Senckenberg Research Institute 1 article published in JoVE Biology Analysis of Autophagy in Penicillium chrysogenum by Using Starvation Pads in Combination With Fluorescence Microscopy Christian Q. Scheckhuber1 1LOEWE Excellence Cluster for Integrative Fungal Research (IPF), Senckenberg Research Institute A convenient and powerful method for studying autophagy in Penicillium chrysogenum by using starvation pads (mixtures of agarose and tap water in a microscope slide containing a central cavity) is presented here.