From Cells to Proteins: Imaging Nature Across Dimensions: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Held in Pisa, Italy, 12-23 September 2004 (Hardcover, 2005)

Preface. Optical Microscopy for Cell Imaging; J.M. Girkin.- Introduction to Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy; F. Verni, S. Gabrielli.- Potential and Limitation of Cytochemistry; G. Rosati, S. Gabrielli.- Cryotechniques For Electron Microscopy: A Minireview; P. Lupetti.- Cell Membrane Specializations As Revealed by The Freeze-Fracture Technique; R. Dallai.- Imaging, Measuring And Manipulating Biological Matter From The Millimeter To Nanometer Scale; D. Stoffler, U. Aebi.- Inside The Small Length And Energy Scales Of The World Of The Individual Biological Molecule; M. Sandal et al.- Scanning Probe Microscopy Across Dimensions; C. Gebeshuber et al.- Imaging Cells Using Soft X-Rays; T.W. Ford.- From Microscopy To Nanoscopy: How To Get And Read Optical Data At Single Molecule Level Using Confocal And Two-Photon Excitation Microscopy; A. Diaspro et al.- Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) And Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM); T.M. Jovin et al.- Quantum Dots, a New Tool for Real-Time In Vivo Imaging; D.J. Arndt Jovin et al.- Image Acquisition and its Automation in Fluorescence Microscopy; M. Kozubek.- Stereological and Digital Methods for Estimating Geometrical Characteristics of Biological Structures Using Confocal Microscopy; L. Kubinova.- Wavelength As The Fourth Dimension In Light Microscopy; V. Evangelista et al.- Time as the Fifth Dimension in Microscopy; P. Coltelli et al.- Image Deconvolution; M. Bertero, P. Boccacci.- Image Formation In Fluorescence Microscopy: Three-Dimensional Mathematical Model; G. Vicidomini.- Atomic Force Microscopy Study On The Pellicle Of The Alga Euglena Gracilis; F. Sbrana et al.- Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Pili in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis Sp. Pcc 6803; E.V. Dubrovin et al.- Changes of Algae Protein Complex Under Ph Effect; T.V. Parshikova.- Leaf Fluorescence as Diagnostic Tool for Monitoring Vegetation;S. Apostol.- Dynamic Holography for Study of Nonlinear Optical Processes in Biological Photoreceptor Molecule; E. Korchemskaya et al.- 'Seeing' Lipid Membranes by Solid-State Nmr; V. Castro.- Visuomotor Coordination in Behaving Pigeons Following Post-Hatching Monocular Experience: An Image Analysis Study; G. Cesaretti et al.- Index.- List of Contributors.