Measuring the Footprint of Cells

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The sensor is covered with 250000 tiny plastic columns only five microns in diameter. When a cell creeps across the tips of the columns it presses each column very slightly sideways. Credit: Fraunhofer IFAM
The sensor is covered with 250,000 tiny plastic columns only five microns in diameter. When a cell creeps across the tips of the columns, it presses each column very slightly sideways. Credit: © Fraunhofer IFAM

Even the slightest differences are important in competitive sport: To improve a ski jumper's performance, the trainer can analyze the jump very accurately using force sensors. Researchers in Jena and Bremen are planning something similar. However, their work is not with athletes but with tiny somatic cells.


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