NANOARTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
The Art of Capturing Beauty at the Nanoscale
Development of nanoscale acoustic tweezers for mechanobiology applications (P2007)
University of Basel
City:
Basel
Country:
Switzerland
FEATURED JOBS
 Senior Head of Group – MicroNano Systems Centre |
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 PhD candidate |
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 Postdoctoral position in DNA nanotechnology |
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 Research Assistant |
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 Research Fellow (Nanotechnology/Nanophotonics) |
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 PhD/Doctoral Candidate for research in wearable sensing technology based on functionalized materials for mobile health |
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 Postdoctoral position in DNA nanotechnology |
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 Application Scientist – Life Science Cryo-TEM |
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 R&D Scientist |
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 Post-Doctoral Researcher Molecular Information Systems |
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 Senior Engineer, Nanofabrication Research |
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 Modeling of Electronic Structure and Dynamics of Quantum Materials Postdoc |
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 Director of Capacitor Film Development |
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This project explores ultrasound mechano-biology and mechano-genomics by developing nanoscale acsoutic tweezers (ATZs) for non-invasive intracellular manipulation. Mechanobiology addresses the crosstalk between the mechanical function of cells and the biochemical reactions that drive them. Some key examples include the separation of sister chromatids by the spindle apparatus during cell division, reorganization of the cytoskeleton in somatic cells under mechanical stress, and transformation of fibroblasts into stem-cell like states due to physical confinement [1]. Yet, in spite of being fundamental to cells, intracellular forces remain poorly resolved. This is due in part to a lack of non-invasive methods that facilitate such measurements.
