Research Team


Caron Jacobs

Caron Jacobs

CZI Imaging Scientist

University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Publications with our group (see more on Google Scholar):


Single-Molecule Super-Resolution Imaging of T-Cell Plasma Membrane CD4 Redistribution upon HIV-1 Binding
Yue Yuan, Caron A. Jacobs, Isabel Llorente Garcia, Pedro M. Pereira, Scott P. Lawrence, Romain F. Laine, Mark Marsh, Ricardo Henriques
Paper published in Viruses, January 2021
Technologies: CARE
Funded by: ERC
DOI: 10.3390/v13010142
Fix your membrane receptor imaging - actin cytoskeleton and CD4 membrane organization disruption by chemical fixation
Pedro M Pereira, David Albrecht, Siân Culley, Caron Jacobs, Mark Marsh, Jason Mercer, Ricardo Henriques
Published in Frontiers in immunology, January 2019
Technologies: CARE, NanoJ, NanoJ-Fluidics and NanoJ-SQUIRREL
Funded by: BBSRC and Wellcome Trust
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00675
Quantitative mapping and minimization of super-resolution optical imaging artifacts
Siân Culley, David Albrecht, Caron Jacobs, Pedro Matos Pereira, Christophe Leterrier, Jason Mercer, Ricardo Henriques
Paper published in Nature Methods, February 2018
Technologies: NanoJ, NanoJ-SQUIRREL, NanoJ-SRRF and QuickPALM
Funded by: BBSRC and Wellcome Trust
News: physicsworld.com
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.4605

Funding with our group

Democratizing Deep Learning for Microscopists with DL4MicEverywhere
Ricardo Henriques, Guillaume Jacquemet, Caron Jacobs
Funded by: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), The Kavli Foundation, and The Wellcome Trust - Essential Open Source Software for Science (Cycle 6)
Duration: July 2024 - June 2026
Understanding virus cell entry
Caron Jacobs
Funded by: UK-SA Commonwealth Commission - PhD Scholarship
Duration: January 2014 - December 2018