Cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterized by defective mucociliary clearance and chronic airway infection by a complex microbiota. Infection, persistent inflammation and periodic episodes of acute pulmonary exacerbation contribute to an irreversible decline in CF lung function. While the factors leading to acute exacerbations are poorly understood, antibiotic treatment can temporarily resolve pulmo...

Reliable information on soil status and crop health is crucial for detecting and mitigating disasters like pollution or minimizing impact from soil-borne diseases. While infestation with an aggressive soil pathogen can be detected via reflected light spectra, it is unknown to what extent hyperspectral reflectance could be used to detect overall changes in soil biodiversity. We tested the hypoth...

One of the most exciting features of fluorescent probes is their rapid evolution from simple tracers to functional indicators in diverse research fields [1]. In mammalian cells, fluorescence has been coupled to synaptic transmission [2,3], neuronal differentiation [4], apoptotic cell death [5], fate mapping in different immune cells [6,7], and functional changes in cell physiology, for example,...