zoom you ae using. 600 Hz enables full field of view (0.75x zoom by Leica convention). Example: 600 Hz with 10 Line Accumulation is superior to 60 Hz no accumulation, because less photobleaching and less phototoxicity for 600 Hz. SP8's fastest speed is 1800 Hz (requires 7.5x zoom or greater). Note: SP8 has spacefor two more internal HyD detectors AND Leica introduced (Spring 2018) third generation "SMD HyDs" (cooled, so less thermal noise, resulting in fewer dark counts, and faster counting by about 2x than our 2nd gen HyDs, so effectively bigger dynamic range per pixel dwell time), see below for all four seeing one fluorophore together ... would be great if you could provide us the $$$ to get a full set of four SMD HyD's (trade in our current two) + chiller + a (yes, even more $$ for) pulsed laser to enable the FALCON (Leica Fluorescence lifetime contrast ... generically "Fast FLIM") + PC and Leica LAS X software upgrade. 

  • if we can get our Leica SP8 upgraded to four SMD HyD's (per above) we would be able to go 8x faster than now (single 2nd gen HyD), by the ~2x faster photon counting rate of SMD HyD * using all four SMD HyDs to observe a single fluorophore. 
  • SMD HyD's count at 80 MHz, that is 1 photon is detected in each 12.5 nanosecond reptitition.

 

Related References:

Vinegoni ... Weissleder 2016 Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms11077   

whose high dynamic range by multiple detectors featured 50/50 beamsplitters and neutral density filters (ND filters kill photons: how dumb!), did have supplemental figure on 'asymmetric' beamsplitters of 90%/10%, so PMT1 = 90%, PMT2 = 10%, PMT3 = 1% (ignoring tiny losses on each optical surface). One unknown to me is how damaging to PMT1 is zapping it with a lot of light in bright area ... ex: at the limit, entire field of view might be bright, so saturate PMT1 the entire time (our Leica SP8 HyD's have a safety cutoff, so prolonged saturatin would simply cutoff the experiment until the user stops scanning).

Pinkard ... Krummel 2016 PloS One https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0150430 

Nice approach ... rank filter 50% = median filter, so rank filter 75% could be used to "pick" second highest value of the FV3000RS's internal PMTs ... I suggest "discard outlier" (usually highest intensity) and ACCUMULATE the other three PMTs values (i.e. 3500, 1000, 1000, 1000 --> discard 3500, accumulate 1000+1000+1000 = 3000, data is 16-bit anyway), would work nicely. If doing averaging, PC electronics now fast enough (and RAM cheap enough) that Olympus could keep each value in RAM, wait until that pixel is done acquiring, then rank filter (Max K) or 'discard outlier(s)' and accumulate. Optionally always rescale as if all values were good, i.e. for four data points, discard one, accumulate, multiply by 4/3 ... for 12 data points, if discard two, accumulate ten, multiply by 12/10. 

Papiez et al 2019 IEEETBE https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31034401 and https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8701671 

Back story:

Assumes:

  • you have optimally labeled fluorescence specimens, including negative controls (labeling details is outside the scope of this quick tip).
  • You are interested in seeing what you have on your specimen, and have time to explore the resolution limits of the specimen and optics.
  • You have 'good' understanding of your microscope and/or can work with an expert (ex. me), and have the time and interest (and money) in getting your confocal imaging right.
  • Operating at high NA (yes, also assumes you know what NA is!).
  • operation at confocal pinhole 1 A.U. (yes, assumes you know what A.U. is). I mention briefly 0.5 A.U. below -- the penalty of 0.5 A.U. is pinhole is 1/4 area, so ~1/4 the number of photons gets through (most confocals can set pinhole to ~0.31, implying 10% area and number of photons compared to 1.0 A.U.).
  • your primary interest is in a green fluorophore, emission 520 nm, ex. Alexa Fluor 488, EGFP, mNeonGreen, "mXX" (Nathan Shaner's 5/2019 alias for his new 6x brighter than EGFP green fluorescent protein ... also has new bright YFP). I note that shorter wavelength enables proportionally better resolution, ex. BV421 (em center wavelength 430 nm) enables 1.2 fold better resolution than emission 520 nm (520/430 = 1.2, that is, 520 nm is 1.2 fold worse, so 430 nm is 1.2 fold better).
  • Using fluorescence ... I note that reflection from appropriate nanoparticle(s) could have advantages (I would like to see FL-Nanogold tested on our confocals! See www.nanoprobes.com and check for distributors).
  • Access to spatial deconvolution algorithm, with GPU accelaration (Olympus: Cellsens "C.I." decovnvolution; Leica: HyVolution = Leica HyD detectors -> Huygens software). With excellent specimens and optimal acquisition settings, this increases resolution by ~10% (if pixel size AND signal to noise ratio are each optimal) and improves contrast and dynamic range. GPU enables (near) instant gratification.
  • Ignoring for here AiryScan, STED, etc, optical and engineering 'tricks', just exploring standard point scanning confocal microscope.
  • ==>Assumes the microscope is performing well, vibration isolation table is floating (and operating correctly), no air drafts blowing on the specimen or stage.

