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  text: "The internal structure of biomolecules and their organization in higher-order
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    For example, cryo-electron tomography has become widely used for analyzing biomolecular
    structures in situ due to its comprehensive structural visualization of near-natively
    preserved samples, and its capability of sub-nm resolution via averaging. However,
    the identification of molecules within crowded cellular environments is often
    hindered by low contrast. Fluorescence microscopy, on the other hand, routinely
    visualizes specifically labeled targets at single-molecule contrast against essentially
    zero background. Moreover, it provides comparatively high throughput and is amenable
    to multiplexing. Due to this complementarity, combining datasets from both modalities
    acquired on the same region via correlative light and electron microscopy can
    reveal novel types of information. \r\nThe spatial scale at which information
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    diffraction of light limits the resolution of conventional fluorescence microscopy
    to few hundreds of nanometers, reaching the full potential of correlative imaging
    requires super-resolution approaches. Performing imaging at cryogenic temperature
    preserves structures in a near-native state and minimizes distortions between
    the fluorescence and the electron microscopy datasets. Implementations of this
    concept have achieved correlation on the scale of cellular organelles or bacterial
    domains.\r\nWe have worked towards pushing correlative imaging to the single-molecule
    scale by improving cryo-super-resolution microscopy, and devising a refined image
    correlation workflow. As part of this project, I constructed a microscopy setup
    and adopted it for super-resolution fluorescence microscopy at room temperature
    and cryogenic conditions. I explored different cryo-stages and acquisition strategies.
    Specifically, I developed a new scheme for correcting sample drift, thus increasing
    mechanical stability during microscopy acquisitions.\r\n"
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    2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20206">10.15479/AT-ISTA-20206</a>.
  short: J. Vorlaufer, Construction of a Cryo-Super-Resolution Microscope to Guide
    in Situ Structure Analysis, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025.
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    Technology Austria, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18681">10.15479/at:ista:18681</a>.'
  short: 'M. Tavakoli, Developing Molecular and Structural Tools for Studying Brain
    Architecture with Super Resolution Expansion Microscopy. LICONN: Molecularly-Informed
    Connectomics Reconstruction with Light Microscopy, Institute of Science and Technology
    Austria, 2024.'
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  text: Mapping the complex and dense arrangement of cells and their connectivity
    in brain tissue requires volumetric imaging at nanoscale spatial resolution. While
    light microscopy excels at visualizing specific molecules and individual cells,
    achieving dense, synapse-level circuit reconstruction has not been possible with
    any light microscopy technique. Thus, the goal of my work was to develop image
    and data analysis pipelines for brain tissue visualization and reconstruction
    with light microscopy. To achieve dense circuit reconstruction with single-synapse
    resolution, I developed both conventional and deep-learning-based synapse detection
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  apa: Lyudchik, J. (2024). <i>Image analysis for brain tissue reconstruction with
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  mla: Lyudchik, Julia. <i>Image Analysis for Brain Tissue Reconstruction with Super-Resolution
    Light Microscopy</i>. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:18674">10.15479/at:ista:18674</a>.
  short: J. Lyudchik, Image Analysis for Brain Tissue Reconstruction with Super-Resolution
    Light Microscopy, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2024.
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    methods. In this work, I present two technical developments that I\r\nestablished
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    expansion microscopy (ExM) to achieve a\r\nspatial resolution as low as ~20 nm,
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    (SMLM) techniques. To visualize targeted mRNAs in mouse\r\nbrain tissue, I applied
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    context.\r\nCATS-MERFISH-ExM enabled us to identify cell types and further visualize
    the subcellular\r\ndistribution of transcripts in mouse brain tissue, shedding
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    of cells and trillions of \r\nconnections that orchestrate our cognition and behavior.
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    architecture spanning from cm-sized circuits down to tens of \r\nnm-small synapses.\r\nTo
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    across \r\nScales, a versatile toolbox for obtaining a holistic view of nervous
    tissue context with (super\x02resolution) fluorescence microscopy. CATS combines
    comprehensive labeling of the extracellular\r\nspace, that is compatible with
    chemical fixation, with information on molecular markers, super\x02resolved data
    acquisition and machine-learning based data analysis for segmentation and synapse
    \r\nidentification.\r\nI used CATS to analyze key features of nervous tissue connectivity,
    ranging from whole tissue \r\narchitecture, neuronal in- and output-fields, down
    to synapse morphology.\r\nFocusing on the hippocampal circuitry, I quantified
    synaptic transmission properties of mossy \r\nfiber boutons and analyzed the connectivity
    pattern of dentate gyrus granule cells with CA3 \r\npyramidal neurons. This shows
    that CATS is a viable tool to study hallmarks of neuronal \r\nconnectivity with
    light microscopy."
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  apa: Michalska, J. M. (2023). <i>A versatile toolbox for the comprehensive analysis
    of nervous tissue organization with light microscopy</i>. Institute of Science
    and Technology Austria. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12470">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12470</a>
  chicago: Michalska, Julia M. “A Versatile Toolbox for the Comprehensive Analysis
    of Nervous Tissue Organization with Light Microscopy.” Institute of Science and
    Technology Austria, 2023. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12470">https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12470</a>.
  ieee: J. M. Michalska, “A versatile toolbox for the comprehensive analysis of nervous
    tissue organization with light microscopy,” Institute of Science and Technology
    Austria, 2023.
  ista: Michalska JM. 2023. A versatile toolbox for the comprehensive analysis of
    nervous tissue organization with light microscopy. Institute of Science and Technology
    Austria.
  mla: Michalska, Julia M. <i>A Versatile Toolbox for the Comprehensive Analysis of
    Nervous Tissue Organization with Light Microscopy</i>. Institute of Science and
    Technology Austria, 2023, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12470">10.15479/at:ista:12470</a>.
  short: J.M. Michalska, A Versatile Toolbox for the Comprehensive Analysis of Nervous
    Tissue Organization with Light Microscopy, Institute of Science and Technology
    Austria, 2023.
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