We are happy to post about our lab’s recent publication in Development. The article describes how to label and analyze single mRNA molecules, within single cells, at different stages of the zebrafish embryo’s development. With this technique, we hope to open new avenues into gene expression patterns and cellular differentiation programs. The project was chiefly driven Carine Stapel, currently a PhD student in the Vastenhouw Lab. Carine developed the experimental protocol. The associated, freely available image analysis and quantification pipeline was developed in collaboration with Gene Myer’s research group as well as the Scientific Computing Facility. In fact, all work was done in-house at the MPI-CBG, demonstrating the institute’s wide array of qualifications as well as its collaborative spirit.
The article and protocol are available from Development, and the article also contains the analysis pipeline in its Supplementary Information. Article Page at Development
Automated detection and quantification of single RNAs at cellular resolution in zebrafish embryos
L. Carine Stapel, Benoit Lombardot, Coleman Broaddus, Dagmar Kainmueller, Florian Jug, Eugene W. Myers, Nadine L. Vastenhouw; Development 2015: doi: 10.1242/dev.128918
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