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FLUCS

Micro flow photomanipulation

With FLUCS photomanipulation, the non-invasive and flexible control of microscopic flows, we offer the microscopist a completely new tool to manipulate the sample. Active transport by fluid flows is a hallmark of many living microscopic systems, and the ability to actively control intracellular motion can add an entirely new dimension to life science research.

 

Read about FLUCS photomanipulation in this online article in Imaging and Microscopy.

Cooperation

The FLUCS photomanipulation system for microscopic flows has been developed based on a close scientific cooperation with Moritz Kreysing and his research group at the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) in Dresden, Germany. Patents pending.

Thermo-viscous flow

Thermo-viscous flow

By moderately heating the specimen with a rapidly scanned infrared laser spot, directed fluid flows are induced. By flexibly designing the scan path of the laser, fluid is pumped along prespecified paths in the focal plane of a microscope. For optimal performance in aqueous solutions, the wave length of the IR laser is optimized for the absorption spectrum of water.

Flow specifications

Variable Unit Min Typical Max
Flow velocity U µm/s 0 10 100
Specimen thickness d µm 5 30 200
Temperature increase ΔT K 0 5 50
Spatial extent of flow pattern L µm 5 30 200
VariableUnitMinTypicalMax
Flow velocity U“µm/s”010100
Specimen thickness dµm530200
Temperature increase ΔTK0550
Spatial extent of flow pattern Lµm530200

Basic and compound flow patterns

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Flow patterns are directly defined in the current camera image. The speed of the flow is controlled by adjusting laser power and scan frequency. Temporal control has microsecond accuracy and can be embedded in complex experimental protocols.

Applications

Cell biology

  • Cytoplasmatic streaming: Invert PAR domains in c. elegans embryo
  • Local rheology measurement in cell
  • Probe material properties of centrosomes with flow perturbations
  • Hydrodynamic trapping and force measurement
  • Localized temperature gradients

Biophysics

  • Intra-cellular transport through advective micro flows, reaction-advection-diffusion systems
  • Hydrodynamic trapping of cells, colloids, or particles

Microfluidics

  • Flow pumping in micro channels
  • Efficient micro-mixer, time-dependent flow
  • Droplet based micro fluidics
  • Sorting and selecting of colloids, cells or droplets

Medical research

  • Sorting and handling of individual cells

Videos

Presentation at Focus on Microscopy (FOM) Conference 2022 (Link external website)
Deformation and rupture of centrosome in C.elegans embryo (Courtesy of Kreysing Lab, cf. Mittasch et al.(2020))
Cytoplasmatic streaming in Elodea cells
Microscale flows
Rotation of PAR domain in C. elegans embryo (Courtesy of Kreysing Lab, cf. Mittasch et al.(2018))
Flow-induced rotation of chromatin inside the nucleus in C. elegans embryo (Courtesy of Kreysing Lab)

REFERENCES

  • I.D. Stoev, B. Seelbinder, E. Erben, N. Maghelli, M. Kreysing (2021): Highly sensitive force measurements in an optically generated, harmonic hydrodynamic trap, eLight 1:7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43593-021-00007-7
  • E. Erben, B. Seelbinder, I.D. Stoev, S. Klykov, N. Maghelli, M. Kreysing (2021): Feedback-based positioning and diffusion suppression of particles via optical control of thermoviscous flows, Optics Exp., Vol. 29, No. 19, 30272. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.432935
  • N.T. Chartier, A. Mukherjee, J. Pfanzelter, S. Fürthauer, B.T. Larson, A.W. Fritsch, R. Amini, M. Kreysing, F. Jülicher, S.W. Grill (2021): A hydraulic instability drives the cell death decision in the nematode germline, Nat. Physics, Vol 17, 920-925. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-021-01235-x
  • M. Mittasch, V.M. Tran, M.U. Rios, A.W. Fritsch, S.J. Enos, B. Ferreira Gomez, A. Bond, M. Kreysing, J.B. Woodruff (2020): Regulated changes in material properties underlie centrosome disassembly during mitotic exit, J. Cell Biol., Vol 219(4). https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201912036
  • M. Kreysing (2019): Probing the Functional Role of Physical Motion in Development, Dev. Cell 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2019.10.002
  • M. Mittasch, P. Gross, M. Nestler, A.W. Fritsch, C. Isermann, M. Kar, M. Munder, A. Voigt, S. Alberti, S.W. Grill, M Kreysing (2018): Non-invasive perturbations of intracellular flow reveal physical principles of cell organization, Nat. Cell Biology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-017-0032-9
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