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A recent study published in PNAS used single-molecule force spectroscopy to examine unknown interaction mechanisms between polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) and chromatin. The authors evaluated arrays of multiple nucleosomes using their C-Trap® optical tweezers system and identified distal nucleosome … Continue Reading
We are happy to announce the installation of a new C-Trap® system with correlated optical tweezers and three-color confocal imaging functionality at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The installed instrument, which is managed by the research group of Prof. Laura … Read More
A recent publication in FEBS Letters describes how the presence of ADP and ATP affects the structural transitions that single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) undergoes upon RecA-filament assembly. The researchers used the u-Flux™ Laminar Flow Microfluidics combined with optical tweezers to demonstrate … Continue Reading
A recent publication in the journal eLife describes a multidisciplinary study evaluating how the mechanical properties of actin filaments regulate the binding of associated proteins. Specifically, the researchers used the C-Trap® to demonstrate how applied forces on actin filaments enhance … Continue Reading
We are happy to announce the installation of a C-Trap® Optical Tweezers – Fluorescence and Label-free Microscopy system at the National Center for Biotechnology (CNB), Madrid, managed by the lab of Dr. Fernando Moreno-Herrero. The team will use the C-Trap … Continue Reading
LUMICKS reached the 6th position in the list LinkedIn Top Start-ups 2020 in the Netherlands. We’re extremely proud to be among the most resilient companies during these changing times. The LinkedIn editors define start-ups as privately held companies, that are no … Continue Reading
We are excited to announce that our latest application note, Real-time detection of kinase conformational changes in the presence of a small-molecule inhibitor, is available to download. The application note is perfect for protein research, as it showcases how you … Continue Reading
A recent publication from the research lab of Dr. Bo Sun presents new findings in the field of gene editing that may help improve in vivo delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 complexes. The team investigated the DNA-binding properties of Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 … Continue Reading
In a recent publication, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago used the C-Trap® to study the relationship between structural properties of biomolecular condensates and their fusion times. They found that fusion times, an indicator of condensate density, varies … Continue Reading
A recently published study from the lab of Prof. Sarah Köster at the University of Göttingen investigated how electrostatic conditions influence the mechanical properties of intermediate filament vimentin, such as structural stability. The researchers assessed these features by stretching the … Continue Reading