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Robert Meissner

// studied physics at Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden)

// He has been working on his doctorate in biophotonics since 2014 in the Institute of Applied Physics at the University of Münster (WWU)

Contact: laborundmore@succidia.de

Cell experiments with optical tweezers are revolutionising biomedicine

Tweezing without touching - von Robert Meissner, Christina Alpmann, Álvaro Barroso, Prof. Dr. Cornelia Denz

Ultramodern imaging techniques such as the Nobel Prize-winning STED microscopy enable the investigation of organisms, cells, bacteria and even viruses, DNA or individual molecules at very high spatial and temporal resolution. Active intervention in these tiniest of biological structures has been largely limited to indirect methods, however. While new developments such as microtweezers and micromechanical clamps are promising, these devices generally...