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However, the availability and diversity of laser types accommodated by laser scanning confocal microscopy mean that it remains the most popular option.

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In confocal microscopy a laser beam is focused to a specific depth within a sample, and similarly to ordinary light microscopes, any reflected or emitted light is detected by a properly positioned microscope.

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In the end the Battle of Sundered Rock came down to single combat between Dazen and Gavin Guile, during which Dazen overpowered his brother with the use of black luxin. Afterwards he would disguise himself as the fallen brother and draw a surrender out of General Danavis, ending the war.

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In cases where proteins need not be preserved, when examining the presence of small molecules for example, alcohol fixation at low temperatures may instead be used. In order to ensure complete penetration of the fixation agent, the cells are exposed to mild detergents, increasing the permeability of the cell membrane.

Unwanted visual noise from the sample, besides light from the spot in focus with the laser, is omitted from the final image by the use of a pinhole aperture that prevents light scattered from higher angles from passing through. The pinhole is placed along the same plane as the sample to ensure that only photons traveling in a direct line from the sample to the microscope are detected. This is said to be in a conjugate focal plane, hence the portmanteau “confocal”.

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As discussed, fluorophores are selected for compatibility with the sample under investigation and favorable spectral properties. The great sensitivity of fluorescent probes means that only a comparatively small number need be present in the sample to achieve a sufficient signal.

Fixation, by definition, is unsuitable in dynamic microscopy applications that intend to observe the function of the cell or tissue over time. Live-cell imaging raises a number of issues with regards to keeping appropriate cell conditions within the whole microscopy chamber, including temperature, atmospheric composition of CO2 and humidity, and the pH and contents of the cell culture medium.

Molecular “lock and key” mechanisms can be exploited to ensure that fluorophores bond with structures of interest, potentially only activating or deactivating once in position. Antibodies form highly specific bonds with their target structure and are frequently linked to fluorophores in order to track the number and distribution of the target in situ. More recently, peptide and nucleic acid sequences have been employed to similar effect in identifying cellular components.

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Sanderson, M. J., Smith, I., Parker, I. & Bootman, M. D. (2016) Fluorescence Microscopy. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 10. doi: 10.1101/pdb.top071795 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4711767/

Antibodies are the most common targeting agent in fluorescent labeling due to their versatility and specificity. Specificity can be improved further by a process known as blocking, flooding the sample with a protein cocktail that occupies non-specific binding sites and exhausts the protein-crosslinking ability of any remaining formaldehyde.

Lavrentovich, O. D. (2012) Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy. Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy. doi: 10.1002/0471266965 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/0471266965.com127

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Depending on the transparency of the sample, and the wavelength of exciting light, samples can be imaged to a depth of a few hundred micrometers. Maintained scanning over a period of time provides time-lapsed images that allow scientists to observe the dynamics of tagged molecules or structures over time.

Additionally, significantly lower intensities of laser light may be employed to obtain a sufficient signal, reducing the risks to the sample associated with photon bombardment. Other sub-types of confocal microscope are available, depending on the application, which limits exposure to photons and improves the collection time of images by using a slit or spinning disc in place of a pinhole.

In practical application, fluorophores are selected by the desired excitation and emission wavelengths, the intensity of returned light (quantum yield), and the fluorescence time. Other considerations that may encourage the use of a particular fluorophore over another include the molecular weight, as larger molecules may be sterically hindered in some applications, the presence of other fluorophores that may provide overlapping signals, and the specificity of the fluorescent label.

The war's prelude began when Dazen discovered that he was a full-spectrum polychrome, upsetting Gavin, who had been named Prism, and who saw his brother as a threat. However, the situation might never have developed any further except that Andross Guile, father of Dazen and Gavin, made overtures to Rissum White Oak about marrying one of his sons to Rissum's daughter Karris. Andross, being a clever, conniving, and amoral man, told his sons that his plan was to tell Rissum that he wanted Gavin to marry Karris, meanwhile Dazen would seduce her. Andross would arrange it so that he and Rissum would walk in on them, Andross would pretend to be furious, and to save Karris' dignity (and, more importantly in the eyes of her father, the family's dignity,) Karris would be wed to Dazen, leaving Gavin, Andross' oldest son and greatest bargaining chip, free to marry someone else. The plan went awry when Karris and Dazen fell in love, and planned to meet at the White Oak estate and run away together. Rissum found out somehow, and kidnapped Karris, holding her prisoner in the White Oaks' apartments on Big Jasper. Meanwhile, Dazen arrived at the estate, and was told by a maid that Karris was inside. As soon as he stepped into the house, all seven of Karris' brothers attacked him, claiming that they were going to teach him a lesson for shaming their family by beating him to death. Dazen, who normally would not have been able to draft at night, split light for the first time, using the light from a nearby fire to draft all of the colours, and fought back against the brothers, killing 6 of them, and grievously wounding the seventh, Koios. During the battle, the mansion caught on fire, and Dazen fled. Unbeknownst to anyone until 16 years later, Koios survived his injuries and the burns he suffered in the fire, and went into hiding, only to emerge after 16 years as the Colour Prince, a polychromatic wight leading a insurrection against the Chromeria. As the news spread of the battle in the White Oak mansion and the blaze that engulfed it, the people assumed that Dazen had burned it down intentionally and maliciously.

