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Methods of Celluar Biology Flashcards

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What is the resolution of the human eye?

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100-200μm

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When were microscopes invented?

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16th century

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What are the 7 different types of optical microscopy?

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  1. Transmitted light microscopy
  2. Bright-field microscopy
  3. Dark-field microscopy
  4. Phase contrast microscopy
  5. Differential interference contrast(polarised light microscopy)
  6. Fluorescence microscopy
  7. Confocal microscopy
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What are the 2 different types of electron microscopy?

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  1. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

2. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

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5
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Define ‘resolution’

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He ability to perceive close objects as separate entities

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What is the resolution of a light microscope?

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0.2 μm (200nm)

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What is the resolution of SEM?

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20nm

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What is the resolution of TEM?

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0.2nm

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Define ‘contrast’

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The ability to see an object against its background

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What 2 lenses are there in optical microscopy?

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Ocular (x10) and objective (x10, x40, and x100)

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What must be used when using objective lens x100 and why?

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Immersion oil, because it increases the numerical aperture

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What is transmitted light microscopy (TEM)?

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A general term used for any type of microscopy where the light is transmitted from a source in the opposite side of the specimen to the objective lens

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How does transmitted light microscopy work?

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Light is focused on the specimen to get maximum illumination after crossing a light condenser (producing the Köhler illumination effect)

Light passes through the specimen, crosses the objective lens to magnify the specimen which is further magnified by the ocular lens

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What techniques require a transmitted light path?

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  • bright field
  • dark field
  • phase contrast
  • polarisation
  • differential interference contrast
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When is bright field microscopy used?

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When there is no optical contrast technique is employed

Works well on specimen that already contain contrast/colour

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How does bright field microscopy work?

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  • uses double diaphragm illumination because it employs both a field and an aperture iris diaphragm to set up the illumination
  • the condenser focuses parallel rays of light on the specimen, giving an evenly illuminated field so contrast/colour of specimen is visible
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How does dark field microscopy work?

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Illumination of the specimen is done obliquely (in an angle)

No direct light enters the objective lens to produce a dark field

Features in the specimen plane scatter light and can be clearly seen against a dark back ground

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What types of illumination are used in dark field microscopy?

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A simple patch stop

A dark-field element in a phase contrast condenser

A purpose built dark-field condenser

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What is phase contrast microscopy?

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A technique that exploits the fact that light slows down slightly when passing through biological samples

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How does phase contrast microscopes work?

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  • uses phase contrast objectives which have a corresponding phase plate
  • the specimen is illuminated by a hollow cone of light coming through a phase annulus in the condenser, light rays are differentially retarded by the specimen structures
  • inference between rays that cross the specimen creates a light and dark image of the specimen
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How is phase contrast microscopy useful?

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For observing transparent and colourless samples

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How does differential interference contrast (polarised light microscopy) work?

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  • it uses plane-polarised light to analyse structures that are birefringent
  • image contrast arises from the interaction of plane polarised light with a birefringent specimen to produce 2 individual wave components that are polarised to produce an image
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Define ‘birefringent’

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The double refraction of light in a transparent, molecularly ordered material which is manifested by the existence of orientation-dependent difference in refractive index

24
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How can differential interference contrast (polarised light microscopy) be useful?

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To have information about the molecular structure of objects (e.g orientation)

25
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How does fluorescence microscopy work?

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  • based in fluorescence:property of emitting light
  • many biological substances emit light : they aren’t fluorescent but are labelled with a fluoresce probe(fluorochromme)
  • fluorochromme emits light at a certain wavelength when excited by incidence of a shorter wavelength of light
  • e.g. GFP emir green light when illuminated with blue light
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What is confocal microscopy?

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All out of focus structures are suppressed at image formation via single plan focused light

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How does confocal microscopy work?

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He confocal effect is obtained by diaphragms which act as a point light source and as a long detector respectively. The detection pinhole suppresses rays of light from out-of-focus points. The conjugated effects of light wavelength determines the depth of focus. To obtain full image the point of light is moved across the specimen by scanning mirrors

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Why is electron microscopy better than light microscopy?

