11–16 Dec 2022
Australia/Adelaide timezone
Co-locating with the 7th International Workshop of Specialty Optical Fibres and Their Applications (WSOF), the Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics (ANZCOP), and the Conference on Optoelectronlc and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD)

Spatial reorganization of F-actin in respiratory cells as measured by Brillouin microscopy

14 Dec 2022, 15:00
15m
Room E3 (Adelaide Convention Centre)

Room E3

Adelaide Convention Centre

Talk (preferred) ANZCOP: Microscopy, spectroscopy and imaging Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics

Speaker

Irina Kabakova (University of Technology Sydney)

Description

Brillouin microscopy has emerged as a non-invasive and label-free technique to map micro-mechanical properties of cells. Here we apply Brillouin microscopy to probe reorganization of F-actin network in respiratory cells treated with Timothy grass pollen protein extracts.

Author

Irina Kabakova (University of Technology Sydney)

Co-authors

Dr Hadi Mahmodi (University of Technology Sydney) Dr Peta Bradbury (Respiratory Technology, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Glebe, Australia) Dr Aylin Cidem (Respiratory Technology, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Glebe, Australia) Prof. Hui Ong (Macquarie Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia.) Prof. Daniela Traini (Respiratory Technology, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Glebe, Australia)

Presentation materials