Theoretical limit of widefield microscope: dxy = 0.61 * Lambda / NA ... dz ~ 3 * dxy. So: dxy = 0.61 * 520 nm / 1.4 NA = 214 nm.

Theoretical limit Confocal 1.0 A.U. microscope: dxy = 0.51 * Lambda / NA ... dz ~ 3 * dxy. So: dxy = 0.51 * 520 nm / 1.4 NA = 189 nm.

Theoretical limit Confocal 0.5 A.U. microscope: dxy = (0.51 * Lambda / NA)/1.2 ... dz ~ 3 * dxy. So: dxy = (0.51 * 520 nm / 1.4 NA)/1.2 = 158 nm.

George's Quick Rules of Confocal Settings:

  • Refractive index match your specimen mounting medium to the microscope objective lens immersion oil
    • Olympuws FV3000RS: 1.405 R.I. silicone oil (see Boothe 2018 ELife for use of OptiPrep if using live cells).
    • Leica SP8: 1.518 R.I. standard immersion oil (we use leica oil).
    • Tip: I encourage all specimens to be imaged in 35 mm (or larger) imaging dishes, non-fluorescent glass ... ex. Mattek.com (~$2/dish), WPI FluoroDishes, CellVis (~$/dish, though the latter may have 'autofluorescent stuff' on it, obliterating the $1/dish cost savings).
  • use 1.4 NA objective lens (or close as possible on the specific microscope ... if you would like to donate a 1.45 NA lens for our confocals, that would improve resolution by 3% (1.45/1.40 = 1.03) -- which may be quantifyable if you perfectly refractive index match. Note: High NA objective lenses are designed for imaging at the coverglass, and have limited working distance (usually less than 100 um). Can extend working distance by ~50 um by using #0 thickness coverglass (nominally ~120 um) instead of standard #1.5 coverglass (nominally 170 um thick), assuming you refractive index match (i.e. 1.518 R.I.) and/or deconvolution software can correct for thin coverglass (don't count on it).
  • George's take on Nyquist Sampling Theorem (which was developed for sine waves, and states 2.2 data points needed for one wave) ... confocal images are acquired with 2D pixels, or 3D voxels, and specimens are not usually simple sine waves oriented along one axis, SO: Pixel size = oversample by 3 fold from the dxy above. Optionally, oversample even more (maybe 3.5 fold, unlikely to benefit from 4.0 fold, but if you find >3 fold useful, please share with me).
    • For 1.0 Airy unit, fluorescence emission 520 nm (and photostable fluorophore, optimally matched mounting medium):
      • for dxy = 189 nm, George recommends   60 nm XY pixel size ... optional: SVI.nl Huygens suggests 43nm (see below).
      • for dz   = 3 * dxy,  use 180 nm Z step size (ok to use 200 nm)... optional: SVI.nl Huygens suggests 131 nm.
      • I note that 60/43 = 1.395 and 1.395^2 = 1.947, so my recommended setting results in ~2-fold more photons and 2-fold less time, tthan SVI's recommendation ... assuming identical pixel dwell time (ex. 2 microsecond per pixel * 3 line averaging on FV3000RS = 6 microseconds 'total pixel dwell time').
      • You are not required by any law to use 1.0 Airy unit: bigger gets you more light (and tradeoff is more depth in Z) or smaller gets you "somewhat better" resolution, as described in "confocal sweetest spot" web page http://confocal.jhu.edu/mctips/confocalsweetestspot 
      • More info below screen shot
      • SVI.nl Huygens - online calculator https://svi.nl/NyquistCalculator:

