Molecular Imaging

M. Laterbach | Molecular Imaging

2026

• Yasser Medlej, Ahmadali Lotfinia, Michaela Klinkmann, Hervé Rigneault, Marcel A. Lauterbach. Robust carotid artery perfusion protocol for turtle brain fixation enabling multiscale imaging from magnetic resonance to super-resolution microscopy. Methods. 2026 May; Pages 95-106. 

• Carlein C, Hoffmann MDA, Bickelmann C, Amaral AG, Lotfinia A, de Selliers LA, Audouze-Chaud J, Wrublewsky S, Lauterbach MA, von der Malsburg K, van der Laan M, Bozem M, Hoth M, Gilon P, Ravier MA, Morgan B, Ampofo E, Higuchi T, Bertero E, Dudek J, Maack C, Roma LP. Adaptive mechanisms in pancreatic islets counteract mitochondrial dysfunction in Barth syndrome. Diabetologia. 2026 Jan;69(1):173-197.

2025

• Tobias A. Dancker, Mohamed Ibrahem Elhawy, Ramona Rittershauß, Qinghai Tian, Yvonne Schwarz, Markus D. A. Hoffmann, Christopher Carlein, Amanda Wyatt, Vanessa Wahl, Daniel Speyerer, Alaa Kandah, Ulrich Boehm, Leticia Prates Roma, Dieter Bruns, Peter Lipp, Gabriela Krasteva-Christ, Marcel A. Lauterbach. Functional Microendoscopy Reveals Calcium Responses of Single Cells in Tracheal Tuft Cells and Kidney Podocytes. Small. 2025, 21, 2411341. 

• Li-Pao Fang, Ching-Hsin Lin, Yasser Medlej, Renping Zhao, Hsin-Fang Chang, Qilin Guo, Zhonghao Wu, Yixun Su, Na Zhao, Davide Gobbo, Amanda Wyatt, Vanessa Wahl, Frederic Fiore, Szu-Min Tu, Ulrich Boehm, Wenhui Huang, Shan Bian, Amit Agarwal, Marcel A. Lauterbach, Chenju Yi, Jianqin Niu, Anja Scheller, Frank Kirchhoff & Xianshu Bai. Oligodendrocyte precursor cells facilitate neuronal lysosome release. Nature Communications. 2025, 16(1):1175. 

• Carina C. Theobald*, Ahmadali Lotfinia*, Jan A. Knobloch*, Yasser Medlej, David R. Stevens, Marcel A. Lauterbach. Distribution of spine classes shows intra-neuronal dendritic heterogeneity in mouse cortex. Neurophoton. 2025, 12(1), 015001. * contributed equally. doi

2023

• Jan A. Knobloch, Gilles Laurent, Marcel A. Lauterbach. STED microscopy reveals dendrite-specificity of spines in turtle cortex. Progress in Neurobiology, 231:102541, 2023. 

2022

• Angelina Staudt, Olga Ratai, Aicha Bouzouina, Claudia Fecher-Trost, Ahmed Shaaban, Hawraa Bzeih, Alexander Horn, Ali H. Shaib, Margarete Klose, Veit Flockerzi, Marcel A. Lauterbach, Jens Rettig and Ute Becherer. Localization of the Priming Factors CAPS1 and CAPS2 in Mouse Sensory Neurons Is Determined by Their N-Termini. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 14;15:674243, April 2022  

• Shweta Suiwal, Mayur Dembla, Karin Schwarz, Rashmi Katiyar, Martin Jung, Yvonne Carius, Stephan Maxeiner, Marcel A Lauterbach, C Roy D Lancaster, Frank Schmitz. Ciliary Proteins Repurposed by the Synaptic Ribbon: Trafficking Myristoylated Proteins at Rod Photoreceptor Synapses. The International Journal of Neuroscience, 27;23(13):7135, June 2020.

