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4D Single-particle tracking with asynchronous read-out single-photon avalanche diode array detector

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  • Andrea Bucci

    (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
    University of Genoa)

  • Giorgio Tortarolo

    (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
    EPFL)

  • Marcus Oliver Held

    (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)

  • Luca Bega

    (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)

  • Eleonora Perego

    (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
    Université de Lausanne)

  • Francesco Castagnetti

    (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)

  • Irene Bozzoni

    (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
    Sapienza University)

  • Eli Slenders

    (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)

  • Giuseppe Vicidomini

    (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)

Abstract

Single-particle tracking techniques enable investigation of the complex functions and interactions of individual particles in biological environments. Many such techniques exist, each demonstrating trade-offs between spatiotemporal resolution, spatial and temporal range, technical complexity, and information content. To mitigate these trade-offs, we enhanced a confocal laser scanning microscope with an asynchronous read-out single-photon avalanche diode array detector. This detector provides an image of the particle’s emission, precisely reflecting its position within the excitation volume. This localization is utilized in a real-time feedback system to drive the microscope scanning mechanism and ensure the particle remains centered inside the excitation volume. As each pixel is an independent single-photon detector, single-particle tracking is combined with fluorescence lifetime measurement. Our system achieves 40 nm lateral and 60 nm axial localization precision with 100 photons and sub-millisecond temporal sampling for real-time tracking. Offline tracking can refine this precision to the microsecond scale. We validated the system’s spatiotemporal resolution by tracking fluorescent beads with diffusion coefficients up to 10 μm2/s. Additionally, we investigated the movement of lysosomes in living SK-N-BE cells and measured the fluorescence lifetime of the marker expressed on a membrane protein. We expect that this implementation will open other correlative imaging and tracking studies.

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  • Andrea Bucci & Giorgio Tortarolo & Marcus Oliver Held & Luca Bega & Eleonora Perego & Francesco Castagnetti & Irene Bozzoni & Eli Slenders & Giuseppe Vicidomini, 2024. "4D Single-particle tracking with asynchronous read-out single-photon avalanche diode array detector," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-50512-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50512-9
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