EDITORIAL
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I&M NEWS TICKER
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EVENT CALENDAR
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
6th International Congress on Electron Tomography
EMBL Advanced Training Centre, Heidelberg, Germany, 5 - 8 May 2011
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11th International ELMI Meeting / Workshop
Alexandroupolis, Greece, 7th - 10th of June 2011
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Scandem 2011
Oulu, Finland, June 8 -10, 2011
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RMS IN FOCUS
From the Classroom to the European Stage
A. Winton, Royal Microscopical Society, St Clements, United Kingdom
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NEWS FROM EMS
EMS Newsletter 32, February 2011
Prof. Dr. D. Schryvers, University of Antwerp, Belgium
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BOOK REVIEW
A History of Photography with the Light Microscope
Book Review from Jeremy Sanderson, Oxford, UK
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INTERVIEW
Imaging Molecules with Atomic Force Microscopy
Measurements with CO-functional Tips
Dr. L. Gross, Dr. G. Meyer, IBM Research, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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COVER STORY
Advanced Flexible Microscopy
Built by Your Needs
Olympus Europe, Hamburg, Germany
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LIGHT MICROSCOPY
Abnormal Cells Under Investigation
Hyper-spectral Imaging of M-FISH Preparations
Dipl.-Ing. T. Arnold, CTR Carinthian Tech Research, Villach, Austria
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Live-Cell Super-Resolution with dSTORM
Fluorescence Nanoscopy in Living Cells with Photoswitchable Dyes
Dr. M. Heilemann, Bielefeld University, Germany, S. van de Linde et al., Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg, Germany
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Restless Receptors
New Insights into the Dynamic Organization of Synapses
A. Schué, Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, Germany and Dr. D. Choquet, Bordeaux University, France
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Intracellular Localisation of Fluorescently Labelled Nanoparticles
Laser Scanning Microscopy with Image Restoration Analysis
PD Dr. B. Rothen-Rutishauser et al., University of Bern, Switzerland
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3D Image Acquisition
New Closed Loop Drive Technology for Highest Z-Stack Precision
N.A. Friedrich, Märzhäuser Wetzlar GmbH & Co. KG, Wetzlar, Germany
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ADVERTORIAL
Ibidi
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SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY
Looking Inside Molecules
Imaging with Scanning Tunneling Hydrogen Microscopy
Dr. R. Temirov, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
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Hyperbaric Atomic Force Microscopy
System Performance and Biological Applications
Helen A. McNally PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, Dr. D. D'Agostino University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
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Tensile Testing of Microstructures
An Easy Method to Study the Mechanical Properties of Microsamples
Dr. T. Scherer et al., Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
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ELECTRON MICORSCOPY
ESEM in Plant Sciences
A. Versatile Tool to Study Native and Hydrated Plant Surfaces
Dr. E. Stabentheiner, University of Graz, Austria
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Moving On
Toward Real Time ESEM Imaging of Biological Processes
Dr. J. E. McGregor, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
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I&M SHOWCASES
Leica, page 54
PRODUCTS
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INDEX/IMPRINT
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