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Luciano A. Masullo

@lumasullo.bsky.social
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Physicist | single molecules, biotech, nanotech, optics, fluorescence, glycans, immunology, cell signalling | Group Leader at Glycoscience Program IBYME

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JungmannLab @jungmannlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
In DNA-PAINT, nearby proteins create overlapping localizations. You may see two by eye, but analysis often misses them, wasting precious precision. G5M solves this. Now in @natcomms.nature.com. doi.org/10.1038/s414.... 1/7
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Molecular mapping in DNA-PAINT via modified Gaussian Mixture Modeling - Nature Communications
Standard algorithms fail to fully exploit the spatial information in DNA-PAINT. Here, the authors present G5M, an algorithm providing molecular maps by accurately inferring biomolecule positions at di...
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Thank you, Gerti!
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Honoured to receive the Young Fluorescence Investigator Award at #BPS2026! Huge thanks to the selection committee and to all the mentors and colleagues who supported me. Excited to start new projects and keep using fluorescence to uncover molecular biology!
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Yongdeng Zhang @yongdengzhang.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
We are happy to share our latest work, 4Pi-SIMFLUX, which combines structured illumination with interferometric detection to achieve near-isotropic 3D localization precision of 2–3 nm and resolve sub-10 nm structural features across whole mammalian cells. www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/eQVxt
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4Pi-SIMFLUX: 4Pi single-molecule localization microscopy with structured illumination - Nature Methods
4Pi-SIMFLUX is a single-molecule localization microscopy approach that achieves a near-isotropic resolution below 10 nm in whole mammalian cells.
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Congrats, Arindam!! Great news!! 🤩🥳
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 30/10/2025
We're excited to announce the poster prize winners of #EESImaging 🔬 A special poster prize committee elected three winners: Alara Kiris, @lumasullo.bsky.social and @wanluzhang.bsky.social. Congratulations! Read on to learn about their research: s.embl.org/ees25-09post...
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Thanks!!
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Juliii ❤️ thanks for your kind words!! Looking forward to be part of the wonderful optics community in Argenitna!!
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Nature Nanotechnology @natnano.nature.com · 17/10/2025
Now online: October 2025 Issue. - Focus Issue on #biosensing, - DNA moiré superlattices, - Sugars at Ångström-resolution, - Solid-state #nanopores, - Non-aqueous Li #batteries, - - Neuromorphic vision, - Peptide #hydrogels, - Deep learning for #LNPs and more... www.nature.com/nnano/volume...
The image on the cover shows two sugars from the same cell-surface glycan separated by 9 Å, visualized with RESI (resolution enhancement by sequential imaging) enabled by metabolic labelling with DNA barcodes.

IMAGE: Luciano A. Masullo, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry,  Germany.

COVER DESIGN: Vanitha Selvarajan

Original paper: Masullo, L.A.,  et al. Ångström-resolution imaging of cell-surface glycans. Nat. Nanotechnol. 20, 1457–1463 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-01966-5

