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The impact of technology on light microscopy

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  1. David W. Piston is in the Departments of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Physics, and Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. dave.piston@vanderbilt.edu,

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Piston, D. The impact of technology on light microscopy. Nat Cell Biol 11 (Suppl 1), S23–S24 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb1936

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