Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering

📘New book release: Light Sheet Microscopy📘

We're proud to see Wyss expertise featured in this new reference work on light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM), a powerful technique for high-resolution, large-scale 3D imaging.🧠🔬

Wyss specialists Laura Batti and Stéphane Pagès contributed a chapter on running LSFM in multi-user imaging facilities, sharing practical insights to help expand access to advanced 3D imaging.

📖🔗 More information at wysscenter.ch

🌳 Illuminating the Communication Networks of the Spinal Cord

Like glowing branches in a living tree, this image captures neurons in the mouse spinal cord shining in green, while synaptic vesicles — the tiny messengers of communication — glow red, blending into warm orange tones where signals meet.

Understanding how these vesicles function is key to uncovering the roots of synaptic dysfunction, a hallmark of many neurological disorders. This advanced labeling approach supports spinal cord repair, helping scientists target specific neurons to promote axonal regeneration and synaptic plasticity, the nervous system’s remarkable ability to adapt