Real-Time high-content Super-Resolution Imaging of ES Cell States


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Alias: RT-SuperES
Agency: H2022
Type: EIC Pathfinder Open
Principal Investigator: Eran Meshorer
Investigators: Eran Meshorer, Ricardo Henriques, Anna Kreshuk, Sandrine Lévêque-Fort, Nicolas Bourg, Genevieve Almouzni
Start-date: Julho 2023
End-date: Junho 2027
DOI: 10.3030/101099654

RT-SuperES is a project that creates a novel microscope equipped with machine learning-based automated decision making, allowing high-content imaging of embryonic stem cells in real-time. By combining conventional and super-resolution imaging, it explores cellular processes during differentiation at a nanoscale level. It will use cutting-edge technologies such as SNAP-tagging, SRRF, SMLM, SIM, NanoJ-Fluidics, and AI algorithms. The project brings together a multidisciplinary team across four countries to establish this groundbreaking and affordable imaging technology.

Technology explored


ZeroCostDL4Mic ZeroCostDL4Mic Newest update: 2025-08-30
BioImage Model Zoo BioImage Model Zoo Newest update: 2025-08-22
NanoJ NanoJ Newest update: 2024-03-22
NanoJ-SRRF NanoJ-SRRF Newest update: 2024-03-22
NanoJ-SQUIRREL NanoJ-SQUIRREL Newest update: 2020-09-10
Super-Beacons Super-Beacons Newest update: 2020-01-01
NanoJ-Fluidics NanoJ-Fluidics Newest update: 2019-04-04

