A combination of genetic tricks and fancy fluorescent proteins is used to develop the Technicolor version of Golgi staining, 'Brainbow', in which hundreds of individual neurons are painted, each with a distinctive hue. This technology should not only boost mapping efforts in normal or diseased brains, but could also be applied to other complex cell populations, such as the immune system.
- Jean Livet
- Tamily A. Weissman
- Jeff W. Lichtman
