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In this article, Margaret Harnett describes the technology of laser scanning cytometry and outlines the benefits of this technique in allowing the detection of signalling and functional events that occur during cell–cell interactionsin situ.
In this age of information, keeping up with the literature can be overwhelming for any researcher. The generation of the IEBD – the first epitope-related database that makes complex and context-dependent information on immune epitopes readily accessible and searchable – may help