The lab has a new protocol manuscript out in Applications in Plant Sciences. For the last several years we have been doing extensive leaf clearing and imaging work for studies on venation. While the basics of the protocol are well known and used by many people, there has been limited information available on the practical details of implementation, or the ‘tips and tricks’ that support consistent high quality results. Please give this manuscript a read (journal link, PDF) if you would like to be able to make your own samples and images like the ones below.

The manuscript was a collaborative effort led and supported by numerous students from our National Science Foundation ‘Rules of Life’ project that