Cantilevers and optical tweezers are widely used for micromanipulating cells or biomolecules
for measuring their mechanical properties. However, they do not allow easy rotary motion …

The residence time of a drug on its target has been suggested as a more pertinent metric of
therapeutic efficacy than the traditionally used affinity constant. Here, we introduce junctured-…

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has been central to the understanding of metazoan
biology. However, C. elegans is but one species among millions and the significance of this …

We describe a method of controlled evaporation on a textured substrate for self-assembling
and shaping gold-nanorod-based materials. Tridimensional wall features are formed over …

Decisions on the fate of cells and their functions are dictated by the spatiotemporal dynamics
of molecular signalling networks. However, techniques to examine the dynamics of these …

Molecular beacons (MBs) are fluorescent nucleic acid probes with a hairpin-shaped structure
in which the 5‘ and 3‘ ends are self-complementary. Due to a change in their emissive …

We present an experimental study of the microfluidic electrophoresis of long DNA in self-assembling
matrixes of magnetic bead columns. Results are presented for the rapid separation …

Equimolar mixtures of large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) obtained from mixtures of egg
lecithin and lipids containing complementary hydrogen bonding head groups (barbituric acid (…

The temperature is an important parameter with regard to chemical reactivity. It is therefore
essential to ensure good thermal control within microsystems designed to carry out biological …

Due to its insulating properties, transparency, and well known surface chemistry, glass
represents an interesting alternative to silicon or polymers for biochip processing. However, high …