                                  

  • To get the most benefit from deconvolution -- as with SVI.nl Huygens settigns above, you need:
    • Bright labeling = optimize fluorophore or fluorophores, such as BV421, Alexa Fluor 610-X (Mailard 2020 Chem Sci reported 610-X brightest dye of 42 they tested), optimized mounting medium (refractive index match, potentially replace H2O with D2O per Maillard, for red and NIR fluorophores).
    • Optimize acquisition parameters (pinhole size, detector choice ... for Leica STELLARIS confocal, HyD S SiPM's may be superior over most of spectral range to HyD X and R -- X maybe better in "blue', such as BV421).
    • Shorter wavelength excitation and emission enables better spatial resolution (unless you have STED capability, then optimal STED fluorophore[s] and depletion laser power can do better): Premier fluorophore is BV421 (antibodies available from BD Biosciences, BioLegend; BV421-streptavidin available from BD, BioLegend, Jackson Immunoresearch).
    • If you can do tyramide signal amplification (TSA) you can get ~100 fluorophores into confocal resolution spot vs typically 3 for direct label or ~10 for secodnary antibody labeling (each numgber is "on average", but could be wide distributions). For example, Alexa Fluor 488-tyramide likely 20x brighter than standard primary + secondary antibody labeling. Tyramides also highly amenable to multiplexing (in 2021 pathology labs using IHC autostainers are at 8plex - see Janis Taube, JHU, publications and AstroPath collaboration.
  • x

 

 



https://www.fpbase.org - Fluorescent Proteins Database - including Spectral Viewer and FRET Ro Calculator

Spectral Viewer https://www.fpbase.org/spectra/ 

FRET Calculator https://www.fpbase.org/fret/ 

FRET equation from above:

QY = Quantum Yield, EC = Extinction Coefficient, J(λ) = Overlap Integral, R0 = Förster Radius, �� = refractive index, κ2 = orientation factor
Wu & Brand (1994). Resonance Energy Transfer: Methods and Applications. Analytical Biochem. 218 

 

Note: GM also has a FRET calculator Excel file inside PubSpectra ZIP file.

PubSpectra web page          https://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/9

PubSpectra download link    https://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/9/download

20190528U: stay tuned late 2019 for Nathan Shaner's improved GFP and YFP. The GFP is 2x brighter than his mNeonGreen, so 6x brighter than EGFP. Time has come to retire EGFP!!!

ThermoFisher Prolong Glass  (without DAPI)     is now the best choice, if imaging fixed specimens with oil immersion objective lens. 

==> Or- from Marker Gene Technologies (see MGT web site for more options for each product):           * 

           * Opti-Bryt (fixed cells) https://www.markergene.com/opti-bryt-trade-perm-antifade-mount.html

           * Opti-Klear (live cells) https://www.markergene.com/opti-klear-live-cell-imaging-buffer-5x.html

Prolong Glass info states needs to cure for 30+ hours.

My advice:

* grow cells in imaging dishes (mattek or WPI-Inc ... or ibidi imaging quality coverglass chambers)

** at no time should cells be allowed to "air dry" = keep submerged.

* fix (i.e. formaldehyde), permeabilize if needed.

* immunofluorescence (i.e. http://www.nano-tag.com 2ndary nanobodies with each mouse mAb) ... can include DAPI and/or other counterstains here (example: fluorescent phalloidin).

* wash extensively (but quickly).

* "drip on" some Prolong Glass with imaging dish tilted, so that it forces aqueous media away ... pipet out the "run off", drop more (but not too much $) Prolong Glass ... goal is ~100% Prolong Glass, ~0% aqueous.

* allow to "cure" 30+ hours, in the dark, at room temperature, no lid, large volume of air (i.e. not small sealed box) to let volatiles escape.​ ... Probably simplest to go closer to 48 hours (and would be nice to be consistent in experiments).

 

20180803Fri ... connecting to our file server from Windows (win 7).

* ask George for the name of our file server - and please do not give out the name or IP address of our server.

* you are welcome to set up your own 'share drive to transfer your files (and can we please have 42 Terabytes of space on yours?).

Some Windows PC's are able to see our file server. Some are not. Today we -- "we" being 99% Jim Potter and 1% GM -- were able to trouble shoot the network acess issue. 