Abstract: Glycobiology is rooted in the study of monosaccharides, ångström-sized molecules that are the building blocks of glycosylation. Glycosylated biomolecules form the glycocalyx, a dense coat encasing every human cell with central relevance—among others—in immunology, oncology and virology. To understand glycosylation function, visualizing its molecular structure is fundamental. However, the ability to visualize the molecular architecture of the glycocalyx has remained challenging. Techniques such as mass spectrometry, electron microscopy and fluorescence microscopy lack the necessary cellular context, specificity and resolution. Here we combine resolution enhancement by sequential imaging with metabolic labelling, enabling the visualization of individual sugars within glycans on the cell surface, thus obtaining images of the glycocalyx with a spatial resolution down to 9 Å in an optical microscope.
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Thread describing our work: bsky.app/profile/luma...
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Our article "Ångström-resolution imaging of cell-surface glycans" made it to the cover of Nature Nanotechnology! 🤩 @natnano.nature.com www.nature.com/nnano/volume...
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Thank you, Inês! 😀
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I am also very grateful to my previous mentors, Ralf Jungmann and Fernando D. Stefani, and many other amazing colleagues who have supported me throughout my career.
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I am very grateful to Gabriel Rabinovich for his generous sponsorship and guidance throughout the application process, and I look forward to developing my research program within the stimulating environment of the Glycosciences Program at IBYME.
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I’ll soon be looking for Master’s students, PhD students, and a postdoc to join the team—so if this sounds exciting to you, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
My research will focus on deciphering cell signaling at the molecular level by applying and developing cutting-edge super-resolution methods, with a particular emphasis on glycoimmune checkpoints, aiming to translate this knowledge into novel and improved therapies.
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
This grant gives me the opportunity to start building my own group, with support for setting up a state-of-the-art super-resolution microscopy lab.
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Thrilled to announce some big news! Excited to share that I’ve been awarded a Wellcome Trust Early Career Award to establish my research as a Group Leader in the Glycosciences Program at the Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine (IBYME) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, beginning in early 2026.
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JungmannLab @jungmannlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Within this neuronal atlas we can reveal the three synapse classes, excitatory, inhibitory and the recently discovered mixed synapse. Organelle imaging of Peroxisomes (Pmp70) and the Golgi Apparatus (Golga5) reveals rare contact sides and even fused particles. (5/6)
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JungmannLab @jungmannlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
To show the power of the technique, we acquired a 13-plex 200 x 200 µm2 neuronal atlas in 3D. With this atlas we map the interaction architecture of three neurons, resolving organelles, cytoskeleton, vesicles and synapses at single-protein resolution. (4/6)
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JungmannLab @jungmannlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
We demonstrate speed-optimized left-handed DNA-PAINT by characterizing the sequence binding kinetics and resolving three main microscopy benchmarking targets, mitochondria, microtubules and nuclear pore complexes with <5 nm localization precision. (3/6)
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JungmannLab @jungmannlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The mirrored design of left-handed oligonucleotides allows the extension of the common 6 speed-sequences R1-R6 with their analogs L1-L6, enabling 12 target multiplexing with a standard secondary label-free DNA-PAINT workflow. (2/6)
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JungmannLab @jungmannlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Highly efficient 12-color multiplexing with speed-optimized DNA-PAINT. We are excited to share our latest paper in @natcomms.nature.com, using left-handed DNA to extend speed-optimized DNA-PAINT to 12 targets in a simple and straightforward way! 🧬👈🚀https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64228-x
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Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
📣 📅 Invitation to two talks at our institute next Tuesday, October 7: 🤩 Luciano Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social from @mpibiochem.bsky.social at 10 am, Adam Cohen @harvard.edu at 3pm, also online: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #maxplanck #mpimr #colloquium #medicalresearch #sciencetalks #science
One talk by Luciano Masullo at 10 am and another talk at 3 pm by Adam Cohen, both next Tuesday, October 7, at the MPI for Medical Research Heidelberg.
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Happy to share this article with my views on @elislenders.bsky.social and @vicidominilab.bsky.social work and discussing current developments in single-molecule localization combining structured excitation and detection. So many exciting perspectives in the field! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Localization of single molecules with structured illumination and structured detection - Light: Science & Applications
Light: Science & Applications - Localization of single molecules with structured illumination and structured detection
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Congratulations, Rita! And thanks for all the amazing work at Nature Methods!
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Thanks so much, Mahipal!!
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Ångström-resolution imaging of cell-surface glycans Now published in Nature Nanotechnology! 🤩 @natnano.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ångström-resolution imaging of cell-surface glycans - Nature Nanotechnology
By combining bioorthogonal metabolic labelling and resolution enhancement through sequential imaging of DNA barcodes, the molecular organization of individual sugars in the native glycocalyx has been ...
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Nature Nanotechnology @natnano.nature.com · 28/07/2025
New paper online: Ångström-resolution imaging of cell-surface glycans. The molecular organization of sugars in the native #glycocalyx has been resolved at 9 ångström using bioorthogonal metabolic labeling and #superresolution imaging of DNA barcodes. #Glycotime www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ångström-resolution imaging of cell-surface glycans - Nature Nanotechnology
By combining bioorthogonal metabolic labelling and resolution enhancement through sequential imaging of DNA barcodes, the molecular organization of individual sugars in the native glycocalyx has been ...
