A5013319405- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
- Near-Field Optical Microscopy
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Phytochemistry and biological activities of Ficus species
- Clay minerals and soil interactions
Weizmann Institute of Science
2017-2020
Ficus trees are adapted to diverse environments and have some of the highest rates photosynthesis among trees. leaves can deposit one or more three major mineral types found in leaves: amorphous calcium carbonate cystoliths, oxalates, silica phytoliths. In order better understand functions these minerals control that leaf exerts over deposition, we investigated from 10 species vastly different (Rehovot, Israel; Bologna, Italy; Issa Valley, Tanzania; Ngogo, Uganda). We identified locations...
Technological advancements in the creation, manipulation and detection of quantum states light have motivated application such to overcome classical limits sensing imaging. In particular, there has been a surge recent interest super-resolution imaging based on principles optics. However, schemes for practical biological samples is demanding terms signal-to-noise ratio, speed acquisition robustness with respect sample labeling. Here, we re-introduce concept image scanning microscopy (Q-ISM),...
ABSTRACT The manner in which leaves adapt to different light intensities is key for enabling plants survive diverse environments and constantly changing conditions. Many studies have addressed this subject, but little attention has been given the effect that mineral deposits can on photosynthesis. Here we study 6 species of Ficus investigate how cystolith configurations affect photosynthesis both non-saturating saturating light. We quantified scattering by cystoliths absorption measuring...