Optical Torques Guide Cell Motility

Gabriel Biener; Emmanuel Vrotsos; Kiminogu Sugaya; Aristide Dogariu

doi:10.1364/CLEO.2009.CMMM2

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2009),
paper CMMM2
•https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO.2009.CMMM2

Optical Torques Guide Cell Motility

Gabriel Biener, Emmanuel Vrotsos, Kiminogu Sugaya, and Aristide Dogariu

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009

Baltimore, Maryland United States
31 May–5 June 2009
ISBN: 978-1-55752-869-8

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G. Biener, E. Vrotsos, K. Sugaya, and A. Dogariu, "Optical Torques Guide Cell Motility," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2009), paper CMMM2.

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Abstract

Through systematic experiments and stochastic modeling we demonstrate that cell motility can be guided by optical torques exerted by the light polarization. This torque affects the actin network which is responsible for cell’s movement.

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