- Yang, Bin;
- Lange, Merlin;
- Millett-Sikking, Alfred;
- Zhao, Xiang;
- Bragantini, Jordão;
- VijayKumar, Shruthi;
- Kamb, Mason;
- Gómez-Sjöberg, Rafael;
- Solak, Ahmet Can;
- Wang, Wanpeng;
- Kobayashi, Hirofumi;
- McCarroll, Matthew N;
- Whitehead, Lachlan W;
- Fiolka, Reto P;
- Kornberg, Thomas B;
- York, Andrew G;
- Royer, Loic A
The promise of single-objective light-sheet microscopy is to combine the convenience of standard single-objective microscopes with the speed, coverage, resolution and gentleness of light-sheet microscopes. We present DaXi, a single-objective light-sheet microscope design based on oblique plane illumination that achieves: (1) a wider field of view and high-resolution imaging via a custom remote focusing objective; (2) fast volumetric imaging over larger volumes without compromising image quality or necessitating tiled acquisition; (3) fuller image coverage for large samples via multi-view imaging and (4) higher throughput multi-well imaging via remote coverslip placement. Our instrument achieves a resolution of 450 nm laterally and 2 μm axially over an imaging volume of 3,000 × 800 × 300 μm. We demonstrate the speed, field of view, resolution and versatility of our instrument by imaging various systems, including Drosophila egg chamber development, zebrafish whole-brain activity and zebrafish embryonic development - up to nine embryos at a time.