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Journal of Microscopy, Vol. 231, Pt 2 2008, pp. 191– Introduction This special ‘plant biology’ issue of the Journal of Microscopy contains a selection of the papers presented at the 8th International Botanical Microscopy meeting organized by the Royal Microscopical Society, plus another plant microscopy contribution, focussing on microscopy. Following the success of the 2003 Lisbon Meeting, this was just the second time the meeting has been held outside the United Kingdom. This time we visited Austria and were hosted by Ursula L ¨ utz-Meindl at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Salzburg, with Ursula, Nick Read (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) and Chris Hawes (Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom) making up the scientific organizing committee. The event was kindly sponsored by the University of Salzburg, the British Mycological Society and the Journal of Microscopy, and was also supported by a number of companies through a small trade exhibition. The conference was the latest in a series of meetings initiated by the remarkable Professor Irene Manton back in the 1960s and constitutes one of the longest runs of a meeting in the Royal Microscopical Society catalogue. The papers presented here reflect the nature of these meetings with a mix of techniques combined with cell biology based on microscopy and advanced imaging technologies. As may be expected, live-cell imaging still dominates, but there is also a healthy mix of other light microscopy techniques, electron microscopy and quantitative analysis. I trust that you, the reader, will find this collection both useful and illuminating and remain convinced that well-applied microscopy and imaging techniques are still the bedrock of plant cell biology. PROF. CHRIS HAWES Oxford Brookes University, U.K. C 2008 The Author Journal compilation C 2008 The Royal Microscopical Society

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Journal of Microscopy, Vol. 231, Pt 2 2008, pp. 191–

Introduction

This special ‘plant biology’ issue of the Journal of Microscopycontains a selection of the papers presented at the 8thInternational Botanical Microscopy meeting organized by theRoyal Microscopical Society, plus another plant microscopycontribution, focussing on microscopy.

Following the success of the 2003 Lisbon Meeting, this wasjust the second time the meeting has been held outside theUnited Kingdom. This time we visited Austria and were hostedby Ursula Lutz-Meindl at the Faculty of Natural Sciences,University of Salzburg, with Ursula, Nick Read (Universityof Edinburgh, United Kingdom) and Chris Hawes (OxfordBrookes University, United Kingdom) making up the scientificorganizing committee. The event was kindly sponsored by theUniversity of Salzburg, the British Mycological Society and theJournal of Microscopy, and was also supported by a number ofcompanies through a small trade exhibition.

The conference was the latest in a series of meetings initiatedby the remarkable Professor Irene Manton back in the 1960sand constitutes one of the longest runs of a meeting in theRoyal Microscopical Society catalogue.

The papers presented here reflect the nature of thesemeetings with a mix of techniques combined with cell biologybased on microscopy and advanced imaging technologies. Asmay be expected, live-cell imaging still dominates, but thereis also a healthy mix of other light microscopy techniques,electron microscopy and quantitative analysis. I trust that you,the reader, will find this collection both useful and illuminatingand remain convinced that well-applied microscopy andimaging techniques are still the bedrock of plant cell biology.

PROF. CHRIS HAWESOxford Brookes University, U.K.

C© 2008 The AuthorJournal compilation C© 2008 The Royal Microscopical Society