Light Sheet Fluorescence microscopy of plant roots growing on the surface of a gel

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One of the key questions in understanding plant development is how single cells behave in a larger context of the tissue. Therefore, it requires the observation of the whole organ with a high spatial- as well as temporal resolution over prolonged periods of time, which may cause photo-toxic effects. This protocol shows a plant sample preparation method for light-sheet microscopy, which is characterized by mounting the plant vertically on the surface of a gel. The plant is mounted in such a way that the roots are submerged in a liquid medium while the leaves remain in the air. In order to ensure photosynthetic activity of the plant, a custom-made lighting system illuminates the leaves. To keep the roots in darkness the water surface is covered with sheets of black plastic foil. This method allows long-term imaging of plant organ development in standardized conditions. The Video is licensed under a CC BY NC ND license.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:66
Metadata Access https://research-explorer.app.ist.ac.at/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai:pub.research-explorer.app.ist.ac.at:5565
Provenance
Creator Von Wangenheim, Daniel; Hauschild, Robert; Friml, Jirí
Publisher Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Publication Year 2017
Funding Reference info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/291734
Rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Contact repository.manager(at)ist.ac.at
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Resource Type info:eu-repo/semantics/other; doc-type:ResearchData; Text; http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_ddb1
Discipline Life Sciences, Natural Sciences, Engineering Sciences