scholarly journals Video-rate two-photon excited fluorescence lifetime imaging system with interleaved digitization

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (14) ◽  
pp. 3296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ximeng Y. Dow ◽  
Shane Z. Sullivan ◽  
Ryan D. Muir ◽  
Garth J. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Lifetime ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging ◽  
Two Photon ◽  
Lifetime Imaging

scholarly journals Sperm metabolism is altered during storage by female insects: evidence from two-photon autofluorescence lifetime measurements in bedbugs

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (110) ◽  
pp. 20150609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Reinhardt ◽  
Hans Georg Breunig ◽  
Aisada Uchugonova ◽  
Karsten König
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Lifetime ◽  
Sperm Cells ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging ◽  
Two Photon ◽  
Lifetime Imaging ◽  
Photon Excitation ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Male Genotype

We explore the possibility of characterizing sperm cells without the need to stain them using spectral and fluorescence lifetime analyses after multi-photon excitation in an insect model. The autofluorescence emission spectrum of sperm of the common bedbug, Cimex lectularius , was consistent with the presence of flavins and NAD(P)H. The mean fluorescence lifetimes showed smaller variation in sperm extracted from the male (tau m, τ m = 1.54–1.84 ns) than in that extracted from the female sperm storage organ (tau m, τ m = 1.26–2.00 ns). The fluorescence lifetime histograms revealed four peaks. These peaks (0.18, 0.92, 2.50 and 3.80 ns) suggest the presence of NAD(P)H and flavins and show that sperm metabolism can be characterized using fluorescence lifetime imaging. The difference in fluorescence lifetime variation between the sexes is consistent with the notion that female animals alter the metabolism of sperm cells during storage. It is not consistent, however, with the idea that sperm metabolism represents a sexually selected character that provides females with information about the male genotype.

scholarly journals Optical Estimation of Absolute Membrane Potential Using One- and Two-Photon Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia R. Lazzari-Dean ◽  
Evan W. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Potential ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetime ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging ◽  
Single Photon Counting ◽  
Two Photon ◽  
Lifetime Imaging ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Relative Measurements

AbstractBackgroundMembrane potential (Vmem) exerts physiological influence across a wide range of time and space scales. To study Vmem in these diverse contexts, it is essential to accurately record absolute values of Vmem, rather than solely relative measurements.Materials & MethodsWe use fluorescence lifetime imaging of a small molecule voltage sensitive dye (VF2.1.Cl) to estimate mV values of absolute membrane potential.ResultsWe test the consistency of VF2.1.Cl lifetime measurements performed on different single photon counting instruments and find that they are in striking agreement (differences of <0.5 ps/mV in the slope and <50 ps in the y-intercept). We also demonstrate that VF2.1.Cl lifetime reports absolute Vmem under two-photon (2P) illumination with better than 20 mV of Vmem resolution, a nearly 10-fold improvement over other lifetime-based methods.ConclusionsWe demonstrate that VF-FLIM is a robust and portable metric for Vmem across imaging platforms and under both one-photon and two-photon illumination. This work is a critical foundation for application of VF-FLIM to record absolute membrane potential signals in thick tissue.

scholarly journals High-speed imaging of transient metabolic dynamics using two-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

Optica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 1290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Bower ◽  
Joanne Li ◽  
Eric J. Chaney ◽  
Marina Marjanovic ◽  
Darold R. Spillman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Lifetime ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging ◽  
High Speed Imaging ◽  
Two Photon ◽  
Lifetime Imaging ◽  
Two Photon Fluorescence ◽  
Photon Fluorescence

scholarly journals Investigating Natural Red Lakes with Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 2148-2149
Author(s):  
Tana Elizabeth Villafana ◽  
Ryan Beams ◽  
John K. Delaney ◽  
Fenella France ◽  
Stephan J. Stranick
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Lifetime ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging ◽  
Two Photon ◽  
Lifetime Imaging
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