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Publication of Book by BLI Co-founder

In 2007, Academic Press/Elsevier published in its prestigious Methods in Cell Biology series, Laser Manipulation of Cells and Tissue, edited by BLI co-founder Michael W. Berns and Professor Karl Otto Greulich of the Institute for Aging Research, Jena, Germany. This 750 page text is comprised of 27 chapters by experts from the U.S., Japan, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Israel, Australia, India and Czechoslovakia. Many, if not most of the 27 chapters are work that emanated from Prof. Berns' long career of almost 40 years. Also in this book is a verbatim reproduction of Prof. Berns' landmark paper published in Science magazine in 1981 that basically laid out the vision for laser cell surgery. This book emphasizes the past and current impact of Professor Berns' work, especially in shaping the field of laser microbeam irradiation, and deals with such subjects as laser scissors (ablation), laser tweezers, and laser catapulting.