The growth of advanced, custom microscopy has outpaced commercialization, with biologists unable to benefit from these developments. We propose a complementary model for access based on shareable, traveling and configurable microscopes, with potential benefits for biologists, developers and the community.
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We would like to thank the entire Huisken Lab for fruitful discussions on this topic. R.M.P was supported by Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) fellowship (LT000321/ 2015-C; R.M.P.).
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Power, R.M., Huisken, J. Putting advanced microscopy in the hands of biologists. Nat Methods 16, 1069–1073 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-019-0618-1
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