Active rheology of bulk cytoplasm

A large oil droplets filled with magnetic particles is moved by a magnet tip to generate calibrated stress in the cytoplasm, allowing to generate fluid flows. Bottom left: Fluid flow maps during pulling and relaxation. Bottom Right: Finite element simulation of the...

Forces of growing single yeast cell

A single fission yeast grows and deform a microwells fabricated in soft PDMS. This deformation allows to compute the force of single growing cells. (Credit: Nicolas Minc)...