Articles tagged "cell mechanics"

The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
Temporally and spatially resolved local strain tracking microscopy
Halil Bayraktar (1, 2), Onur Aydin (3), Bekir Aksoy (3), Ozge Begum Akalin (2), B. Erdem Alaca (3, 4)
1. Chemistry, Koc University, Istanbul, Turquie 2. Biomedical Science and Engineering, Koc University, Istanbul, Turquie 3. Mechanical Engineering, Koc University, Istanbul, Turquie 4. Surface Science and Technology Center, Koc University, Istanbul, Turquie
Abstract Cell-stretching is a key method to regulate deformation magnitude, cyclic strain levels, and frequencies, therefore elucidating the biological…
The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
Probing cell behavior: Combining MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) technology with high resolution live cell imaging
Anja Geitmann (1)
1. Plant Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Cell biological experimentation has benefitted from the development of microdevices based on microfluidics and MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) technology. These devices exploit the possibility to create…