Light-responsive hydrogel microstructures embedded within a collagen network (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

Light-responsive hydrogel microstructures embedded within a collagen network

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Light-responsive hydrogel microstructures embedded within a collagen network. The microstructure in the foreground is illuminated with a green laser, causing it to contract. The contraction remodels the collagen network and exerts forces on the surrounding cells. 

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Vicente Salas-Quiroz

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