Supported publications


Expansion and fluctuations-enhanced microscopy for nanoscale molecular profiling of cells and tissues
Dominik Kylies, Hannah S. Heil, Arturo G. Vesga, Mario Del Rosario, Maria Schwerk, Malte Kuehl, Milagros N. Wong, Victor G. Puelles, Ricardo Henriques
Paper published in Nature Protocols, Julho 2025
Technologies: NanoJ (), NanoJ-eSRRF (), NanoJ-SQUIRREL (), NanoJ-SRRF (), NanoPyx () and Nuclear-Pores as references
Funded by: CZI, EMBO, FCT, H2021 and H2022
DOI: 10.1038/s41596-025-01178-0
Structural Repetition Detector for multi-scale quantitative mapping of molecular complexes through microscopy
Afonso Mendes, Bruno M. Saraiva, Guillaume Jacquemet, João I. Mamede, Christophe Leterrier, Ricardo Henriques
Paper published in Nature Communications, Julho 2025
Technologies: Nuclear-Pores as references and SReD ()
Funded by: CZI, EMBO, H2021 and H2022
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60709-1
Nanoscale imaging of biological systems via expansion and super-resolution microscopy
Daria Aristova, Dominik Kylies, Mario Del Rosario, Hannah S. Heil, Maria Schwerk, Malte Kuehl, Milagros N. Wong, Ricardo Henriques, Victor G. Puelles
Paper published in Applied Physics Reviews, Abril 2025
Technologies: NanoJ-eSRRF () and NanoJ-SRRF ()
Funded by: CZI, EMBO, FCT, H2021 and H2022
DOI: 10.1063/5.0240464
The nucleoid of rapidly growing Escherichia coli localizes close to the inner membrane and is organized by transcription, translation, and cell geometry
Christoph Spahn, Stuart Middlemiss, Estibaliz Gómez-de-Mariscal, Ricardo Henriques, Helge B. Bode, Séamus Holden, Mike Heilemann
Paper published in Nature Communications, Abril 2025
Technologies: CARE (), DeepBacs () and ZeroCostDL4Mic ()
Funded by: EMBO, H2021 and H2022
Blogs: BPoD - Biomedical Picture of the Day
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58723-4
ReScale4DL - Balancing Pixel and Contextual Information for Enhanced Bioimage Segmentation
Mariana G. Ferreira, Bruno M. Saraiva, António D. Brito, Mariana G. Pinho, Ricardo Henriques, Estibaliz Gómez-de-Mariscal
Preprint published in bioRxiv, Abril 2025
Technologies: BioImage Model Zoo (), DeepBacs (), DL4MicEverywhere (), NanoPyx (), Rescale4DL () and ZeroCostDL4Mic ()
Funded by: CZI, EMBO, H2021 and H2022
DOI: 10.1101/2025.04.09.647871
Efficiently accelerated bioimage analysis with NanoPyx, a Liquid Engine-powered Python framework
Bruno M. Saraiva, Inês Cunha, António D. Brito, Gautier Follain, Raquel Portela, Robert Haase, Pedro M. Pereira, Guillaume Jacquemet, Ricardo Henriques
Paper published in Nature Methods, Janeiro 2025
Technologies: Fast4DReg (), NanoJ (), NanoJ-eSRRF (), NanoJ-SQUIRREL () and NanoPyx ()
Funded by: CZI, EMBO, FCT, H2021 and H2022
News: Tempo.pt, Nouvelles du monde and RTP
DOI: 10.1038/s41592-024-02562-6
This Microtubule Does Not Exist - Super‐Resolution Microscopy Image Generation by a Diffusion Model
Alon Saguy, Tav Nahimov, Maia Lehrman, Estibaliz Gómez‐de‐Mariscal, Iván Hidalgo‐Cenalmor, Onit Alalouf, Ashwin Balakrishnan, Mike Heilemann, Ricardo Henriques, Yoav Shechtman
Paper published in Small Methods, Janeiro 2025
Technologies: CARE () and ZeroCostDL4Mic ()
Funded by: CZI, EMBO, H2021 and H2022
DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202400672
Rxiv-Maker - An Automated Template Engine for Streamlined Scientific Publications
Bruno M Saraiva, Guillaume Jaquemet, Ricardo Henriques
Preprint published in arXiv, Janeiro 2025
Technologies: DL4MicEverywhere ()
Funded by: CZI, EMBO, H2021 and H2022
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2508.00836
PhotoFiTT - A Quantitative Framework for Assessing Phototoxicity in Live-Cell Microscopy Experiments
Mario Del Rosario, Estibaliz Gómez-de-Mariscal, Leonor Morgado, Raquel Portela, Guillaume Jacquemet, Pedro M. Pereira, Ricardo Henriques
Preprint published in bioRxiv, Julho 2024
Technologies: DL4MicEverywhere (), PhotoFiTT () and ZeroCostDL4Mic ()
Funded by: CZI, EMBO, FCT, H2021 and H2022
DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.16.603046
DL4MicEverywhere - deep learning for microscopy made flexible, shareable and reproducible
Iván Hidalgo-Cenalmor, Joanna W. Pylvänäinen, Mariana G. Ferreira, Craig T. Russell, Alon Saguy, Ignacio Arganda-Carreras, Yoav Shechtman, Guillaume Jacquemet, Ricardo Henriques, Estibaliz Gómez-de-Mariscal
Paper published in Nature Methods, Maio 2024
Technologies: BioImage Model Zoo (), DL4MicEverywhere () and ZeroCostDL4Mic ()
Funded by: EMBO, H2021 and H2022
News: Labonline, MSN, AZoRobotics and Aamuset Kaupunkimedia
Blogs: news-medical.net
DOI: 10.1038/s41592-024-02295-6
The rise of data‐driven microscopy powered by machine learning
Leonor Morgado, Estibaliz Gómez‐de‐Mariscal, Hannah S. Heil, Ricardo Henriques
Review published in Journal of Microscopy, Março 2024
Technologies: NanoJ () and NanoJ-Fluidics ()
Funded by: CZI, EMBO, FCT, H2021 and H2022
DOI: 10.1111/jmi.13282
Harnessing artificial intelligence to reduce phototoxicity in live imaging
Estibaliz Gómez-de-Mariscal, Mario Del Rosario, Joanna W. Pylvänäinen, Guillaume Jacquemet, Ricardo Henriques
Perspective published in Journal of Cell Science, Fevereiro 2024
Technologies: BioImage Model Zoo (), CARE (), DeepBacs (), NanoJ-eSRRF (), NanoJ-SQUIRREL (), NanoJ-SRRF () and ZeroCostDL4Mic ()
Funded by: CZI, EMBO, H2021 and H2022
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.261545
This Microtubule Does Not Exist - Super‐Resolution Microscopy Image Generation by a Diffusion Model
Alon Saguy, Tav Nahimov, Maia Lehrman, Estibaliz Gómez‐de‐Mariscal, Iván Hidalgo‐Cenalmor, Onit Alalouf, Ashwin Balakrishnan, Mike Heilemann, Ricardo Henriques, Yoav Shechtman
Published in Small Methods, Janeiro 2024
Technologies: ZeroCostDL4Mic ()
Funded by: CZI, EMBO, H2021 and H2022
DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202400672
Nano-org, a functional resource for single-molecule localisation microscopy data
Sandeep Shirgill, Daniel J Nieves, Jeremy A Pike, Mohammad A Ahmed, Mohammed HH Baragilly, Kylie Savoye, Jonathan Worboys, Khodor Hazime, Adrian Garcia, David J Williamson, Ricardo Henriques, Steven F Lee, Dylan M Owen
Preprint published in bioRxiv, Janeiro 2024
Technologies: nano-org
Funded by: EMBO, H2021 and H2022
DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.06.606779
High-fidelity 3D live-cell nanoscopy through data-driven enhanced super-resolution radial fluctuation
Romain F. Laine, Hannah S. Heil, Simao Coelho, Jonathon Nixon-Abell, Angélique Jimenez, Theresa Wiesner, Damián Martínez, Tommaso Galgani, Louise Régnier, Aki Stubb, Gautier Follain, Samantha Webster, Jesse Goyette, Aurelien Dauphin, Audrey Salles, Siân Culley, Guillaume Jacquemet, Bassam Hajj, Christophe Leterrier, Ricardo Henriques
Paper published in Nature Methods, Novembro 2023
Technologies: CARE (), NanoJ (), NanoJ-eSRRF (), NanoJ-SQUIRREL (), NanoJ-SRRF () and Nuclear-Pores as references
Funded by: CZI, EMBO, FCT, H2021, H2022, InnOValley and Wellcome Trust
News: Photonics.com, The Science Times, Optics.org and Phys.org
Blogs: Springer Nature Protocols and Methods Community
DOI: 10.1038/s41592-023-02057-w
Transertion and cell geometry organize the Escherichia coli nucleoid during rapid growth
Christoph Spahn, Stuart Middlemiss, Estibaliz Gómez-de-Mariscal, Ricardo Henriques, Helge B. Bode, Séamus Holden, Mike Heilemann
Preprint published in bioRxiv, Outubro 2023
Technologies: CARE (), DeepAutoFocus (), DeepBacs () and ZeroCostDL4Mic ()
Funded by: EMBO, H2021 and H2022
DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.16.562172

