Section I. Bioactive Liposomes1. Tubular Liposomes with Variable Permeability for Reconstitution of FtsZ RingsMasaki Osawa and Harold P. Erickson2. Detection and Analysis of Protein Synthesis and RNA Replication in Giant LiposomesTakeshi Sunami, Hiroshi Kita, Kazufumi Hosoda, Tomoaki Matsuura, Hiroaki Suzuki and Tetsuya Yomo3. Construction of Cell-Sized Liposomes Encapsulating Actin and Actin-Crosslinking ProteinsKingo Takiguchi, Ayako Yamada, Makiko Negishi, Makoto Honda, Yohko Tanaka-Takiguchi, and Kenichi Yoshikawa4. Reconstitution of Membrane Budding with Unilamellar VesiclesAnna V. Shnyrova and Joshua ZimmerbergSection II. Liposomes and Nanotechnology5. Detection of Antimycolic Acid Antibodies by Liposomal BiosensorsY. Lemmer, S. T., Thanyani, P. J. Vrey, C. H. S. Driver, L. Venter, S. van Wyngaardt, A. M. C. ten Bokum, K. I. Ozoemena, L. A. Pilcher, D. G. Fernig, A. C. Stoltz, H. S. Swai, J. A. Verschoor6. Solid Lipid Nanoparticle (SLN) Formulations: Pharmacokinetic and Biopharmaceutical Aspects in Drug DeliveryEliana B. Souto and Slavomira Doktorovová7. Preparation of Complexes of Liposomes with Gold NanoparticlesChie Kojima, Yusuke Hirano and Kenji Kono8. Bio-Nanocapsule-Liposome Conjugates for In Vivo Pinpoint Drug and Gene DeliveryTakeshi Kasuya, Joohee Jung, Rie Kinoshita, Yasumasa Goh, Takashi Matsuzaki, Masumi Iijima, Nobuo Yoshimoto, Katsuyuki Tanizawa and Shun’ichi Kuroda9. Nano-Liposomal Dry Powder FormulationsGaurang Patel, Mahavir Chougule, Mandip Singh, and Ambikanandan Misra10. Lanthanide-Loaded Paramagnetic Liposomes as Switchable Magnetically Oriented NanovesiclesSilvio Aime, Daniela Delli Castelli, and Enzo Terreno11. Reconstitution of Membrane Proteins in Phospholipid Bilayer NanodiscsT. K. Ritchie, Y. V. Grinkova, T. H. Bayburt, I. G. Denisov, J. K. Zolnerciks, W. M. Atkins, Stephen G. Sligar12. DNA Controlled Assembly of Liposomes in DiagnosticsStefan Vogel and Ulla Jakobsen13. Soft Hybrid Nanostructures Composed of Phospholipid Liposomes Decorated with OligonucleotidesMartina Banchelli, Francesca Baldelli Bombelli, Debora Berti and Piero Baglioni14. Synthesis, Characterization and Optical Response of Gold Nanoshells Used to Trigger Release from LiposomesGuohui Wu, Alexander Mikhailovsky, Htet A. Khant, and Joseph A. Zasadzinski15. Complex Nanotube-Liposome NetworksAldo Jesorka and Owe Orwar16. Bionanotubules formed from liposomesJosemar A. Castillo and Mark Hayes17. Engineering Cationic Liposome: siRNA Complexes for In Vitro and In Vivo DeliveryJennifer E. Podesta and Kostas Kostarelos