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Two Chinese universities now equipped with a C-Trap^® system

We are very pleased to announce two new C-Trap® installations in China, one at the Microscopy Core Facility at Westlake University and one at the Institute of Advanced Studies at Soochow University. We begin with the group of Dr. Huizhong Xu at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Soochow University. Their…

Adrià Ferragut15 June 2021

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C-Trap^® reveals how HP1α-mediated heterochromatin modulates its stability in response to applied forces

In a recent publication by Keenen et al. in eLife, the authors uncover the biophysical properties of heterochromatin protein 1α (HP1α) and present a new model on how it mediates DNA condensation and phase separation. Employing a combination of ensemble and single-molecule assays, they found that within phase-separated HP1α-DNA condensates,…

j.yeh9 June 2021

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LUMICKS z-Movi^® installed at Charité to measure TCR avidity in T cell therapy research

We are excited to announce the installation of a z-Movi® Cell Avidity Analyzer at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin! The z-Movi will be used by the research team led by Dr. Matthias Leisegang, Juniorprofessor at the Institute of Immunology. This unique instrument measures the interaction strength between target tumor cells and effector…

Adrià Ferragut1 June 2021

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Regensburg Center for Interventional Immunology adopts LUMICKS’ z-Movi^® Cell Avidity Analyzer

In its effort to develop effective cellular immunotherapies for cancer treatment, the Regensburg Center for Interventional Immunology (RCI) in Germany has purchased LUMICKS’ z-Movi®. The placement highlights the promise of measuring cell avidity between immune cells and their tumor targets to improve the selection of CARs and accelerate the development…

j.yeh26 May 2021

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New insights into the dynamics of initial replisome assembly uncovered by the C-Trap^®

In a recent article published in Nature Communications, Sanchez et al. successfully employed LUMICKS’ C-Trap® to discover new insights into the molecular dynamics of initial replisome formation. In a collaborative effort between Prof. Dekker (TU Delft) and Prof. Diffley (Francis Crick Institute) laboratories, the scientists uncovered that origin recognition complex…

j.yeh18 May 2021

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LUMICKS to return COVID-related relief funding to Dutch and US governments

LUMICKS, a leading next generation life science tools company renowned for its innovative platforms for Dynamic Single-Molecule and Cell Avidity analysis, announces that it has made the decision to return the COVID-related relief funding it received in both the Netherlands and the United States. During 2020, LUMICKS received a total…

j.yeh18 May 2021

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Three C-Trap^® systems installed in the US East Coast

We are excited to share that three more institutes on the US East Coast are now equipped with a C-Trap® Optical Tweezers – Fluorescence Microscope! The three new instruments are now housed at a new core facility at MSKCC, at the NanoSystems Laboratory at the OSU, and at the UPMC-Hillman Cancer…

j.yeh17 May 2021

C-Trap® installed at Imperial College London, UK

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LUMICKS DSM technologies installed in South East UK

We are happy to share our news about the most recent C-Trap® and m-Trap® installations in the UK! We’ll start with the recently installed C-Trap system at the MRC-London Institute of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London that is used by the cell biologists and biochemists at the group of Prof. Luis…

Adrià Ferragut4 May 2021

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LUMICKS Raises $93 Million in Series D Financing

Backed by global investor syndicate led by new investors Farallon Capital Management and Lauxera Capital Partners along with Softbank Fund 2, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Parian Global Management, Gilde Healthcare, Pura Vida Investments, and Irving Investors. Amsterdam, the Netherlands – April 16, 2021 – LUMICKS,…

j.yeh15 April 2021

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Highly reproducible single-molecule analysis of transient structures of native proteins using m-Trap^® dual optical tweezers combined with Raman spectroscopy

A recent publication by Dai et al. in Nature Communications presents an optical tweezers-coupled Raman spectroscopy platform providing tuneable and reproducible surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) measurements. By combining a Raman microscope with the dual-trap optical tweezers and microfluidic flow chamber of the m-Trap®, the scientists were able to characterize three…

j.yeh8 April 2021

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