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New Imaging Technique Reveals Key Insights on Lipid Behavior

3/31/2026

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Lipid-CLEM, a real-time imaging technique developed by researchers from the Max Planck Institute and the Weizmann Institute, was published on March 20, 2026.
The method combines bifunctional lipid probes with correlative light and electron microscopy to track lipids in membrane nanodomains.
The study shows endosomal sorting: sphingomyelin concentrates in internal vesicles, transferrin routes to recycling tubules, which may advance understanding of membrane-dysfunction diseases.

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Lipid-CLEM, a real-time imaging technique developed by researchers from the Max Planck Institute and the Weizmann Institute, was published on March 20, 2026.
The method combines bifunctional lipid probes with correlative light and electron microscopy to track lipids in membrane nanodomains.
The study shows endosomal sorting: sphingomyelin concentrates in internal vesicles, transferrin routes to recycling tubules, which may advance understanding of membrane-dysfunction diseases.