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Measure interaction strength between target cell and TCR T-cell in HPV-related cancers with the z-Movi^®

In a recent review article in Immunology, Fakhr et al. presented the z-Movi® Cell Avidity Analyzer as a solution to characterize T-cell populations by measuring the binding strength between immune and cancer cells using non-invasive acoustic force. Binding events between a T-cell and its target cell determine the initiation of…

Adrià Ferragut26 March 2021

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Recent review highlights the impact of force spectroscopy and the C-Trap^®

We were happy to read last week that LUMICKS was recognized for our efforts in the field of dynamic single-molecule research! A recent review in ACS Publications examined the current advances in single-molecule research, highlighting the impact of force spectroscopy techniques to biology, including optical tweezers, magnetic tweezers, and atomic…

j.yeh21 May 2020

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Screening of cancer targeting TCRs with the z-Movi^®

With the quick development of new single-cell analysis technologies it is now possible to identify cancer-targeting T-Cell Receptors (TCRs) in a single experiment. A recent review published in Methods in Enzymology, presented the z-Movi® Cell Avidity Analyzer among the future platforms for the screening of cancer-targeting TCRs. “This technology is…

j.yeh10 April 2020

C-Trap Chemical Reviews AFS Biochemical Society Transactions

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C-Trap^® and AFS™ systems mentioned in two review articles

We are proud to announce that two review articles refer to LUMICKS; one highlighting the C-Trap® Optical Tweezers-Fluorescence Microscopy system and the other one specifying the AFS™ Acoustic Force Spectroscopy system. Norregaard et al. (2017) reviews relevant theoretical tools to analyze data obtained from single-molecule experiments performed in intracellular environments and describes state-of-the art visualization techniques…