NEWS & EVENTS
Hydrogel mechanics are a key driver in bioengineering
Mechanical properties of hydrogels can be adjusted across a wide range, allowing them to guide cell function and tissue development by mimicking the native ECM, regulating the delivery of biochemical compounds, and providing mechanical stimuli to the 3D cell constructs.
Cell mechanical properties as a new biomarker for cancer
Advanced mechanical characterization tools may deepen comprehension of cancer cell morphology and mechanics and their role in development, physiology, and disease. In this sense, Optics11 Life nanoindenters emerge as a powerful method for new therapeutic approaches for cancer.
Mechanobiology of fibrotic-related diseases
Fibrotic diseases and tumor-associated fibrosis constitute a worldwide health problem that, together, are responsible for enormous morbidity and mortality. Approximately 1 in 8 people worldwide suffer from fibrotic-related diseases. Optics11 Life Nanoindenters emerge as a powerful method of mechanical characterization of fibrotic tissues.
Published articles (2022) endorse Optics11 Life’s unique technology
Studies on the mechanobiology of cells, spheroids, organoids, tissues, and biomaterials are developing rapidly using our Chiaro, Piuma, and Pavone Nanoindenters. More than 400 publications have cited Optics11 Life Nanoindenters in leading scientific journals.
Optics11 Life raises €5 million in funding for superior life science instruments
PUBLICATIONS Q1-Q4 2021
Hydrogels, Biofilms, Spheroids and many more applications were measured with our Piuma and Chiaro nanoindenters. This year alone, we were featured in 86 new publications in various scientific journals. The number of papers are projected to grow significantly each year.
International Women's Day
For much of documented history, women have been excluded from medical and science knowledge production” states Dr. Kate Young, a public health researcher at Monash University in Australia.
In honour of International Women’s Day, we’re sharing a few papers documenting research on female tissues, cells and reproductive organs supported with Optics11Life instruments.
NANOINDENTATION PUBLICATIONS 2020 Q2-Q4
Nanoindentation on Gummy Bears
When science and humor find each other, the results are truly amazing. Watch our Piuma Nanoindenter dissect these sugary little fellows. Let us know if you can guess a gummy bear’s stiffness?
NANOINDENTATION PUBLICATIONS 2020 Q1
Nanoindentation Publications Q1 – We designed the Chiaro & Piuma Nanoindenter to enable researchers to measure a broad range of different…
NEW PUBLICATIONS USING PIUMA AND CHIARO NANOINDENTERS
THE LIST OF NANOINDENTER APPLICATIONS KEEPS GROWING! At the end of 2019, seven new scientific papers featuring the measurements with the Piuma and the Chiaro nanoindenter were published in various well known scientific journals: Stem Cell Reports, Biomate…
CHIARO INDENTER COMBINED WITH MICROSCOPY
We are very excited to share the news about the last three Chiaro indenter shipments that reached London, Marseille, and Barcelona!The group of Dr. Thomas Iskratsch at Queen Mary University has acquired the Chiaro indenter combined with fluorescence microscope to…
NEXT GENERATION PIUMA & CHIARO NANOINDENTERS
Introducing the next generation of Piuma & Chiaro Nanoindenters! Real-Time, Robust and improved Range What to expect of this next generation Piuma and Chiaro Nanoindenters? Hardware update Closed-loop XYZ stages with real-time sensing of tip position and much more….