141st iCeMS Seminar/CeMI Seminar Series 40: Prof. Stefan Hell
Since the 19th century it has been widely accepted that a light microscope cannot see details that are finer than half the wavelength of light (> 200 nm). However, in the 1990s Prof. Stefan Hell devised a method to effectively overcome this diffraction resolution barrier, such that fluorescent features can be resolved virtually down to molecular dimensions. Stefan will discuss the simple yet powerful physical principles that allowed us to break the resolution limit, with special emphasis on STED and RESOLFT microscopy, and moreover exemplify the relevance of this "optical nanoscopy" to the neurosciences.
| Lecturer |  Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Göttingen, Germany |
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| Title | Nanoscopy with Focused Light |
| Date / Time | Tue, 10 Sep 2013 / 15:30-16:45 |
| Venue | 2nd Floor Seminar Room (#A207)
iCeMS Main Building (#70), Kyoto University -> Directions |
| Flyer |  PDF (100KB) |
| Host | Kyoto University Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS) | Contact | iCeMS Kusumi Lab | kusumi-g@icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp |