Fluorescence imaging in biology using nanoprobes / Daniele Gerion -- Characterization of nanoscale systems in biology using scanning probe microscopy techniques / Anthony W. Coleman, Adina N. Lazar, Cecile F. Rousseau, Sebastien Cecillon, and Patrick Shahgaldian -- Quartz crystal microbalance characterization of nanostructure assemblies in biosensing / Aren E. Gerdon, David W. Wright, and David E. Cliffel -- NMR characterization techniques : application to nanoscaled pharmaceutical carriers / Christian Mayer -- Characterization of nano features in biopolymers using small-angle X-ray scattering, electron microscopy and modeling / Angelika Krebs and Bettina Böttcher -- In situ characterization of drug nanoparticles by FTIR spectroscopy / Michael Türk and Ruth Signorell -- Characterization of nanoscaled drug delivery systems by electron spin resonance (ESR) / Karsten Mèader -- X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy in nanoscience and lifescience / Jinghua Guo -- Some new advances and challenges in biological and biomedical materials characterization / Filip Braet, Lilian Soon, Thomas F. Kelly, David J. Larson, and Simon P. Ringer -- Dynamic light scattering microscopy / Rhonda Dzakpasu and Daniel Axelrod -- X-ray scattering techniques for characterization of nanosystems in lifesciences / Cheng K. Saw.