Time Lapse Movies of Cell Movement and Mitosis

 

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2003, Volume 24

Abstract

Using cultured mammalian cells, an inverted microscope, and a CCD video camera, it was possible to demonstrate motility of single cells and movements within cells. We looked at membrane ruffling, making and breaking cell-cell contacts, the action of trypsin on cellular adhesions, the identification of late G2 phase cells by characteristic movements of the nucleus, and mitosis.

Keywords:  cell biology, motility, movement

Louisiana State University (2002)