Photon Imager
Imaging animals
The Photon Imager can be used to image a large range of animals.
Mice and rats are not the only animals used by researchers in this non invasive optical system:
among others, mosquitos, flies, fishs, guinea pigs (ex vivo), birds, rabbits, monkeys were observed with the sharp eye of Biospace Lab's system.
Send us the acquisitions of the animal models you are working with!
Send us the acquisitions of the animal models you are working with!
Malaria parasite migration in mosquito
MacroLens fluorescence acquisition of a mosquito expressing DsRed in its salivary glands, infected with GFP expressing malaria.
The acquisition clearly shows the GFP expression of the parasite in the insect's thorax and the DsRed expressing salivary glands.
Courtesy of Dr. Shigeto Yoshida, Department of infection and immunity, Jichi Medical school, Saimata, Japan.
MacroLens fluorescence acquisition of a mosquito expressing DsRed in its salivary glands, infected with GFP expressing malaria.
The acquisition clearly shows the GFP expression of the parasite in the insect's thorax and the DsRed expressing salivary glands.
Courtesy of Dr. Shigeto Yoshida, Department of infection and immunity, Jichi Medical school, Saimata, Japan.
In Actio fish
Fish with persistent luminescence nanoparticules.
You can also find a description of the use of the Photon Imager for fish imaging in the following article:
Costes B, Raj VS, Michel B, Fournier G, Thirion M, Gillet L, Mast J, Lieffrig F, Bremont M, Vanderplasschen A.: The major portal of entry of koi herpesvirus in Cyprinus carpio is the skin. J Virol. 83(7):2819-30, April (2009) (link)
Fish with persistent luminescence nanoparticules.
You can also find a description of the use of the Photon Imager for fish imaging in the following article:
Costes B, Raj VS, Michel B, Fournier G, Thirion M, Gillet L, Mast J, Lieffrig F, Bremont M, Vanderplasschen A.: The major portal of entry of koi herpesvirus in Cyprinus carpio is the skin. J Virol. 83(7):2819-30, April (2009) (link)
Pulmonary granulomas
Lung tissues of guinea pigs and mice five weeks after infection with GFP expressing M. tuberculosis.
Sugawara I, Mizuno S, Tatsumi T, Taniyama T: Imaging of Pulmonary Granulomas Using a Photon Imager, Japanese Journal of Infectious Disease, Vol 59, 332-333 (2006) (link)
Lung tissues of guinea pigs and mice five weeks after infection with GFP expressing M. tuberculosis.
Sugawara I, Mizuno S, Tatsumi T, Taniyama T: Imaging of Pulmonary Granulomas Using a Photon Imager, Japanese Journal of Infectious Disease, Vol 59, 332-333 (2006) (link)
Stem cell imaging in song bird
Bioluminescent stem cells imaged in a song bird's brain.
Courtesy of J. Verschueren, I. Bergwerf, Bio imaging lab, A. Van Der Linden, Antwerpen University, Antwerpen, Belgium
Bioluminescent stem cells imaged in a song bird's brain.
Courtesy of J. Verschueren, I. Bergwerf, Bio imaging lab, A. Van Der Linden, Antwerpen University, Antwerpen, Belgium
Calcium imaging live in drosophila brain after stimulation
A transgenic drosophila was imaged with the “Macro2Micro” add-on during a pulse of nicotine which induces a calcium wave in the fly brain. (Objective: 20x; field of view:0.9 mm) (A) The movie of nicotine induced calcium response in the drosophila mushroom bodies shows the different areas of the brain that are activated sequentially.
Courtesy of Dr. J.R. Martin, Cellular and molecular neurobiology departement, Alfred Fressard Neurobiology Institute, CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, France.
A transgenic drosophila was imaged with the “Macro2Micro” add-on during a pulse of nicotine which induces a calcium wave in the fly brain. (Objective: 20x; field of view:0.9 mm) (A) The movie of nicotine induced calcium response in the drosophila mushroom bodies shows the different areas of the brain that are activated sequentially.
Courtesy of Dr. J.R. Martin, Cellular and molecular neurobiology departement, Alfred Fressard Neurobiology Institute, CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, France.
