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BP: Fachverband Biologische Physik

BP 2: Biomaterials and Biopolymers (joint session BP/CPP)

BP 2.5: Invited Talk

Monday, March 12, 2018, 10:30–11:00, H 1058

Light-based tools for investigating cell-ECM and cell-cell interactions — •Aranzazu del Campo — INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Campus D2 2, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany

Cells are able to sense and respond to biochemical and mechanical signals of their microenvironment. Despite impressive progress in the field of mechanotransduction, we still lack precise biophysical tools to dynamically regulate receptors and forces at the cell-ECM and cell-cell interfaces at molecular scale. In this context, novel tools based on phototriggers, light-driven molecular motors and optogenetics will be presented.