2020 chapter

MAGIC: Live imaging of cellular division in plant seedlings using lightsheet microscopy

In Methods in Cell Biology.

By: I. Madison  n, C. Melvin n, E. Buckner n, C. Williams  n, R. Sozzani  n & T. Long n 

co-author countries: United States of America πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

Contributors: I. Madison  n, C. Melvin n, E. Buckner n, C. Williams  n, R. Sozzani  n & T. Long n 

MeSH headings : Arabidopsis / cytology; Arabidopsis / growth & development; Cell Division; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Microscopy, Fluorescence / methods; Seedlings / cytology; Seedlings / growth & development
Source: ORCID
Added: June 17, 2020

Imaging technologies have been used to understand plant genetic and developmental processes, from the dynamics of gene expression to tissue and organ morphogenesis. Although the field has advanced incredibly in recent years, gaps remain in identifying fine and dynamic spatiotemporal intervals of target processes, such as changes to gene expression in response to abiotic stresses. Lightsheet microscopy is a valuable tool for such studies due to its ability to perform long-term imaging at fine intervals of time and at low photo-toxicity of live vertically oriented seedlings. In this chapter, we describe a detailed method for preparing and imaging Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings for lightsheet microscopy via a Multi-Sample Imaging Growth Chamber (MAGIC), which allows simultaneous imaging of at least four samples. This method opens new avenues for acquiring imaging data at a high temporal resolution, which can be eventually probed to identify key regulatory time points and any spatial dependencies of target developmental processes.