Fundamental cellular processes such as movement, development or communication can be analysed with the high precision biophysical techniques described in this work.

An alternative approach to cell biology An introduction into high precision techniques

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1 Atomic Force Microscopy Provides Molecular Details of Cell Surfaces.- 2 Basic Principles and Applications of Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy.- 3 Visualization of Neuronal Form and Function in Brain Slices by Infrared Videomicroscopy.- 4 Time-Resolved Imaging of Membrane Potentials and Cytoplasmic Ions at the Cellular Level with a 50x50 Fiber Array Photodiode Camera.- 5 Micromanipulation of Macromolecules: How to Measure the Stiffness of Single Microtubules.- 6 Dynamics of Single Protein Polymers Visualized by Fluorescence Microscopy.- 7 The Interaction of Proteins with Membrane Surfaces at Molecular Resolution: The Neutron Reflection Method.- 8 The Study of Fast Reactions by the Stopped-Flow Method.- 9 Biomolecular Interactions Analysis (BIA Technology). A Universal Biosensor-Based Technology for Biochemical Research and Development.- 10 Measuring Cellular Locomotion Forces with Micro-Machined Substrates.- 11 Viscoelasticity, Rheology and Molecular Conformational Dynamics of Entangled and Cross-Linked Actin Networks.