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'Squishy' lasers could reveal how tumors and babies grow via @physorg_com.

New paper out @OpticaPubsGroup! Combining #LightSheet microscopy with #microlaser #sensing allows scanning of the entire microlaser surface. Great work by Ross Cowie who built our first ever lightsheet microscope. #OpenAccess

Thanks @rivercyte for visiting and letting us play with this awesome machine! Looking forward to do more experiments and try out new things.

RT @TitzeVera: Officially graduated with my PhD from @PhysAstroStAnd! It’s been lovely 4.5 years doing research with @TheGatherLab & @Schub….

And of course, there are many other great droplet-based techniques, check for example those developed by @XavierTrepat, @CampasLab, @GuckLab, David McGloin @AberdeenPhysics ….

If you like this, please also look at the recent paper by @HumarLab that uses a slightly different approach to measure forces with microdroplets

Importantly, DEFORM works even without seeing/imaging the droplets making it perfect for deep tissue and in vivo applications!

This is exactly what we observe! By tuning the surface tension, we can adjust the mechanical properties of the droplets to be deformed inside living biological structure likes 3D #tumour #spheroids.

Our technique, called “DEFORM”, analyses the spectra of microscopic droplet lasers. In theory, a droplet that deforms from a perfect sphere into an #ellipsoid should show a broadening of the laser modes.

Forces play a critical role in #embryogenesis and #cancer progression. There are many techniques to measure biological forces but most are based on imaging, making it difficult to measure inside tissue. (see image of a Drosophila larva at the right which is completely blurred)

"Deformable microlaser force sensing" now out @LightSciAppl. Led by Elena @edalaka and Joe we show that #droplet #microlasers can measure absolute mechanical #forces inside cells, tumour spheroids, and in vivo! 🧵.

One of the most inspiring conference I ever attended #Cardioascona! Grateful for the opportunity to present our work on #cardiac #sensing, including the latest force sensing approach (stay tuned for the paper!).

RT @TitzeVera: My PhD thesis "Hyperspectral confocal imaging of whispering-gallery-mode microlasers for bio- and ecophotonic applications"….

RT @TheAnnaFischer: Check out my first first-author publication on controlling lasing around exceptional points in coupled nanolasers publi….

Congratulations Vera! #PhDdone All the best for your next career step, we will miss you and are already looking out for more fantastic science from you.

RT @JudithTTSu: Our work on ultra-high-Q free space coupling to microtoroid optical resonators has been published in @LightSciAppl. https:/….

This is so cool! Amazing wireless #OLEDs from @TheGatherLab. Check it out 👇.

Finally out! A mega project led by @TitzeVera to develop the fastest #microlaser #spectrometer to date and compile ALL procedures we developed around laser #uptake, #singlecell experiments, and #data #analysis. Fantastic colab with @CECAD_ and @MPIAGE! 👉

RT @TheGatherLab: Happy holidays from the Humboldt Centre for Nano- and Biophotonics @ChemUniCologne! Sharing here again our treasured #HCN….