2020

• Chitirala, P., Ravichandran, K., Schirra, C., Chang, HF., Krause, E., Kazmaier, U., Lauterbach, M. A., Rettig, J. Role of V-ATPase a3-Subunit in Mouse CTL Function. The Journal of Immunology, 204 (10) 2818-2828, May 2020. doi

2019

• Hirose, T., Cabrera-Socorro, A., Chitayat, D., Lemonnier, T., Féraud, O., Cifuentes-Diaz, C., Gervasi, N., Mombereau, C., Ghosh, T., Stoica, L., d'Arc Al Bacha, J., Yamada, H., Lauterbach, M. A., Guillon, M., Kaneko, K., Norris, J. W., Siriwardena, K., Blaser, S., Teillon, J., Mendoza-Londono, R., Russeau, M., Hadoux, J., Ito, S., Corvol, P., Matheus, M. G., Holden, K. R., Takei, K., Emiliani, V., Bennaceur-Griscelli, A., Schwartz, C. E., Nguyen, G., and Groszer, M. ATP6AP2 variant impairs CNS development and neuronal survival to cause fulminant neurodegeneration. The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 129(5), April 2019. doi

• Rangaraju, V.,  Lauterbach,  M.   A.,  and Schuman, E. M. Spatially stable mitochondrial compartments fuel local translation during plasticity. Cell, 176(1–2):73, Jan 2019. doi

2018

• Reiter, S., Hu¨lsdunk, P., Woo, T., Lauterbach,  M.  A., Eberle, J. S., Akay, L. A., Longo, A., Meier-Credo, J., Kretschmer, F., Langer, J. D., Kaschube, M., and Laurent, G. Elucidating the control and development of skin patterning in cuttlefish.  Nature, 562(7727):361–366, Oct 2018. doi

• Richter, K. N., Revelo, N. H., Seitz, K. J., Helm, M. S., Sarkar, D., Saleeb, R. S., D’Este, E., Eberle, J., Wagner, E., Vogl, C., Lazaro, D. F., Richter, F., Coy-Vergara, J., Coceano, G., Boyden, E. S., Duncan, R. R., Hell, S. W., Lauterbach,  M.  A.,  Lehnart, S. E., Moser, T., Outeiro, T., Rehling, P., Schwappach, B., Testa, I., Zapiec, B., and Rizzoli, S. O. Glyoxal as an alternative fixative to formaldehyde in immunostaining and super-resolution microscopy. The EMBO Journal, 37(1):139–159, 2018. doi  url

2016

• Lauterbach,  M.  A., Guillon, M., Desnos, C., Khamsing, D., Jaffal, Z., Darchen, F., and Emil- iani, V. Superresolving dendritic spine morphology with STED microscopy under holographic photostimulation. Neurophotonics, 3(4):041806, 2016. url doi

2015

• Lauterbach*, M.  A., Ronzitti*, E., Sternberg, J. R., Wyart, C., and Emiliani, V. Fast calcium imaging with optical sectioning via HiLo microscopy. Plos One, 10(12):e0143681, December 2015. * contributed equally.  doi

• Li, D., H´erault, K., Zylbersztejn, K., Lauterbach,  M.  A., Guillon, M., Oheim, M., and Rop- ert, N. Astrocyte VAMP3 vesicles undergo Ca2+-independent cycling and modulate glutamate transporter trafficking. Journal of Physiology, 593(13):2807–2832, July 2015. doi

2014

• Guillon, M. and Lauterbach,  M.  A.   Quantitative confocal spiral phase contrast. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 31(6):1215–1225, 2014. doi

• Lauterbach,  M.  and Eggeling, C. Foundations of STED microscopy. In Fornasiero, E. F. and Rizzoli, S. O., editors. Super-Resolution Microscopy Techniques in the Neurosciences, volume 86 of Springer Protocols: Neuromethods,  pages 41–71. Humana Press, New York, 2014.

2013

• Lauterbach,  M.  A., Guillon, M., Soltani, A., and Emiliani, V. STED microscope with spiral phase contrast. Scientific Reports, 3:2050, 2013. doi

• Wilk, C. M., Schildberg, F. A., Lauterbach,  M.  A., Cadeddu, R.-P., Fr¨obel, J., Westphal, V., Tolba,  R. H.,  Hell, S. W.,  Czibere, A.,  Bruns, I.,  and Haas, R. The tissue inhibitor  of metalloproteinases-1 improves  migration and adhesion of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Experimental Hematology, 41(9):823–831.e2, 2013.  doi