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Samples frequently undergo fixation before microscopy to carefully preserve the structural features of the sample. Formaldehyde has historically been used for this purpose, rapidly penetrating cell membranes and forming disulfide bridges between cysteine residues in proteins, preserving even the fine structural details of antigen sites.

Over the next four months Dazen fought across the length and breadth of Atash, recruiting Generals like Corvan Danavis and Gad Delmarta to his cause. He sent Delmarta to pacify Ru, capital of Atash, only for the General to execute each and every one of the Atashian Royal Family in a brutal ceremony on the steps of the royal palace.

The image captured is generally in the range of several hundred nanometers, and so large samples are scanned to allow a larger image to be stitched together later. Adjusting the focal point of the laser and microscope along each of the three axes allows scientists to build up a three-dimensional image of the sample of interest.

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Eventually Dazen received promises of support from several prominent Parian Mountain Clans, and brought his army up to the adjacent Satrapy of Tyrea in order to rendezvous with these clans. When it became clear that the messages he had received were falsified and the Parians had no intention of joining his cause, it soon became clear that Tyrea would prove the final engagement of the False Prism's War.

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Many naturally occurring compounds are intrinsically fluorescent, and a vast library of additional specially engineered fluorophores is in constant development. Organic fluorophores frequently contain a number of double bonds and polyaromatic structures that provide delocalized electrons throughout the molecule, which are then capable of excitation.

The repeated activation of fluorophores eventually induces a phenomenon known as photobleaching, leaving the molecule completely unable to fluoresce. In time-sensitive studies, this must be accounted for, as the number of emitted photons will decline following repeated bouts of excitation.

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Basic optics set can be used by itself or with the current optics experiments. Two acrylic lenses (one double convex and one double concave). Three mirrors.

Confocal fluorescence microscopy is a commonly used optical imaging method in biology, combining fluorescence imaging with confocal microscopy for increased optical resolution. This article will discuss the principles of fluorescence and confocal microscopes, and describe the stages of fluorophore selection and sample preparation.

Over- or under-populating a sample with fluorophores can be disadvantageous, generating a noisy signal or incomplete structural elucidation, and so care must be taken in selecting an appropriate concentration.

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Small fluctuations in temperature can cause issues with focusing the laser and microscope due to changes in the refractive index of the material, and constant evaporation from the cell culture flask only exacerbates this problem.

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If the direction of the electric field of light is well defined, it is called polarized light. The most common source of polarized light is a laser.

Following each of these steps, the primary or secondary antibody linked fluorophore can be added. In some cases, additional counter stains may be included to reduce background fluorescence.

Fluorescence is the process by which a photon is absorbed, and another of slightly lower energy, and therefore longer wavelength, is subsequently emitted. Under normal circumstances, the electrons of a fluorophore (a molecule capable of fluorescence) are in a low-energy ground state, which when excited by interaction with an incident photon may be promoted to a higher energy level.

The War Of The Prisms, also known as the Prism's War or the False Prism's War, depending on the views of the person talking about it, was the civil war fought between brothers Dazen and Gavin Guile over who would become Prism. Both brothers were full-spectrum polychromes and eligible to occupy the position, but given that the teachings of the Orholamic Faith decree that only one Prism is born in a generation, this resulted in a crisis of faith in the Satrapies as well as social upheaval.

The intervening events have had scant elaboration (particularly due to the use of black luxin on both sides) - Dazen himself describes how he never wanted the war to escalate further, but Gavin refused to accept his overtures of surrender on several occasions. It would later come to light that Gavin, and his father Andross through him, had capitalised on the opportunity to wipe out enemies and potential enemies of House Guile.

After the Burning of Garriston (retaliation for Gad Delmarta's own atrocities in Ru), Dazen's army and Gavin's army spent weeks pursuing each other through Tyrea until they at last concluded their war at the Battle of Sundered Rock. Prior to this Dazen and Corvan Danavis had discussed the idea of Dazen killing and impersonating his brother, rather than trying to replace him.

The laser utilized in confocal microscopy, besides illuminating a small section of the sample, can instead be used to excite fluorophores, massively improving the sensitivity of detection and signal-to-noise ratio when compared with reflected light from the sample alone.

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From Dazen's own recollections Gavin's forces attacked him at an unknown small village he had been hiding out in, presumably not far from the White Oak Mansion in Big Jasper. The unusual brutality and cruelty of this attack caused an army to 'coalesce' around Dazen without him even desiring such a thing. Dazen sent a messenger to parley with Gavin, who was subsequently killed, and Dazen fled - all the while gathering allies from families, clans, and tribes that were disaffected with the rule of Andross Guile, Gavin Guile, or the Chromeria itself.

Some energy is thought to be consumed by non-radiative decay processes, and the difference in energy between the incident and emitted photon is known as Stokes shift. As the system relaxes vibrationally the electron returns to the ground state, releasing the remaining difference between the electron energy levels as a photon. The decay rate generally follows first-order kinetics, with most commonly employed fluorophores emitting within nanoseconds.

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Both were worried about the deals they had made and the allies they were left with; much of Dazen's supporters came from the Satrapy of Tyrea, but others were mercenaries, butchers, or psychopaths like Gad Delmarta or the Ilytian Pirate Lords. This compared to more upstanding noble families from across the Seven Satrapies, who had declared for Gavin Guile instead.

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