(Left/right) O. Takayama, F. Büttner, S. Mercadal, S.K. Johansen
(Left/right) O. Takayama, F. Büttner, S. Mercadal, S.K. Johansen
Prof. Dmitri Petrov's group work on single cells highlighted in 'Biophotonics International'
The magazine dedicates an article to the Optical trapping and Raman spectroscopy technique to monitor kinetic processes in living cells in real time
July 06, 2005
The scientific magazine on photonics research connected to biology, Biophotonics International, publishes an article about the work led by the ICREA Research Professor, Dmitri Petrov and his group at ICFO.
The article discusses the new technique used by Petrov's group, together with scientists of the Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, that overcomes some limitations of other methods currently used to examine living cells. This project aims to monitor kinetic processes in living cells in real time combining Raman microspectroscopy with optical trapping. This combined technique allows the scientists to manipulate a single cell in its natural environments without having to fix them to substrates and to monitor chemical changes occurring during interaction of the cell with environments.
The article discusses the new technique used by Petrov's group, together with scientists of the Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, that overcomes some limitations of other methods currently used to examine living cells. This project aims to monitor kinetic processes in living cells in real time combining Raman microspectroscopy with optical trapping. This combined technique allows the scientists to manipulate a single cell in its natural environments without having to fix them to substrates and to monitor chemical changes occurring during interaction of the cell with environments.