Abstract
Contemporary structural cell biology not only provides information concerning cell architecture, but also serves as an integrative factor for various specialized areas of cell biology, biochemistry, physiology and molecular biology. It does so by localizing various cell functions to specific cell structures or organelles through the use of modern research tools involving immunocytochemistry, in situ hybridization and enzymatic assay. With the microscope as its primary tool, progress in structural cell biology is based upon two key factors: the development of new imaging instrumentation and technologies as well as the invention of novel cell-preparation and labelling methods. Here, we present the scientific contributions of Hans Ris (Fig. 1), who pioneered these two prerequisites of structural cell biology. One image is worth thousands of words
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