Expansion Microscopy

Non-Exclusively Licensed

The present invention relates to an enlarged sample of interest for microscopy and methods for enlarging a sample of interest and the optical imaging of a sample of interest with resolution better than the classical microscopy diffraction limit, by synthesizing a swellable polymer network within a sample, it can be physically expanded, resulting in physical magnification.

Researchers

Edward Stuart Boyden / Paul Tillberg / Fei Chen

Departments: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Technology Areas: Biotechnology: Biomedical Devices & Systems, Tissue Engineering / Chemicals & Materials: Polymers / Sensing & Imaging: Imaging
Impact Areas: Healthy Living

  • expansion microscopy
    United States of America | Granted | 10,309,879
  • expansion microscopy
    Japan | Granted | 6,456,969

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