Credit: Eric Landwehr, University Relations, South Dakota State University, Brookings
South Dakota State University Cell Biologist Shalini Low-Nam adjusts the microscope with which she studies protein receptors interacting within the membrane of a living cell. Assistant Professor Adam Hoppe of the SDSU Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, standing behind her, explains that the microscope's unique configuration, rather than the components themselves, allows researchers to study the biochemical machinery in living cells.