Fast wavelength switching controls and a high sensitivity camera for enhanced imaging

无论细胞是在环境中自由生活，还是在器官或组织周围的细胞层中自由生活，它都必须相互作用，并感知周围环境。每个细胞都包含在被称为质膜的脂肪(或脂类)和蛋白质的双层内。细胞与周围环境或邻近细胞之间的相互作用是通过位于细胞外表面的蛋白质和脂类来实现的。质膜及其许多不同的表面蛋白允许每个细胞吸收或“吃掉”营养物质，如糖、膳食脂肪和维生素。质膜还允许细胞通过接收荷尔蒙形式的信号并形成皮肤或肾脏等保护性屏障来与其他细胞进行交流。这些特征中的许多都是由申请者在细胞生物学的保护伞下进行检查和研究的。作为细胞生物学家，对我们来说，不仅要可视化研究中的过程，而且要可视化控制这些事件的分子，这是至关重要的。在我们的研究中，这意味着可视化参与细胞组织、运动和家务的膜蛋白和脂类。

Whether a cell is free-living in the environment or part of a layer of cells surrounding an organ or tissue, it must interact and sense its surroundings. Each cell is contained within a bilayer of fats (or lipids) and proteins referred to as the plasma membrane. Interactions between a cell and its surroundings or neighboring cells occur through the proteins and lipids located on the cell's outer surface. The plasma membrane and its many different surface proteins allow each cell to take up or "eat" nutrients such as sugars, dietary fat, and vitamins. The plasma membrane also allows a cell to communicate with other cells by receiving signals in the form of hormones and forming protective barriers such as skin or kidneys. Many of these features are examined and studied by the applicants under the umbrella of cell biology. As cell biologists, it is of paramount importance for us to visualize not only the processes under examination but also the molecules that control these events. In our research, that means visualizing the membrane proteins and lipids that mediate cellular organization, movement, and housekeeping.