'Optical tweezers' could help study living cells

'Optical tweezers' could help study living cells

Physicists are using the tweezers to measure activity within microscopic systems over timeframes as short as milliseconds.

The Microbe Smasher: How Our Cells Use Tweezer-like Machines to Destroy Germs - BioPatrika

First author interview: Mr. Sourav Ghosh was born and raised in Kolkata. He completed his bachelor’s in Biochemistry from Vidyasagar College, University of Calcutta, and his Master’s in Biochemistry from the Ballygunge Science College, University of Calcutta. In 2019, he joined and is still pursuing his Ph.D. at the Bacterial Pathogenesis lab under the supervision […] The post The Microbe Smasher: How Our Cells Use Tweezer-like Machines to Destr…