News


  • 2025-04-22: Blog BPoD - Biomedical Picture of the Day highlights Spahn et al. Nature Communications 2025 [external link]
  • 2025-02-28: News outlet EUTOPIA highlights Saraiva et al. Nature Methods 2025 [external link]
  • 2025-01-25: News outlet Tempo.pt highlights Saraiva et al. Nature Methods 2025 [external link]
  • 2025-01-09: News outlet Nouvelles du monde highlights Saraiva et al. Nature Methods 2025 [external link]
  • 2025-01-06: News outlet RTP highlights Saraiva et al. Nature Methods 2025 [external link]
  • 2024-06-02: News outlet Labonline highlights Hidalgo-Cenalmor et al. Nature Methods 2024 [external link]
  • 2024-05-28: News outlet MSN highlights Hidalgo-Cenalmor et al. Nature Methods 2024 [external link]
  • 2024-05-28: News outlet AZoRobotics highlights Hidalgo-Cenalmor et al. Nature Methods 2024 [external link]
  • 2024-05-27: News outlet Aamuset Kaupunkimedia highlights Hidalgo-Cenalmor et al. Nature Methods 2024 [external link]
  • 2024-05-17: Blog news-medical.net highlights Hidalgo-Cenalmor et al. Nature Methods 2024 [external link]
  • 2023-11-27: News outlet Photonics.com highlights Laine et al. Nature Methods 2023 [external link]
  • 2023-11-20: News outlet The Science Times highlights Laine et al. Nature Methods 2023 [external link]
  • 2023-11-16: News outlet Optics.org highlights Laine et al. Nature Methods 2023 [external link]
  • 2023-11-14: Blog Springer Nature Protocols and Methods Community highlights Laine et al. Nature Methods 2023 [external link]
  • 2023-11-14: News outlet Phys.org highlights Laine et al. Nature Methods 2023 [external link]