A guide to light-sheet fluorescence microscopy for multiscale imaging

RM Power, J Huisken - Nature methods, 2017 - nature.com
The impact of light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) is visible in fields as diverse as
developmental and cell biology, anatomical science, biophysics and neuroscience …

Light-sheet microscopy and its potential for understanding developmental processes

Y Wan, K McDole, PJ Keller - Annual review of cell and …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The ability to visualize and quantitatively measure dynamic biological processes in vivo and
at high spatiotemporal resolution is of fundamental importance to experimental …

Stem cell-derived synthetic embryos self-assemble by exploiting cadherin codes and cortical tension

M Bao, J Cornwall-Scoones, E Sanchez-Vasquez… - Nature Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Mammalian embryos sequentially differentiate into trophectoderm and an inner cell mass,
the latter of which differentiates into primitive endoderm and epiblast. Trophoblast stem (TS) …

Global morphogenetic flow is accurately predicted by the spatial distribution of myosin motors

SJ Streichan, MF Lefebvre, N Noll, EF Wieschaus… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
During embryogenesis tissue layers undergo morphogenetic flow rearranging and folding
into specific shapes. While developmental biology has identified key genes and local …

Organ sculpting by patterned extracellular matrix stiffness

J Crest, A Diz-Munoz, DY Chen, DA Fletcher, D Bilder - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
How organ-shaping mechanical imbalances are generated is a central question of
morphogenesis, with existing paradigms focusing on asymmetric force generation within …

Tissue topography steers migrating Drosophila border cells

W Dai, X Guo, Y Cao, JA Mondo, JP Campanale… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Moving cells can sense and respond to physical features of the microenvironment; however,
in vivo, the significance of tissue topography is mostly unknown. Here, we used Drosophila …

Differential growth triggers mechanical feedback that elevates Hippo signaling

Y Pan, I Heemskerk, C Ibar… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Mechanical stress can influence cell proliferation in vitro, but whether it makes a significant
contribution to growth control in vivo, and how it is modulated and experienced by cells …

A toolbox to explore the mechanics of living embryonic tissues

O Campas - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2016 - Elsevier
The sculpting of embryonic tissues and organs into their functional morphologies involves
the spatial and temporal regulation of mechanics at cell and tissue scales. Decades of in …

Multiscale imaging of plant development by light-sheet fluorescence microscopy

M Ovečka, D von Wangenheim, P Tomančák… - Nature Plants, 2018 - nature.com
Light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) methods collectively represent the major
breakthrough in developmental bio-imaging of living multicellular organisms. They are …

Visceral organ morphogenesis via calcium-patterned muscle constrictions

NP Mitchell, DJ Cislo, S Shankar, Y Lin, BI Shraiman… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Organ architecture is often composed of multiple laminar tissues arranged in concentric
layers. During morphogenesis, the initial geometry of visceral organs undergoes a …