2012

• Wagner*, E.,  Lauterbach*,  M.   A.,  Kohl,  T.,  Westphal, V.,  Williams,  G. S. B.,  Stein- brecher, J. H., Streich, J.-H., Korff, B., Tuan, H.-T. M., Hagen, B., Luther, S., Hasenfuss, G., Parlitz, U., Jafri, M. S., Hell, S. W., Lederer, W. J., and Lehnart, S. E. Stimulated emission depletion live-cell super-resolution imaging shows proliferative remodeling of t-tubule membrane structures after myocardial infarction. Circulation Research, 111(4):402–414, 2012. * contributed equally.  url  doi

• Lauterbach,  M.  A.,  Guillon, M.,  and Emiliani,  V.   Imagerie STED  en milieu biologique. In Mottin,  S. and Ramaz, F., editors, Biophotonique G´en´erale – Optique & Imageries pour le Diagnostic dans les Sciences du Vivant et en M´edecine,  Int´egration des savoirs  et des savoir- faire, pages 131–133. Publications Mission Ressources et Comp´etences Technologiques, Meudon, France, 2012.

• Lauterbach,  M. A. Finding, defining and breaking the diffraction barrier in microscopy – a historical perspective. Optical Nanoscopy, 1(1):8, 2012. doi  url

2011

• Wurm, C. A.,  Neumann, D., Lauterbach,  M.  A.,  Harke, B., Egner, A., Hell, S. W.,  and Jakobs, S. Nanoscale distribution of mitochondrial import receptor Tom20 is adjusted to cellular conditions and exhibits an inner-cellular gradient.   Proceedings  of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(33):13546–13551, 2011.  doi

2010

• Hsu, C., Morohashi, Y., Yoshimura, S.-i., Manrique-Hoyos, N., Jung, S., Lauterbach,  M.  A., Bakhti, M., Grønborg, M., M¨obius, W., Rhee, J., Barr, F. A., and Simons, M. Regulation of exosome secretion by Rab35 and its GTPase-activating proteins TBC1D10A–C. Journal of Cell Biology, 189(2):223–232, April  2010. doi

• Hoopmann, P., Punge*, A., Barysch*, S. V., Westphal, V., Bu¨ckers, J., Opazo, F., Bethani, I., Lauterbach,  M.  A.,  Hell, S. W., and Rizzoli, S. O. Endosomal sorting of readily releasable synaptic vesicles. Proceedings  of the National Academy of Sciences  of the United States of America, 107(44):19055–19060, 2010. * contributed equally. doi

• Kamin*,  D., Lauterbach*, M.  A.,  Westphal,  V., Keller, J., Sch¨onle,  A., Hell, S. W., and Rizzoli, S. O. High- and low-mobility stages in the synaptic vesicle cycle. Biophysical Journal, 99:675–684, 2010. * contributed equally. doi

• Lauterbach,  M.  A.,  Keller, J., Sch¨onle,  A., Kamin, D., Westphal, V., Rizzoli, S. O., and Hell, S. W. Comparing video-rate STED nanoscopy and confocal microscopy of living neurons. Journal of Biophotonics, 3(7):417–424, 2010. Highlighted on the journal cover. doi

• Lauterbach,  M.  A., Ullal, C. K., Westphal, V., and Hell, S. W. Dynamic imaging of colloidal- crystal nanostructurs at 200 frames per second. Langmuir, 26(18):14400–14404, 2010. High- lighted on the journal cover of the March 2011 issue. doi

2009

• Lauterbach,   M.   A. Fast STED Microscopy.   PhD  thesis, Georg-August-Universit¨at  zu Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, 2009.

2008

• [17] Westphal*, V., Rizzoli*, S. O., Lauterbach, M. A., Kamin, D., Jahn, R., and Hell, S. W. Video- rate far-field optical nanoscopy dissects synaptic vesicle movement. Science, 320(5873):246–249,  * contributed equally.  doi

2007

• Westphal*, V., Lauterbach*, M.  A., Di Nicola, A., and Hell, S. W. Dynamic far-field fluorescence nanoscopy.  New Journal of Physics, 9:435, 2007. * contributed equally. doi

2006

• Lauterbach, M. A., Ruckel, M., and Denk, W. Light-efficient, quantum-limited interferometric wavefront estimation by virtual mode sensing. Optics Express, 14(9):3700–3714, 2006. doi