The press release: eurekalert.org/news-releases/… And our Magnify website is up! magnify.mcs.cmu.edu/news/ This is impossible without the heroic efforts of OpticalComplex Brendan Gallagher, the whole team and supports CMU Mellon College of Science CMU Biological Sciences NIH Common Fund 🙏

Magnify is a universal molecular anchoring strategy for expansion microscopy go.nature.com/3Iesy5L

Our goal is to make Magnify as accessible as possible. The paper is available to anyone. And we set up a website with protocols magnify.mcs.cmu.edu Also, plz contact my team for any technical questions or potential collaboration.

In general, we try to see more detail in biological samples by building better microscopes and playing with the physics of light. Expansion microscopy comes at the problem from the other end by actually making the sample larger! New & improved approach published yesterday!

New Nature paper provides evidence that science has become less innovative since the 1950s. The authors suggest reversing the trend by: 1. reading widely, 2. focusing less on quantity of papers, & more on research quality, 3. taking year-long sabbaticals. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Unprecedented views of the interior of cells and nanoscale structures are now possible thanks to innovations in expansion microscopy by CMU Mellon College of Science's Yongxin (Leon) Zhao. The novel "Magnify" protocol uses a new hydrogel formula invented by Zhao's team. cmu.is/zhao-magnify

New Research Highlight! Yongxin Zhao et al developed an expansion microscopy technique that does not require a separate anchoring step, achieving a resolution comparable to super-resolution imaging techniques Yongxin(Leon) Zhao Carnegie Mellon University Nature Biotechnology go.nature.com/3ZWahk8

Research Highlight by Rita Strack - A new twist on expansion microscopy called Magnify uses a mechanically sturdy gel to simultaneously anchor and expand diverse biological samples for super-resolution imaging. nature.com/articles/s4159…

We are thrilled to share that our Magnify paper Nature Biotechnology got a spotlight in Nature Methods, beautifully written by Rita Strack! This is a great honor and recognition of our work. We are grateful for her insights and support!

“Everything Everywhere All at Once.” More at 11.

A Scientific Reports paper presents a device called glowscope that can convert a smartphone or tablet into a fluorescence microscope for less than US $50. go.nature.com/3l35BJH

Expanding Horizons – Expansion #microscopy strategy called #Magnify reveals nanoscopic subcellular structures. Video & research by Aleksandra Klimas & Brendan Gallagher et al Yongxin(Leon) Zhao lab Carnegie Mellon University in Nature Biotechnology. More on bpod.mrc.ac.uk/archive/2023/3… with MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) & Emmanuelle Briolat

Happy Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week! We appreciate all you do. MCS celebrated graduate students — including Berry Research Award winner Xuecong Fu and Young Teaching Award Samson Leung — with a luau-themed social.

📰 We wrote a News & Views article Nature Nanotechnology to discuss how researchers have combined Expansion Pathology & super-resolution radial fluctuations to achieve nanoscale resolution in pathology specimens using low-cost LED-based widefield microscopy. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Thrilled to celebrate the first PhD from our lab! His hard work, perseverance, and innovative research have set a high bar for future scholars. A journey of discovery begins with a single step, and his has taken a giant leap. Congrats, Dr. Gallagher ⁦Brendan Gallagher⁩ ! 🎓🔬

Hey so this is pretty cool. Check out our lab's paper about Magnify, now on the cover of Nature Biotechnology! We also have a website, magnify.mcs.cmu.edu, where we have up to date protocols, FAQ, and contact info, where we've received lots of great feedback already!