Abstract

Microscopy and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) are two of the most important tools for single-cell phenotyping in basic and biomedical research. Microscopy provides high-resolution snapshots of cell morphology and the inner workings of cells, while FACS isolates thousands of cells per second using simple parameters, such as the intensity of fluorescent protein labels. Recent technologies are now combining both methods to enable the fast isolation of cells with microscopic phenotypes of interest, thereby bridging a long-standing gap in the life sciences. In this Commentary, we discuss the technical advancements made by image-enabled cell sorting and highlight novel experimental strategies in functional genomics and single-cell research.

Details

Title
Cell sorters see things more clearly now
Author
Schraivogel, Daniel 1 ; Steinmetz, Lars M 2 

 Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany 
 Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Stanford Genome Technology Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA 
Section
Commentary
Publication year
2023
Publication date
Mar 2023
Publisher
EMBO Press
e-ISSN
17444292
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2784745280
Copyright
© 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.