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Inside Cover: Noninvasive, high‐speed, near‐infrared imaging of the biomolecular distribution and molecular mechanism of embryonic development in fertilized fish eggs (J. Biophotonics 4/2018)
Author(s) -
Ishigaki Mika,
Nishii Takashi,
Puangchit Paralee,
Yasui Yui,
Huck Christian W.,
Ozaki Yukihiro
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of biophotonics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1864-0648
pISSN - 1864-063X
DOI - 10.1002/jbio.201870139
Subject(s) - biophotonics , lipid bilayer , biophysics , membrane , mechanism (biology) , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , chemistry , nanotechnology , materials science , biochemistry , optoelectronics , physics , fishery , photonics , quantum mechanics
The biomaterial distribution and its molecular mechanism of embryonic development in Japanese medaka fish were visualized without staining using high‐speed near‐infrared imaging. It was a remarkable achievement to visualize the structures of eyes, lipid bilayer membranes, micelles, and water structural variations at the interface of different substances. Furthermore, insights on lipid metabolism and membrane functions were obtained from the biased distribution of lipoproteins and the presence of unsaturated fatty acids in the egg membrane. Further details can be found in the article by Mika Ishigaki ( e201700115 )