Astigmatic traction force microscopy (aTFM)

oleh: Di Li, Huw Colin-York, Liliana Barbieri, Yousef Javanmardi, Yuting Guo, Kseniya Korobchevskaya, Emad Moeendarbary, Dong Li, Marco Fritzsche

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-04-01

Deskripsi

Quantifying rapidly progressing three-dimensional forces generated by cells remains a major challenge in mechanobiology. Here, the authors show that combining traction force microscopy with astigmatic imaging permits sensitive out-of-plane force estimation on the second timescale.