Light: Science & Applications (Sep 2024)

Visualizing mitochondrial dynamics at the nanoscale

  • Till Stephan,
  • Peter Ilgen,
  • Stefan Jakobs

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-024-01582-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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Abstract The study of mitochondria is a formidable challenge for super-resolution microscopy due to their dynamic nature and complex membrane architecture. In this issue, Ren et al. introduce HBmito Crimson, a fluorogenic and photostable mitochondrial probe for STED microscopy and investigate how mitochondrial dynamics influence the spatial organization of mitochondrial DNA.