Cellular adhesion is a fundamental process that infl uences numerous biological activities
such as morphogenesis, cell motility and division, as well as signalling. In addition, adhe￾sion is a process important not only in normal physiology and development but also in
disease states such as tumorigenesis, cardiovascular disease, infl ammation, and infection.
There are a plethora of proteins involved in adhesion-related events with a huge diversity in
function. As a result, a wide variety of techniques exist to study adhesion-related proteins
and processes and choosing which to include was a diffi cult task, but I hope the end result
will provide a diverse collection of useful techniques.