Optical Tweezers Force Measurements to Study Parasites Chemotaxis

A. A. de Thomaz; L. Y. Pozzo; A. Fontes; D. B. Almeida; C. V. Stahl; J. R. Santos-Mallet; S. A. O. Gomes; D. Feder; D. C. Ayres; S. Giorgio; C. L. Cesar

doi:10.1364/ECBO.2009.7367_1A

Advanced Microscopy Techniques
Proceedings of SPIE-OSA Biomedical Optics (Optica Publishing Group, 2009),
paper 7367_1A
•https://doi.org/10.1364/ECBO.2009.7367_1A

Optical Tweezers Force Measurements to Study Parasites Chemotaxis

A. A. de Thomaz, L. Y. Pozzo, A. Fontes, D. B. Almeida, C. V. Stahl, J. R. Santos-Mallet, S. A. O. Gomes, D. Feder, D. C. Ayres, S. Giorgio, and C. L. Cesar

European Conference on Biomedical Optics 2009

Munich Germany
14–18 June 2009
ISBN: 9780819476432

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A. A. de Thomaz, L. Y. Pozzo, A. Fontes, D. B. Almeida, C. V. Stahl, J. R. Santos-Mallet, S. A. O. Gomes, D. Feder, D. C. Ayres, S. Giorgio, and C. L. Cesar, "Optical Tweezers Force Measurements to Study Parasites Chemotaxis," in Advanced Microscopy Techniques, P. Campagnola, E. Stelzer, and G. Von Bally, eds., Vol. 7367 of Proceedings of SPIE-OSA Biomedical Optics (Optica Publishing Group, 2009), paper 7367_1A.

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Abstract

In this work we use a methodology to study chemotaxis of Leishmania amazonensis and Trypanossoma cruzi in real time using an Optical Tweezers system. We obtained quantitative results of the parasites forces.

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