How small are cells - the smallest unit of all earthly life - actually? Can they be seen under a normal microscope? What do cancer cells look like? Can heart muscle cells also beat in an experimental dish? Can networks of nerve cells be reconstructed and studied outside the brain? And do the nerve cells also talk to each other in the culture dish, as they do in our brain? Is there really a skeleton in the cell? What are the power plants of the cells and how is the genetic material stored?
See how scientists use cells to understand diseases. See how luminescent proteins - the machines of the cell - are used to stain components of cells, mark individual proteins and track them like a "crime scene"...
Further information can be found on the website of the Institute of Biochemistry I
