Nanoscale imaging of expanded cells and proteins with spontaneously blinking dyes
Danush Taban, Marvin Jungblut, Made Budiarta, Dominic A. Helmerich, Cerridwen Kiesel, Sarah E. Plutkis, Luke D. Lavis, Donatus Krah, Ali Shaib, Sören Doose, Philip Kollmannsberger, Silvio O. Rizzoli, Gerti Beliu, Markus Sauer
This paper introduces a single-step expansion microscopy method enabling SMLM with spontaneously blinking dyes in expanded samples, achieving nanometer-resolution imaging of cellular structures.
bioRxiv · Feb 23, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics