Fluorescence Methods For Investigation Of Living Cells And Microorganisms

Fluorescence methods play a leading role in the investigation of biological objects. They are the only non-destructive methods for investigating living cells and microorganisms in vivo. Using intrinsic and artificial fluorescence methods provides deep insight into mechanisms underlying physiological and biochemical processes. This book covers a wide range of modern methods involved in experimental biology. It illustrates the use of fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy, flow cytometry, delayed fluorescence, pulse-amplitude-modulation fluorometry, and fluorescent dye staining protocols. This book provides an overview of practical and theoretical aspects of fluorescence methods and their successful application in the investigation of static and dynamic processes in living cells and microorganisms.

Fluorescence Microscopy of Living Cells in Culture, Part B

Fluorescence Microscopy of Living Cells in Culture, Part A

Annotation On preparation, delivery, and detection of fluorescent probes. Discusses factors which determine the destination of probes and methods for delivering them to specific sites in living cells. Includes issues related to sample physiology (microscopic cell culture), optics (basic fluorescence microscopy), and signal detection (electric photometry and imaging, immunoelectron microscopic detection of fluorophores). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Fluorescence Microscopy is a precise and widely employed technique in many research and clinical areas nowadays. Fluorescence Microscopy In Life Sciences introduces readers to both the fundamentals and the applications of fluorescence microscopy in the biomedical field as well as biological research. Readers will learn about physical and chemical mechanisms giving rise to the phenomenon of luminescence and fluorescence in a comprehensive way. Also, the different processes that modulate fluorescence efficiency and fluorescence features are explored and explained.

Parts A and B, companion volumes on fluorescence microscopy, are sourcebooks of methods for living cells. Part A comprehensively covers methodology: fluorescent analogs, procedures for fluorescent labeling of various cellular structures, and fluorescence microscopy. Part B describes instrumentation and quantitation analysis for imaging and spectroscopy. Key Features * Convenient bench-top format Comprehensive methods inluded for: * Tracing proteins, peptides, hormones, and toxins * Labeling cell surfaces, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, and endocytic compartments * Preparation of fluorescent probes and their incorporation into cells * Culturing cells under the microscope * Basic fluorescence microscopy and imaging techniques

Whether the question is one of basic cell survival, or whether it is being used to correlate cell number to some other factor such as matrix synthesis, an estimate of cell viability is universally required. In Mammalian Cell Viability: Methods and Protocols, experts in the field describe methods from the most basic which can be performed in any laboratory, to some which require specific pieces of equipment. Initially focusing on methods for monolayer and suspension cells, later chapters describe methods for determining viability within tissue sections and 3 dimensional culture systems. Finally, methods requiring highly specialized equipment are described in order to explain what is possible. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular BiologyTM series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and vital tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Practical and adaptable, Mammalian Cell Viability: Methods and Protocols serves as a self-contained laboratory manual useful to both experienced researchers and those new to this incredibly important and influential field.