Methods in cell biology. v. 82, Laser manipulation of cells and tissues / edited by Michael W. BerKarl Otto Greulich. — Amsterdam : Elsevier, c2007. — (58.1574/M592/v.82) |
Contents
CONTENTS
PART I Reviews
1. A History of Laser Scissors (Microbeams)
2. Selected Applications of Laser Scissors and Tweezers and New Applications in Heart Research
3. Laser-Based Measurements in Celt Biology
PART II Mechanisms of Laser Interactions
4. Mechanisms of Laser Cellular Microsurgery
5. Principles of Laser Microdissection and Catapulting of Histologic Specimens and Live Cells
6. Physics of Optical Tweezers
PART III Laser Scissors/Ablation
7. Laser Microsurgery in the GFP Era: A Cell Biologist's Perspective
8. Investigating Relaxation Processes in Cells and Developing Organisms From Cell Ablation to Cytoskeleton Nanosurgery
9. Fs-laser scissors for photobleaching, ablation in fixed samples and living cells, and studies of cell mechanics
10. Cellular Laserfcction
11. Chromophore-Assistcd Laser Inactivation
12. hwestigation of Laser-Microdissected Inclusion Bodies
13. In Situ Analysis of DNA Damage Response and Repair Using Laser Microirradiation
14. Laser Effects in tile Manipulation of Htnnan Eggs and Embryos for In Vitro Fertilization
15. Laser Microdissection-Based Analysis of Plant Sex Chromosomes
PART IV Laser Tweezers/Optical Trapping
16. Optical Tweezers: Tethers, Wavelengths, and Heat
17. Cellular and Colloidal Separation Using Optical Forces
18. Laser Tweezers in the Study of Mechanobiology in Live Cells
19. Optical Torque on Microscopic Objects
20. Optical Micromanipulation Methods for Controlled Rotation, Transportation, and Microinjection of Biological Objects
21. Automated Motile Cell Capture and Analysis with Optical Traps
22. Laser Surgery and Optical Trapping in a Laser Scanning Microscope
PART V Laser Catapulting and Capture
23. Noncontact Laser Microdissection and Catapulting for Pure Sample Capture
24. Laser Capture Microdissection and Laser Pressure Catapulting as Tools to Study Gene Expression in Individual Cells of a Complex Tissue
25. Laser Capture Microdissection in Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
26. Rapid Sampling for Single-Cell Analysis by Capillary Electrophoresis
PART VI A Tribute to Sergej Tschachotin
27. Sergej Stepanovich Tschachotin: Experimental Cytologist and Political Critic (1883-1973)