Cleared-tissue direct-view oblique plane microscopy

Welcome! This website describes cleared-tissue direct-view oblique plane microscopy (CtDvOPM), developed at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK, and described in the manuscript Index-agnostic oblique plane light sheet microscopy of centimetre-scale cleared tissues at subcellular resolution.

An extension of our original direct-view oblique plane microscopy approach, CtDvOPM is an index-agnostic approach for rapid, volumetric imaging of cleared tissues at subcellular resolution. In the current implementation, samples as large as 1680 mm3 can be imaged at 3.8 μm (XY) by 13.6 μm resolution (Z), with a simple modification providing 2 μm lateral resolution.

This website provides details of the hardware and software used, including an interactive CAD render and parts list. Example images are shown below at 1080p resolution — please click on them to view full-size images.



Example images

Mouse kidney cleared using the REPLICA protocol. Mouse female reproductive tract cleared using the MACS protocol. Hair organoid cleared using the iDISCO protocol. Adult mouse brain cleared using the OptiMuS-prime protocol. Mouse gut cleared using the ECi protocol.