Holographic optical tweezers-based in vivo manipulations in zebrafish embryos

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Optical micromanipulation of nanoparticles and cells inside living zebrafish

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Rheological properties of cells measured by optical tweezers

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The Mechanical Properties of Early Drosophila Embryos Measured by High-Speed Video Microrheology

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Chemokine-Dependent pH Elevation at the Cell Front Sustains Polarity in Directionally Migrating Zebrafish Germ Cells

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Active diffusion positions the nucleus in mouse oocytes

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Linear microrheology with optical tweezers of living cells ‘is not an option’!

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Probing the Stochastic, Motor-Driven Properties of the Cytoplasm Using Force Spectrum Microscopy

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Forces in Tissue Morphogenesis and Patterning

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Quantitative determination of optical trapping strength and viscoelastic moduli inside living cells

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Optical properties of biological tissues: a review

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Mechanosensitive mechanisms in transcriptional regulation

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Shaping the nucleus: Factors and forces

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Nanonewton optical force trap employing anti-reflection coated, high-refractive-index titania microspheres

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Atomic Force Mechanobiology of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes

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Three Powerful Research Tools from Single Cells into Single Molecules: AFM, Laser Tweezers, and Raman Spectroscopy

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Mechanistic Basis of Otolith Formation during Teleost Inner Ear Development

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A Hitchhiker's Guide to Mechanobiology

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Dynamic molecular processes mediate cellular mechanotransduction

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Collective cell guidance by cooperative intercellular forces

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Three-Dimensional Traction Force Microscopy: A New Tool for Quantifying Cell-Matrix Interactions

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Significant improvement of optical traps by tuning standard water immersion objectives

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Dynamic instability of the intracellular pressure drives bleb-based motility

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Active-passive calibration of optical tweezers in viscoelastic media

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Cell fate regulation by coupling mechanical cycles to biochemical signaling pathways

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Cell stimulation with optically manipulated microsources

(2009) Holger Kress et al.   NATURE METHODS

Nuclear Shape, Mechanics, and Mechanotransduction

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Single-molecule force spectroscopy: optical tweezers, magnetic tweezers and atomic force microscopy

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High-resolution in situ hybridization to whole-mount zebrafish embryos

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