Title :
Subcellular surgery and nanoneurosurgery
Author :
Chung, Sam ; Maxwell, Iva ; Mazur, Eric
Author_Institution :
Harvard Univ., Cambridge
Abstract :
We use femtosecond laser pulses to probe the mechanical properties of the actin network in live cells and to probe cell regeneration and the neurological basis of behavior in C. elegans.
Keywords :
cellular biophysics; laser ablation; actin network; femtosecond laser pulses; nanoneurosurgery; probe cell regeneration; subcellular surgery; Absorption; Fiber lasers; Laser ablation; Laser beam cutting; Laser modes; Laser surgery; Microscopy; Neurons; Optical materials; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452675
