Light Microscopy Advantages
Affordable and convenient
Light Microscopy Disadvantages
Only larger structure and organelles can be viewed
Cell Fractionation Advantages
Allows cell components and functions to be determined
Cell Fractionation Disadvantages
Doesn't allow the interactions of the cell components to be studied
Cell Fractionation
Requires an ultracentrifuge
Electron Microscopy Advantages
Structures as small as large molecules can be viewed
electron microscopy
Microscope is expensive, and requires specialized training
2 types of electron microscopy
TEM and SEM
TEM microscopy
2D surface views - Transmission Electron Microscopy
SEM Microscopy
Scanning electron microscopy/ 3D surface views