• DocumentCode
    2390212
  • Title

    Electro-mechanical manipulation of mammalian cells in suspension

  • Author

    MacQueen, L.A. ; Thibault, M. ; Buschmann, M.D. ; Wertheimer, M.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    28-31 Aug. 2011
  • Firstpage
    85
  • Lastpage
    86
  • Abstract
    Mechanical testing of diverse mammalian cell-lines was achieved in suspension, using electrical forces generated by planar microfabricated electrodes. Cell-deformability depended on cortical actin thickness.
  • Keywords
    bioelectric phenomena; biomechanics; biomedical electrodes; cellular biophysics; suspensions; cell deformability; cortical actin thickness; electromechanical manipulation; mammalian cells; mechanical testing; planar microfabricated electrodes; suspension; Biology; Suspensions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrets (ISE), 2011 14th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Montpellier
  • ISSN
    2153-3253
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1023-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISE.2011.6084994
  • Filename
    6084994