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The recent application of imaging mass spectrometry to biological samples has enabled for the chemical analysis of the plasma membrane. Through the use of a high resolution imaging secondary ion mass spectrometer (NanoSIMS 50, Cameca), we have been able to chemically map the distributions of sphingolipids on the plasma membrane of murine fibroblast cells with an astonishing sub-100 nm resolution. This required us to metabolically incorporate a rare, stable label into the molecules of interest and chemically preserving the cells in an effort to maintain close to a native organization of the membrane. The labeled lipid species could then be visualized with the NanoSIMS, providing us with a closer understanding of lipids within the plasma membrane. These experiments have revealed that sphingolipid-enriched domains exist in the plasma membrane on a length scale of ~200 nm, and they form non-random clustering on the cell surface. 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