Watt W. Webb: His measurements of the seemingly inaccessible broadened the horizons of biophysics.

Autor: Elson, Elliot
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 3/23/2021, Vol. 118 Issue 12, p1-4, 4p
Abstrakt: Mode-locked lasers are neededtoproduce shortbutveryintenselight pulses needed for the very high photon fluxes required for Watt W. Webb in his laboratory. RETROSPECTIVE WattW.Webb:Hismeasurementsofthe seeminglyinaccessiblebroadenedthehorizons ofbiophysics Elliot Elson a,1 WattW.Webb'sscientificcareerwasaseriesoftriumphs overchallengestomakedifficultmeasurementsofimportant physical and biological phenomena: "impossible problems of experimental physiology", as he described them (1). 23 W. Denk, J. H. Strickler, W. W. Webb, Two-photon laser scanning fluorescence microscopy. [Extracted from the article]
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