Probing Mechanical Properties in Biology Using Brillouin Microscopy

Kareem Elsayad; Silvia Polakova; Juraj Gregan

doi:10.1016/j.tcb.2019.04.002

Probing Mechanical Properties in Biology Using Brillouin Microscopy

Kareem Elsayad (Corresponding author)
, Silvia Polakova
, Juraj Gregan (Corresponding author)

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Abstract

Brillouin microscopy can be used to map the mechanical properties of samples in a noncontact and label-free manner, with potential applications in cell biology. Here, we provide an overview of the underlying principles and technology as well as the current challenges and outlook.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	608-611
Number of pages	4
Journal	Trends in Cell Biology
Volume	29
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcb.2019.04.002
Publication status	Published - Aug 2019

Funding

K.E., S.P., and J.G acknowledge support from the EU COST Action CA16124 Bio-Brillouin. J.G. was supported by Slovak Grant Agency VEGA (1/0450/18) and Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV-16-0120 and APVV-17-0130). K.E. also acknowledges funding from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Science and the Vienna Business Agency. The authors apologize to all investigators whose references could not be included in this Forum due to space constraints.

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

106052 Cell biology

Keywords

Brillouin microscopy
mechanical properties
mechanobiology
spectroscopy

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