However, we are now able to take advantage of recent developments in particle delivery, focusing and detection, image processing and recognition and computer control, coupled with the benefits of new assays of individual cellular response. Learn more about our microbeam setup here.
Select papers are now available online.
The microbeam allows irradiation of many cells, each in a highly localized spatial region, such as part of the nucleus, the cytoplasm, or through the immediate neighbor cells of a given cell. The microbeam also allows particles to be passed through a cell with a known temporal separation, to investigate, for example, the dynamics of cellular repair. Microbeam techniques can deliver exactly one or more particles per cell. This increased microbeam throughput is made possible by developments in both hardware and software. A schematic of the microbeam system is shown here.