Everspark

The super-resolution microscopy buffer that offers multicolor, long-term and stable fluorescence imaging:
prepare your samples one day, and image them every day for weeks

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No more rushing your imaging. Prepare your slide, and image quietly whenever you want, even 3 to 4 weeks later.
Image with red, far red and green dyes (eg. AF488). Use different colors either at the same time or one after the other.
 
 Product information: Kit description, custom Everspark, lifetime, FAQ, Safety datasheet and Certificate of analysis.  Visit our glossary for a definition of dSTORM and super-resolution imaging.

 Protocols : 3 videos on how to use Everspark with a glass-bottom dish, with a depression slide, and the good sealing recipe. Protocol also on download here.


Designed by

Karine Monier, Arnaud Favier and  Christophe Place

"We designed the Everspark buffer to facilitate sample preparation for dSTORM super-resolution imaging" . Read their Tech Transfer story.

Reviewed by

Pierre Bon, Ingrid Chamma, Benjamin Compans, Laurence Dubreil, Beatrice Durel, Tamas Gajdos, Sébastien Mailfert, Céline Malleval, Paolo Marchi, Delphine Muriaux, Jonny Nixon-Abell



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 Community feedback we found interesting

Everspark works with thick samples of 100µ (peripheral blinking).

Testers are currently trying those conditions:

  • Thick samples of 100µ (peripheral blinking)

  • Multiconditions at the same time or sequentially: High Content Screening / High Troughput

We would love to know if somebody is testing  PALM + STORM at the same time.

The community also disclosed that Everspark does not work 100% efficiently with organs and tissues because there is most of the times a bit of remaining oxygen.

 Everspark is already cited in these publications

Fluorescent Polymer-AS1411-Aptamer Probe for dSTORM Super-Resolution Imaging of Endogenous Nucleolin
Fabre L, Rousset C, Monier K, Da Cruz-Boisson F, Bouvet P, Charreyre MT, Delair T, Fleury E, Favier A. Biomacromolecules. 2022 May 12. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c01706. PMID: 35549176

Comparative analysis of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and Ad26.COV2.S SARS-CoV-2 vector vaccines.
Michalik S, Siegerist F, Palankar R, Franzke K, Schindler M, Reder A, Seifert U, Cammann C, Wesche J, Steil L, Hentschker C, Gesell-Salazar M, Reisinger E, Beer M, Endlich N, Greinacher A, Völker U. Haematologica. 2022 Apr 1;107(4):947-957. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2021.280154. PMID: 35045692

Insights in ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia.
Greinacher A, Selleng K, Palankar R, Wesche J, Handtke S, Wolff M, Aurich K, Lalk M, Methling K, Völker U, Hentschker C, Michalik S, Steil L, Reder A, Schönborn L, Beer M, Franzke K, Büttner A, Fehse B, Stavrou EX, Rangaswamy C, Mailer RK, Englert H, Frye M, Thiele T, Kochanek S, Krutzke L, Siegerist F, Endlich N, Warkentin TE, Renné T. 
Blood. 2021 Dec 2;138(22):2256-2268. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021013231. PMID: 34587242

Superresolution Microscopy of Drosophila Indirect Flight Muscle Sarcomeres.
Szikora S, Novák T, Gajdos T, Erdélyi M, Mihály J. Bio Protoc. 2020 Jun 20;10(12):e3654. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3654. eCollection 2020 Jun 20. PMID: 33659324

Features

High stability over time for repeated measurements

One mounted sample is stable over 3 to 4 weeks and can be imaged multiple times

Multicolor (incl. green)

 
Compatible with green, red & far red dyes (JF646, JF549, AF647, CF647, DL550, CF568, DL650, CF680, SulfoCy5) and mEos2

Ready to use


Can be used directly from the vial

Up to 6 months performance

Individualized packaging for optimal longevity

Techniques


PALM
dSTORM
HILO, TIRF pattern

Option: customizable


Choose the MEA concentration, pH, optical index, or even additives

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 P ​rotocol

The protocol of use with a glass-bottom dish

 
 
The protocol of use with a depression slide

 
 


 A simplified p ​rotocol

Storage conditions: 

  • Everspark has to be stored in the fridge at 4°C upon receiving the product. Do not freeze it.

