Dan Axelrod specializes in developing fluorescence microscopy techniques that are useful to cell biologists including total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy, a popular technique for viewing single molecules at surfaces. Axelrod is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics and Biophysics at the University of Michigan.
Talks with this Speaker
Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) Microscopy
Daniel Axelrod, pioneer of total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRF), describes this technique and explains the principles of the evanescent wave. (Talk recorded in May 2012)
Audience:
- Researcher
Duration: 42:23
