18/06/2026
A brilliant new application of in ! 🧫🔬
In a new eLife paper, researchers at ETH Zurich combined FluidFM with FLIM to map how living cells transmit physical forces to their organelles.
How? FluidFM enabled them to simultaneously:🔹 Mechanically indent specific subcellular compartments (like the nucleus)🔹 Inject cytoskeletal disruptors directly into the exact same cell
This dual mechano-chemical approach revealed real-time tension dynamics across actin, microtubules, and lamins. Huge congratulations to the authors on pushing the boundaries of single-cell precision!
Link to the full paper in the first comment 👇