scholarly journals Microrheology using dual-beam optical tweezers and ultrasensitive force measurements

Author(s):  
Gregor G. Knoener ◽  
Simon J. W. Parkin ◽  
Norman R. Heckenberg ◽  
Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Harlepp ◽  
Fabrice Thalmann ◽  
Gautier Follain ◽  
Jacky G. Goetz

AbstractForce sensing and generation at the tissular and cellular scale is central to many biological events. There is a growing interest in modern cell biology for methods enabling force measurements in vivo. Optical trapping allows non-invasive probing of pico-Newton forces and thus emerged as a promising mean for assessing biomechanics in vivo. Nevertheless, the main obstacles rely in the accurate determination of the trap stiffness in heterogeneous living organisms, at any position where the trap is used. A proper calibration of the trap stiffness is thus required for performing accurate and reliable force measurements in vivo. Here, we introduce a method that overcomes these difficulties by accurately measuring hemodynamic profiles in order to calibrate the trap stiffness. Doing so, and using numerical methods to assess the accuracy of the experimental data, we measured flow profiles and drag forces imposed to trapped red blood cells of living zebrafish embryos. Using treatments enabling blood flow tuning, we demonstrated that such method is powerful in measuring hemodynamic forces in vivo with accuracy and confidence. Altogether, this study demonstrates the power of optical tweezing in measuring low range hemodynamic forces in vivo and offers an unprecedented tool in both cell and developmental biology.


2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahman Anvari ◽  
Zhiwei Li ◽  
Masayoshi Takashima ◽  
Peter Brecht ◽  
Jorge H. Torres ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Rauch ◽  
Torsten Jähnke

Author(s):  
Declan Armstrong ◽  
Alexander B. Stilgoe ◽  
Timo Nieminen ◽  
Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. de Thomaz ◽  
L. Y. Pozzo ◽  
A. Fontes ◽  
D. B. Almeida ◽  
C. V. Stahl ◽  
...  

1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (supplement) ◽  
pp. S94
Author(s):  
M. Tomishige ◽  
S. Manno ◽  
Y. Takakuwa ◽  
A. Kusumi
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2014 ◽  
Vol 107 (6) ◽  
pp. 1474-1484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonggun Jun ◽  
Suvranta K. Tripathy ◽  
Babu R.J. Narayanareddy ◽  
Michelle K. Mattson-Hoss ◽  
Steven P. Gross

2003 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 950-952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo Hong-Lian ◽  
Liu Chun-Xiang ◽  
Li Zhao-Lin ◽  
Duan Jian-Fa ◽  
Han Xue-Hai ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (37) ◽  
pp. 25823-25830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dipankar Mondal ◽  
Paresh Mathur ◽  
Debabrata Goswami

We present a novel method of microrheology based on femtosecond optical tweezers, which in turn enables us to directly measure and controlin situtemperature at microscale volumes at the solid–liquid interface.


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