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The penetrating power of electrons allows higher magnification and better resolution

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Who created the first real prototype of an electron microscope in 1933 which could resolve to 50nm?

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Ruska

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How does electron microscopy work?

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  • beam of electrons produced by a tungsten filament accelerated at 100kv
  • whole microscope in a vaccum(electrons don’t move through air)
  • electrons focused by a series of electro-magnetic lenses
  • the image is projected onto a fluorescent screen or CDD camera at the bottom of the column - human eye not sensitive to electrons
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How does transmission electron microscopy (TEM) work?

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  • a high voltage beam is transmitted Brough a very thin (semi-transparent for electrons) specimen
  • the variation of the specimens result Ina n image which is magnified by magnetic lenses
32
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How does scanning microscopy (SEM) work?

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  • in SEM detection of secondary electrons emitted from the surface of the specimen after extraction by the primary electron beam produce an image of the sample
  • the electron beam is scanned across the surface of the sample to build its image
33
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What does a scanning electron microscope (SEM) work best on?

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SEM works best on surfaces

34
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In sample preparation for microscopy, how is a sample preserved as close as possible to living state?

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  • fixation of the sample
35
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Name the different ways of sample fixation in microscopy

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  • cryofixation
  • chemical fixation
  • dehydration
  • embedding
  • sectioning
  • staining
36
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When preparing a sample what is ‘cryofixation’?

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-freezing a sample rapidly in liquid nitrogen

37
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When preparing a sample what is ‘chemical fixation’?

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Glutaraldehyde is often used to cross link proteins and osmium tetroxide to preserve lipids

38
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When preparing a sample what is ‘dehydration’?

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Removing water from the samples and replacing it with organic solvents such a ethanol amid acetone for subsequent embedding for TEM specimens

39
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When preparing sample what is ‘embedding’?

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Infiltration of the tissue with wax for light microscopy or a resin for electron microscopy

40
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When preparing a sample what is ‘sectioning’?

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The production of thin slices of the specimen using ultramicrotome

41
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When preparing a sample what is ‘staining’?

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Use heavy metals such as lead plans uranium to give contrast by scattering electrons

42
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What are the different techniques of staining and labelling?

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  • dye staining
  • fluorescent labelling
  • immunostaining
43
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What is ‘dye staining’?

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Use of dyes that bind specifically to different compartments of the cell and increase their contrast

e.g. Methylene blue dye to the nucleus

44
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What is ‘fluorescent labelling’?

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There are fluorescent dyes and proteins

Dyes = fluorscein and rhodamine 
Proteins = green fluorescent protein
45
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What is ‘immunostaining’?

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Uses fluorescently labelled antibody specific to a target protein in a sample.

A fluorescent secondary antibody might be used to detect the primary antibody for indirect detection of the target - sample then observed

46
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What does ‘FACS’ stand for?

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Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorters

47
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What do FACS do?

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Separate cells in solution from each other by detecting scattered, reflected and fluorescent light emitted

48
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How does FACS work?

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Cells travel in a thin capillary and are separated base on light characteristics

  1. cells are forced to enter a small vibrating nozzle one at a time
  2. cells are scanned by a laser beam (cell counting and cell size)
  3. By measuring scattered reflected and fluorescent light the computer determines which cells to separate and collect
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What are the applications of flow cytometry?

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  • sorting out cells in a mixed sample
  • sorting out living cells from dead
  • measuring DNA and RNA in vivo (living)
  • sorting out cells by functional types
  • separating cellular organelles
  • sorting out chromosomes
50
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What is cell fractionation used for?

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  • separation of intact cells from a mixed sample in to factions
  • separation of cellular organelles
  • separation of membranes
51
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What is ‘homogenisation’?

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Tissue disruption in a stabilising buffer

Only once homogenised can the cell/s be fractionated

52
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What are the physical means of homogenisation?

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  • grinding the tissue using a pestle and mortar or mixer
  • compression and/or expansion
  • ultra sonication
53
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What are the non-physical means of homogenisation?

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  • hydrologic enzymes e.g. Cellulases, lysozymes

- osmotic force

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