Calcium Flux
Intracellular increase of calcium concentration is a very common early response to external stimulation of…
FRET (Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer)
FRET is a method to analyze the proximity between two fluorescent proteins. The basic idea…
Biosensors
Biosensors are bioengineered detection systems that can be expressed in cellular systems and are used…
Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS)
A FACS machine, or cell sorter, is very similar to a classical flow cytometer. In…
Flow Cytometry and Optogenetics
Until recently, the combination of flow and optogenetics, or flow with any photo-regulated cell sample,…
LED Illumination for Optogenetic Flow Cytometry
Combining flow cytometry with precise photo-regulation of your cell sample has never been this easy….
What is Photopharmacology?
Photopharmacology is a rapidly emerging field in medicine to develop synthetic drugs that can be…
Photodynamic Therapy – Fighting Cancer
Photodynamic therapy is a popular application of photopharmacology. It is a medical treatment using light…
Unleashing Effectors via Photo-uncaging
Another commonly used approach in photopharmacology is the photo-uncaging of small molecules or chemical compounds….
Photoswitching – Light-reversible Pharmacological Activity
A widely used optically active tool in photopharmacology is a photoswitch. A photoswitch is a…
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