Laser spots can direct cell movement (VIDEO)

Goethe University Frankfurt

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Upon irradiation with laser light (white rings), receptors cluster in the cell (light green circles). Thereupon, the cell moves into the direction of the receptor clusters.

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Copyright: M. Florencia Sánchez & Robert Tampé, Goethe University Frankfurt. Reprinted with permission from M. F. Sánchez et al., Science 10.1126/science.abb7657(2021)

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