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C-Trap^® experiments reveal novel mechanism for transcription termination in bacteria

New insights into the regulation of transcription termination have been revealed by researchers from the lab of Shixin Liu at The Rockefeller University, New York, in a recent publication in Molecular Cell. Using the powerful LUMICKS C-Trap® technology that allows the direct observation of molecular mechanisms, they were able to…

Rozina Kardakaris31 March 2023

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C-Trap^® experiments shed light on the mechanisms that govern Structural Maintenance of Chromosome (SMC) Complexes

In two recent scientific publications, Johannes Stigler and his team from the Gene Center of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany, set out to mechanistically describe the action of the Structural Maintenance of Chromosome (SMC) Complexes using LUMICKS’ C-Trap® technology. By performing dynamic single-molecule experiments coupled with real-time visualization, they were able…

Rozina Kardakaris9 March 2023

C-Trap reveals mechanism of protein-DNA co-condensate formation.

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C-Trap^® experiments reveal mechanism of protein-DNA co-condensate formation

In a recent publication in PNAS, researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) and the Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) shed light on how proteins interact with individual DNA molecules to form co-condensates. Using LUMICKS’ C-Trap®, which combines optical tweezers, confocal microscopy, and…

Rozina Kardakaris16 March 2022

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C-Trap^® experiments reveal how a pioneer transcription factor interacts with DNA to regulate gene expression

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, led by Stephan W. Grill, have shed light on the physical nature of the interaction between the pioneer transcription factor Klf4 (Krüppel-like factor 4) and DNA. Using the C-Trap®, which combines optical tweezers, confocal microscopy…

Rozina Kardakaris23 February 2022

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Newly formed Center for Optical Bio-Manipulation at the Niels Bohr Institute now equipped with an advanced C-Trap^® system

We’re overjoyed to announce the placement of one of our most sophisticated C-Trap® systems at the newly formed Center for Optical Bio-Manipulation (COBM) at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen! The center is based around LUMICKS' C-Trap system, flaunting quadruple optical tweezers, 3 color confocal fluorescence microscopy, and STED…

Adrià Ferragut13 July 2021

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Advanced C-Trap^® systems recently installed at two universities in Europe

We are delighted to announce two new C-Trap® installations in Europe, one at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) and the other at the University of Kent. At MPI-CBG, this will be the second C-Trap installed. The new system is configured with quadruple optical traps…

Adrià Ferragut6 July 2021

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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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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

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LUMICKS technologies installed all around the world

As turbulent 2020 was, we are happy to have managed to install various LUMICKS instruments all around the world. Our dynamic single-molecule instruments enable researchers to analyze complex dynamic details related to the behavior and interaction of single molecules. One of these installations is the newly installed C-Trap® system at the…

j.yeh23 February 2021

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C-Trap^® installed at Emory University in Atlanta

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 Finzi and Dr. David Dunlap, will be used by several…

j.yeh18 November 2020

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DNA-protein interactions (DPI) Archives - LUMICKS

C-Trap^® experiments reveal novel mechanism for transcription termination in bacteria

C-Trap^® experiments shed light on the mechanisms that govern Structural Maintenance of Chromosome (SMC) Complexes

C-Trap^® experiments reveal mechanism of protein-DNA co-condensate formation

C-Trap^® experiments reveal how a pioneer transcription factor interacts with DNA to regulate gene expression

Newly formed Center for Optical Bio-Manipulation at the Niels Bohr Institute now equipped with an advanced C-Trap^® system

Advanced C-Trap^® systems recently installed at two universities in Europe

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

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

LUMICKS technologies installed all around the world

C-Trap^® installed at Emory University in Atlanta

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