Association for Biology Laboratory Education

Time Lapse Movies of Cell Movement and Mitosis
 

Theodore Gurney

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)