Our collaborators provide us with training and assistance and access to their instrumentation:

• M. Cindrić, RBI, Zagreb: biological sample preparations
• G. Pabst, Uni Graz: polyelectrolytes, SAXS
• S. Tomic, IFZ, impedance analyzers
• F. Livolant, Uni Paris XI, Orsay, France: DNA and proteins condensed phases, sample preparations
• J. Raedler, LMU,  Munchen: transport & diffusion, FCS instrument access
• P. Hinterdorfer, JKU, Linz: AFM, single molecule force spectroscopy training

We also benefit from discussions with our colleagues, theoreticians:

• A.S. Smith, Uni Nuernberg-Erlangen
• R. Podgornik, JSI & Uni Ljubljana
• A. Šiber, Institute of physics, Zagreb