Part I Fluorescence Probes and Model Membranes
1 Laurdan Fluorescence Properties in Membranes: A Journey from the Fluorimeter to the Microscope
L.A. BAGATOLLI
2 Application of NBD-labeled Lipids in Membrane and Cell Biology
S. HALDAR and A. CHATTOPADHYAY
3 3-Hydroxychromone Probes Precisely Located and Oriented in Lipid Bilayers: a Toolkit for Biomembrane Research
A.S. KLYMCHENKO, G. DUPORTAIL and Y. MÉLY
4 Lateral Membrane Heterogeneity Probed by FRET Spectroscopy and Microscopy
L.M.S. LOURA and M. PRIETO
5 FRET Analysis of Protein-Lipid Interactions
G. GORBENKO and P.K.J. KINNUNEN
6 Hydration and Mobility in Lipid Bilayers Probed by Time-Dependent Fluorescence Shifts
S. POKORNA, A. OLŻYŃSKA, P. JURKIEWICZ* and M. HOF
Md. JAFURULLA and A. CHATTOPADHYAY
Part II Exploring Membrane Organization, Dynamics and Interactions by Advanced Fluorescence-Based Imaging Techniques
7 Visual Discrimination of Membrane Domains in Live Cells by Wide-Field Microscopy
C.E. BUTLER, G. WHEELER, J. GRAHAM and K.M. TYLER
8 Quantitative Fluorescence Studies of Intracellular Sterol Transport and Distribution
D. WÜSTNER, F.W. LUND and L.M. SOLANKO
9 Studying Membrane Properties Using Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM)
M.T. STÖCKL, R. BIZZARRI and V. SUBRAMANIAM
10 Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy to Study Membrane Organization and Interactions
M. ZELMAN-FEMIAK, Y. SUBBURAJ and A.J. GARCIA-SÁEZ
11 Deciphering Cell Membrane Organization Based on Lateral Diffusion Measurements by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy at Different Length Scales
V. ROUGER, C. BILLAUDEAU, T. TROMBIK, S. MAILFERT, Y. HAMON, H.-T. HE and D. MARGUET
12 STED-FCS Nanoscopy of Membrane Dynamics
C. EGGELING
13 Imaging Molecular Order in Cell Membranes by Polarization Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy
S. BRASSELET, P. FERRAND, A. KRESS, X. WANG, H. RANCHON and A. GASECKA
14 Near-Field Optical Nanoscopy of Biological Membranes
T.S. van ZANTEN, C. MANZO and M.F. GARCIA-PARAJO
Part III Characterization of Membrane Proteins and Receptors by Advanced Fluorescence-based Imaging Techniques
15 Unveiling Biophysical and Biological Properties of a Hypothetical Membrane receptor by Exploiting recent Imaging Advances
P. GONNORD and R. VARMA
16 New Fluorescent Strategies Shine Light on the Evolving Concept of GCPR Oligomerization
M. COTTET, O. FAKLARIS, E. TRINQUET, J.-P. PIN and T. DURROUX
17 Application of Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopic Approaches to Monitor Organization and Dymamics of the Serotonin1A Receptor
Md. JAFURULLA and A. CHATTOPADHYAY
18 TNF Receptor Membrane Dynamics Studied with Fluorescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy
F. NEUGART, D. WIDERA, B. KALTSCHMIDT, C. KALTSCHMIDT and M. HEILEMANN
19 HIV-1 Gag Directed Assembly of Retroviral Particles Investigated by Quantitative Fluorescence Imaging
H. de ROCQUIGNY, H. GACEM, P. DIDIER, J. L. DARLIX and Y. MÉLY