  • Open the tube just before mounting to limit oxygenation

  • Store the slides at 4°C and in the dark before repeating dSTORM acquisition on the same slide.

Use method:

  • Rinse the coverslip with sterile water

  • Discard water in excess

  • Prepare sealant: 1 volume of sealant catalyst + 1 volume of sealant basis in a micro-dish – do not mix

  • Open the Everspark tube and pipette right away the desired volume onto a Wilco glass bottom dish

  • Flip the coverslips face towards the slide on the cavity filled with Everspark without making bubbles

  • Absorb excess of Everspark buffer on the sides with a kimwipe

  • Mix sealant

  • Seal quickly with the reconstituted sealant

  • Wait for the sealant to polymerize on the slide before moving the slide

  • Discard the open tube of Everspark buffer (cannot be used for another slide, once already opened)

  • Gently clean the coverslip with 70% ethanol

  • Perform regular dSTORM acquisition (best to wait a couple of hours)

  • Repeat dSTORM acquisition 24 hours up to 3 weeks on the same slide providing no air bubbles were present

  • Store the slides at 4°C and in the dark before repeating dSTORM acquisition on the same slide (up to 3 weeks)

Note 1: Blinking events have been validated with JF646, JF549, AF647, CF647, DL550, CF568, DL650, CF680, SulfoCy5 and mEos2

Note 2: Blinking is detected for several weeks without loss of events or photons per event

Note 3: Mounting can also be performed in various microdishes by adjusting the Everspark volume (Each vial contains 450 µl)

The recipe to prepare a good sealing

  
 
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Product Information

KIT DESCRIPTION

STANDARD EVERSPARK
10 vials with 450 µL or 150 µL of Everspark buffer at 100 mM MEA in Tris
1 vial per experiment

YOUR CUSTOM EVERSPARK
10 vials or your own Everspark
Choose the MEA concentration, volume and pH. See below.

CUSTOMIZING EVERSPARK

Tune the MEA concentration, the volume or the pH
Ask for a Custom Everspark quote, and our product development team will come back to you.

You want something even more specific? 
Contact us and we'll get back to you with a quote. We'll do everything to deliver the product that fits your experimental needs!


LIFETIME

Up to 6 months (2 months after opening the pouch + 4 months storage in the pouch).

FAQ
SAFETY DATASHEET & CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS

Everspark and us

"We designed the Everspark buffer to facilitate sample preparation for dSTORM super-resolution imaging. Indeed, an oxygen-free buffer containing a thiol reducer is central to promote fluorophore blinking and thus single molecule detection, required for dSTORM imaging. With classical buffers, such as the Glox buffer, fluorophore blinking lifetime is limited to a few hours. With Everspark buffer, it is now possible to increase sample lifetime to several weeks. We demonstrated that a calibrated sample mounted once with the Everspark buffer can be submitted to several rounds of dSTORM imaging to acquire and reconstruct a structure reproducible in coverage and precision, over a period of two months."

Contact the team about their technology.

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"When I was working on long manipulations, I dreamed of being able to stop at certain crucial stages. Everspark is the ideal answer to the problem of many researchers who prepare their samples in a hurry simply because they need to image them right away. The Everspark buffer eliminates this tension: they take the time to image whenever they want, with complete peace of mind. They can also make acquisitions over several days. This will really change the way people prepare their experimentations, and that's exactly what I like about my job!
In terms of production, I am very proud of the way we have managed to set up a just-in-time production process in our labs in record time. And when researchers ask us to introduce variants, our production teams are able to build and produce very quickly their customized buffer to test it".

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