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JungmannLab @jungmannlab.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Congratulations to everyone involved: @ipachmayr.bsky.social, @lumasullo.bsky.social, @susannereinhardt.bsky.social, Jisoo Kwon, Ondřej Skořepa, Maite Llop, Sylvia Herter, Marina Bacac and Christian Klein. (6/6) Read the full story here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Resolving the structural basis of therapeutic antibody function in cancer immunotherapy with RESI - Nature Communications
The nanoscale organization of the antigen-antibody complexes influences the therapeutic action of monoclonal antibodies. Here, the authors present a multi-target 3D RESI imaging assay for the nanomete...
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Cecilia Zaza @ceciliazaza.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Can we break past the usual limits of #SuperResolution #Microscopy—achieving deep-imaging, high-res, large FOV imaging without the trade-offs? 🧬🔬 YES: with #DNA_PAINT + Spinning Disk Confocal + Optical Photon Reassignment (#SDC-OPR)! 📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natcomms.nature.com! 🧵👇
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Super-resolution imaging in whole cells and tissues via DNA-PAINT on a spinning disk confocal with optical photon reassignment - Nature Communications
Zaza and colleagues demonstrate that DNA-PAINT on a spinning disk confocal microscope with optical photon reassignment enables high-resolution imaging across large fields and imaging depths, resolving...
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Congrats!! It’s an amazing story! 🤩
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Big congrats, Florian!! 🥳🤩 All the best at this new super exciting position!! 🚀
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NanoTag Biotechnologies @nanotag.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
A new study by @jungmannlab.bsky.social presents #SPINNA, a model-based tool for quantifying protein stoichiometry, oligomerization state, and spatial arrangement from super-resolution data.🔬For precise labeling of #GFP & #mCherry fusion proteins researchers used our #nanobodies 😊 📄 bit.ly/4jTHfes
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Spatial and stoichiometric in situ analysis of biomolecular oligomerization at single-protein resolution - Nature Communications
Extracting quantitative information on biomolecular oligomerisation with high resolution remains a significant challenge. Here, the authors propose SPINNA, a framework that compares nearest-neighbour ...
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Very excited to present our latest work: SPINNA, an analysis framework and software package for single-protein resolution data! 🖥️🤩 We can directly quantify stoichiometry and oligomerization from super-res (DNA-PAINT, RESI) images!! 🧬🎨
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JungmannLab @jungmannlab.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Spatial and stoichiometric in situ analysis of biomolecular oligomerization at single-protein resolution We are excited to present our latest work published in @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Spatial and stoichiometric in situ analysis of biomolecular oligomerization at single-protein resolution - Nature Communications
Extracting quantitative information on biomolecular oligomerisation with high resolution remains a significant challenge. Here, the authors propose SPINNA, a framework that compares nearest-neighbour ...
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Adam Glaser @adamkglaser.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
To look into: a Python alternative to ZEMAX... github.com/HarrisonKram...
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GitHub - HarrisonKramer/optiland: Comprehensive optical design, optimization, and analysis in Python, including GPU-accelerated and differentiable ray tracing via PyTorch.
Comprehensive optical design, optimization, and analysis in Python, including GPU-accelerated and differentiable ray tracing via PyTorch. - HarrisonKramer/optiland
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
In the pictures: Prof. Peng Xi, Dr. Meiqi Li, Yunzhe Fu, and Shu Gao
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I had a blast visiting the lab of Prof. Peng Xi at Peking University!! Prof. Xi and his team are doing amazing work on various type of SIM and other imaging modalities! Thanks so much for the warm welcome, the stimulating discussions, and the campus tour!!
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
in the first picture (left to right): Dr. Weixing Li, Prof. Wei Ji, me, Dr. Shihang Luo, and Dr. Lusheng Gu
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Amazing visit to the lab of Prof. Wei Ji at the Institute of Biophysics (CAS) in Beijing today! They’re doing top-notch research, including awesome interferometric single-molecule localization methods (ROSE) thanks so much for the invitation, warm welcome and hospitality!! 😍🤩
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
#FOM2025 in Taiwan starting now!! Looking forward to great talks and also to tell about RESI and our latest work!
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Monique Honsa @moniquehonsa.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
IMAGING LIGAND-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS AT SINGLE-PROTEIN RESOLUTION WITH DNA-PAINT🔬 Ever wonder how cells "talk"? It starts when ligands bind to receptors on cell surfaces. We have cracked the challenge of imaging small ligands on cell surfaces. #DNAPAINT #celltalk 💬 doi.org/10.1002/smtd...
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Check-out this powerful application of DNA-PAINT and RESI: imaging ligand-receptor interactions at molecular resolution! Project led by my extremely talented colleagues Monique Honsa, Larissa Heinze and Isabelle Pachmayr Very happy to have contributed to this beautiful work! 🤩
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Eva-Maria Schentarra @evaschentarra.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
One month ago today, I published my first paper with the @jungmannlab.bsky.social 🥳 What better way to celebrate #MicroscopyMonday than with this STAR Protocol on SUM-PAINT spatial proteomic imaging: a guide for highly multiplexed DNA-PAINT imaging in neurons. star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4066
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Cell Press: STAR Protocols
STAR Protocols is an open access, peer-reviewed journal from Cell Press. We offer structured, transparent, accessible, and repeatable step-by-step experimental and computational protocols from all are...
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Happy birthday, Christophe!! Enjoy Chile!! 🤩
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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
An interesting preprint from the Horrocks' lab detailing the behavior of secondary nanobodies (such a @nanotag.bsky.social ones) at the single molecule level and optimizing protocols for multiplexed labeling: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Luciano A. Masullo @lumasullo.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Really cool study! Congratulations, Abhishek!
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 13/03/2025
Mike spotted this before the rest of us. 🫡 Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.
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Kristina @jekristina.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
To anyone who were excited for the release of SUM-PAINT, we now published a detailed protocol on to how replicate it in your hands! Check it out here: doi.org/10.1016/j.xp...
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