We present a review on two new tools to study biophysical properties of single molecules and single cells. A laser incident through a high numerical aperture microscope objective can trap small dielectric particles near the focus. This arrangement is named optical tweezers. This technique has the advantage to permit manipulation of a single individual object. We use optical tweezers to measure the entropic elasticity of a single DNA molecule and its interaction with the drug Psoralen. Optical tweezers are also used to hold a kidney cell MDCK away from the substrate to allow precise volume measurements of this single cell during an osmotic shock. This procedure allows us to obtain information about membrane water permeability and regulatory ...
The goal of this work is to investigate the usefulness of the optical tweezers for biological sample...
AbstractThe contact-free, non-invasive manipulation provided by optical trapping enables us not only...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biological Engineering Division, February 20...
presented by LUIZ DAVIDOVICH We present a review on two new tools to study biophysical properties of...
Over the past two decades, single-molecule techniques have evolved into robust tools to study many f...
Most research on optical manipulation aims towards investigation and development of the system itsel...
The plasma membrane separates the cell interior from the external environment, protecting the cell f...
In the last decade optical manipulation has evolved from a field of interest for physicists to a ver...
In the past decades, numerous single-molecule techniques have been developed to investigate individu...
In recent years there has been a growing interest in the use of optical manipulation techniques, suc...
Experiments on single cells have the potential to uncover information that would not be possible to ...
In the past three decades, the ability to optically manipulate biomolecules has spurred a new era of...
Cells naturally exist in a dynamic chemical environment, and therefore it is necessary to study cell...
Improving the resolution of biological research to the single-cell or sub-cellular level is of criti...
The main aim of this project was to develop novel concepts for miniaturization of bioanalytical tech...
The goal of this work is to investigate the usefulness of the optical tweezers for biological sample...
AbstractThe contact-free, non-invasive manipulation provided by optical trapping enables us not only...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biological Engineering Division, February 20...
presented by LUIZ DAVIDOVICH We present a review on two new tools to study biophysical properties of...
Over the past two decades, single-molecule techniques have evolved into robust tools to study many f...
Most research on optical manipulation aims towards investigation and development of the system itsel...
The plasma membrane separates the cell interior from the external environment, protecting the cell f...
In the last decade optical manipulation has evolved from a field of interest for physicists to a ver...
In the past decades, numerous single-molecule techniques have been developed to investigate individu...
In recent years there has been a growing interest in the use of optical manipulation techniques, suc...
Experiments on single cells have the potential to uncover information that would not be possible to ...
In the past three decades, the ability to optically manipulate biomolecules has spurred a new era of...
Cells naturally exist in a dynamic chemical environment, and therefore it is necessary to study cell...
Improving the resolution of biological research to the single-cell or sub-cellular level is of criti...
The main aim of this project was to develop novel concepts for miniaturization of bioanalytical tech...
The goal of this work is to investigate the usefulness of the optical tweezers for biological sample...
AbstractThe contact-free, non-invasive manipulation provided by optical trapping enables us not only...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biological Engineering Division, February 20...