The role and importance of mechanical properties of cells and tissues in cellular function,
development and disease has widely been acknowledged, however standard techniques …

Brillouin spectroscopy and imaging are emerging techniques in analytical science,
biophotonics, and biomedicine. They are based on Brillouin light scattering from acoustic …

Maintaining and modulating mechanical anisotropy is essential for biological processes.
However, how this is achieved at the microscopic scale in living soft matter is not always …

Blood plasma viscosity (PV) is an established biomarker for numerous diseases.
Measurement of the shear PV using conventional rheological techniques is, however, time …

Several techniques have been developed over the past few decades to assess the
mechanical properties of biological samples, which has fueled a rapid growth in the fields of …

Phonons play a key role in the physical properties of materials, and have long been a topic
of study in physics. While the effects of phonons had historically been considered to be a …

In this work, we quantify the mechanical properties of the extra-cellular matrix (ECM) in live
zebrafish using Brillouin microscopy. Optimization of the imaging conditions and …

Background Embryonic development involves the interplay of driving forces that shape the
tissue and the mechanical resistance that the tissue offers in response. While increasing …

In early mammalian development, the maturation of follicles containing the immature
oocytes is an important biological process as the functional oocytes provide the bulk genetic …

The field of Brillouin microscopy and imaging was established approximately 20 years ago,
thanks to the development of non-scanning high-resolution optical spectrometers. Since …