Images of Cell Compression by a New Cell Compresion Microdevice (IMAGE)

Kumamoto University

Images of Cell Compression by a New Cell Compresion Microdevice

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The cell compression microdevice developed by Associate Professor Nakashima from Kumamoto University, Japan is cheaper, easier to use, and less invasive than current methods of measuring the mechanical properties of a cell. This image is a time-lapse of a cell under compression in the microdevice. Image reprinted from Tairo Yokokura, Yuta Nakashima, Yukihiro Yonemoto, Yuki Hikichi, and Yoshitaka Nakanishi. Method for measuring Young's modulus of cells using a cell compression microdevice. International Journal of Engineering Science, 114():41-48, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2017.02.002 with permission from Elsevier.

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Associate Professor Yuta Nakashima

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