Physical properties of the cancer cell microenvironment

Physical properties of the cancer microenvironment play important roles in promoting cell invasive phenotypes and can constitute an obstacle for therapy accessibility. We aim at analyzing how biomechanics impact the formation and progression of cancer by measuring physical properties of cancer cells and tissues, using AFM (force spectroscopy and force mapping). Mechanical properties of colorectal … More Physical properties of the cancer cell microenvironment

AFM/ Superresolution correlative microscopies

The instrumental efforts produced by the team are moving towards the development of correlative, simultaneous and fast scan AFM-fluorescence operational schemes. We are taking benefits from recent development from the JPK AFM company to push towards fast imaging and we can currently image membranes remodeling processes with nm resolution by AFM at one frame/s simultaneously … More AFM/ Superresolution correlative microscopies