Use

• PALM Microscopy is instrumental in research giving insight into "how complex periodic patterns in biological systems can be generated and repaired," according to OptoIQ.
  
  

Technique

• PALM targets specific proteins for labeling with tags that fluoresce once they are activated by ultraviolet light. The ultraviolet light is kept at a low level of intensity so that the researchers can photoactivate the individual proteins.
  
  

Types

• PALM is used to analyze various types of cellular patterns, such as rod-shaped bacterial structures, like E.coli and intracellular structures, like eukaryotic membranes.