Techniques

Our main techniques, aside of imaging (transmission, fluorescence, IRM/RICM)

• Biomembrane Force Probe (BFP) & micropipettes set up + optical microscopies (fluo & transm : Cooled systems) : home-made & home-programmed – force resolution : <10pN
• Since mid 2014 : Optical Tweezers (OT) with fluorescence microscopy (Zeiss Colibri 2) : JPK Nanotracker 2 + Zeiss Colibri. Force resolution ~ 1pN
• Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) + optical microscopies (eg. fluorescence, RICM) : JPK Instruments, Nanowizard 4XP + Zeiss Colibri 2 / Cooled system – force resolution : < 10pN ; + CellHesion module + SideView techno
• Since 2019 : Homemade Traction Force Microscopy (TFM)