Last Updated: 01/09/2025
Optical nanotweezer for single CELL stuDies : from mANipulation to mechaniCal propErties – CellDance
Objectives
The main objectives of this projects are:
- To explore a totally new concept of nanotweezer based on metasurfaces with controlled dispersion properties that is expected to allow deformability measurements with a sensitivity and frequency response that exceed by far competing approaches; and
- To conduct fundamental single cell mechanical studies to explore the possibilities offered by this new approach.
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Principal Investigators / Focal Persons
Rationale and Abstract
CellDance is a fundamental project exploring a new kind of optical nanotweezers for single cell mechanical studies. This project, also, propose to demonstrate that the device is able to discriminate efficiently between healthy red blood cells (RBCs) and malaria-infected RBCs(i-RBCs).
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Date
Dec 2021 — Dec 2025
Total Project Funding
$532,716
Funding Details
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