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The Golgi Apparatus. In mammalian cells, the very complex architecture of the membrane system makes understanding the interrelationship of the different organelles within the cell difficult. Their dynamic relationship exists in four dimensions and is hard to capture at nanoscale resolutions. We present...more
Image contributed by Rachid Sougrat, Tim Mrozek, Jeremy Swan, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
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The Cell: An Image Library™ is a freely accessible, easy-to-search, public repository of reviewed and annotated images, videos, and animations of cells from a variety of organisms, showcasing cell architecture, intracellular functionalities, and both normal and abnormal processes. The purpose of this database is to advance research, education, and training, with the ultimate goal of improving human health.
This project is supported by Award Number RC2GM092708 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), U.S. National Institutes of Health, to the American Society for Cell Biology. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIGMS, NIH, NCMIR, or ASCB.