Super-resolution microscopy at a glance

Advances in microscopy and cell biology are intimately intertwined, with new visualization possibilities often leading to dramatic leaps in our understanding of how cells function. The recent unprecedented technical innovation of super-resolution microscopy has changed the limits of optical resolution from ~250 nm to ~10 nm. Biologists are no longer limited to inferring molecular interactions from the (See poster insert) ARTICLE SERIES: Imaging Cell Science at a Glance 1607 visualization of ensemble perturbations. It is now possible to visualize the individual molecules as they dynamically interact. Super-resolution microscopy offers excitin