Scanning electron microscopy for the life sciences

"Recent developments in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have resulted in a wealth of new applications for cell and molecular biology, as well as related biological disciplines. It is now possible to analyze macromolecular complexes within their three-dimensional cellular microenvironment in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schatten, Heide (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press , c2013
Series:Advances in microscopy and microanalysis
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The role of scanning electron microscopy in cell and molecular biology: SEM basics, past accomplishments and new frontiers
  • 2. Corrosion casting technique
  • 3. Revealing the internal structure of cells in three dimensions with scanning electron microscopy
  • 4. Mitochondria form continuous intracellular network-structures visualized with high-resolution field-emission scanning electron microscopy
  • 5. Is the scanning mode the future of electron microscopy in cell biology?
  • 6. High resolution labeling for correlative microscopy
  • 7. The use of SEM to explore virus structure and trafficking
  • 8. High resolution scanning electron microscopy of the nuclear surface in Herpes Simplex Virus 1 infected cells
  • 9. Scanning electron microscopy of chromosomes: structural and analytical investigations
  • 10. A method to visualize the microarchitecture of glycoprotein matrices with scanning electron microscopy
  • 11. Scanning electron microscopy of cerebellar intrinsic circuits
  • 12. Application of in vivo cryotechnique to living animal organs examined by scanning electron microscopy
  • 13. SEM in dental research
  • 14. SEM, teeth and palaeoanthropology: the secret of ancient human diets