はじめに

Abstract

Technologies using "light" such as super-resolution microscopic imaging, single-molecule measurement, and protein crystal structure analysis have developed remarkably in the last ten years, and unravel the real functions of intracellular structures in plant cells. These analytical techniques have brought major changes in plant science. In the 85th Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of Japan, we organized the symposium entitled “Real functions of intracellular structures in plant cells pioneered by light technology” under the auspices of the Japanese Society of Plant Morphology, aiming to introduce these technologies using "light". Researchers who utilize the latest nano-level structure visualization techniques have gathered to introduce the basic system of these new technologies, and discuss future perspective in plant science.