0. assumptions:

      (i) windows PC (win7 or ideally win10)

      (ii) plugged into the JHU SOM network (Ethernet cable).

      (iii) you have administrator privileges on the PC (does not need to be 'Administrator' login name).

1. Use JHARS to connect to JHU network (if you have not already done so) https://jhars.nts.jhu.edu/

  1a. after setting  up (or confirming) JHARS, probably useful to power off the PC, wait a few seconds, then power up and log in.

2. enable all the items in the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box (it is probably ok to enable more, but at minimum you need IPv6 and IPv4 and probably more).

3. using CMD prompt -> IPconfig / all (2nd screen shot below) ... see that DHCP Server 10p15.76.226

local network

 

Windows Start menu ... cmd ... ipconfig / all

    ==> DHCP Server 10.15.176.226

    ==> Subnet mask 255.255.255.0     (if this is not correct, you may not be able to see JHU network at all!).

ipconfig all

 

 

 

 

January 15, 2019 (20190115U) new book and eBook:

Basic Confocal Microscopy second edition
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-97454-5
W. Gray (Jay) Jerome, Robert L. Price 2018

Chapter 1 includes:
Our Ten Commandments of confocal imaging are as follows.
1. The Perfect Microscope and the Perfect Microscopist Do Not Exist
2. Confocal Microscopy Is More Than a Confocal Microscope
3. During Specimen Processing the Integrity of the Specimen Must Be Maintained as Much as Possible
4. Photons Are Your Friends and Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) Is King (GM note: and Queen and President and Premier ... and Dean, milliDean, microDean, nanoDean)
5. Quantification of Fluorescence in a Confocal Micrograph Is a Challenge and at Best Is Only Semiquantitative 
6. Scientific Digital Imaging and Normal Digital Imaging (Family Photography) Are Not the Same
7. Your Image Is Your Data: Garbage in Will Result in Garbage Out
8. The Resolution and Bit Depth Present in a Digital Image Are a One-Way Street
9. The JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) Image File Format Is EVIL but Useful
10. Storage Media Is Essentially Free and Infinite
Notes:
* JHU staff can download eBook PDF for 'free' (that is, JHU has a subscription to publisher's content ... which comes out of NIH and other grants indirect overhead).
* Springer ofters MyCopy softcover edition $24.99 see "Buy" button at top right of https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-97454-5

GM comments:

#1. reminds me of my high school's National Honor Society slogan (which I'm paraphrasing here): "Those of you who think you're perfect, amuse those of us who are". (our NHS T-shirt had the original slogan and Mr. Wampole's face ... Mr. Wampolewas the advanced math teacher in addition to neing NHS chapter advisor).

#5. fluorescence intensity is 'at best only semiquantitative' ... this is sad & true

  * (I blame it on 30+ years of researchers not requiring 'good intensity quantitation' of manufacturers AND manufacturers not making quantitation easy and reasonably priced).

  * I suggest ACCM's Leica SP8 confocal microscope HyD detectors in photon counting mode enables users to come close to quantitation. There are still issues of laser performance (most lasers fluctuate in power), Z-drift and XY-drift (not a big deal for sngle focus plane, single field measurements), and specimen refractive index induced issues (if any mismatch in R.I., then Z affects intensity -- see Staudt and Hell "TDE" paper and Olympus silicone oil graph).

  * Fast FLIM and - simpler and less expensive to get going and less data deluge - "fast photon counting" (FPC) can be implemented on any PMT or Hybrid or APD based point scanning confocal microscope. Re: Becker&Hickl fast FLIM or ISS FastFLIM" (and either would be less expensive to add to our FV3000RS confocal microscope than buying a new fully loaded Leica SP8 Falcon Fast FLIM ... bonus: Wolfgang Becker correctly disses Leica's featuring 'fast lifetime contrast' (FALCON) over fast TCSPC data).

 

Grey and Price 2018  Table 1.1:

Reference: 

Pawley J (2000) The 39 steps: A cautionary tale of quantitative 3-D fluorescence microscopy. BioTechniques 28:884–888

https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/00285bt01 

 

Leica Microsystems - THUNDER Imager Tour at JHU SOM 3/3019

https://www.leica-microsystems.com/jhu-tour/ 

Leica - LIGHTNING and THUNDER

Leica THUNDER Tour - See Through the Haze with Computational Clearing
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Ross Fluorescence Imaging Center
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