Life - as a matter of fat : the emerging science of lipidomics

The Overlooked Molecules.- Life from Molecules.- Head and Tail.- Oil and Water.- Lipids Speak the Language of Curvature.- A Matter of Softness.- Soft Shells Shape Up.- Biological Membranes - Models and Fashion.- Prologue: Lipidomics - A Science Beyond Stamp Collection.- Lipids Make Sense.- Lipids in Bilayers - A Stressful Life.- The More We Are Together.- Lipids in Flatland.- Social Lipids.- Lively Lipids Provide for Function.- Proteins at Lipid Mattresses.- Lipids in Action.- Cholesterol on the Scene.- Lipids in Charge.- Being Smart - A Fishy Matter of Fat.- Liquor and Drugs - As a Matter of Fat.- Lipid Eaters.- Powerful and Strange Lipids at Work.- Survival by Lipids.