Interlaced biophysical methods to unveil membrane receptor organization

From the introduction: "In my thesis I set out to address these issues by a toolbox of fluorescence imaging techniques such as Förster Resonance Energy Transfer, Fluorescence Anisotropy Imaging, and Spatio-temporal image correlation spectroscopy. I investigated receptor properties such as membrane mobility, microtubule and caveolin-1 binding, and TRPV1 oligomerization status. My experimental strategies benefited from the use of genetically-encodable fluorescent reporters belonging to the green fluorescent protein family."