title: PALM reading: Seeing the future of cell biology at higher resolution.
abstract: The inherent resolution limit of the light microscope has been a limiting factor in investigations of many fields of cell biology. A recent paper in Science by Betzig and coworkers describes a new method that can push the limit significantly lower.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 16 Barker Hall, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaksonen
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Drubin
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D005453:Fluorescence; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000639:trends*; D036103:Nanotechnology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D008164:Luminescent Proteins