News and Events
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Measuring forces, deformation and mechanical properties of cell nucleus with SENSOCELL
Researchers from Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO) , Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and University of Applied Science Upper Austria have recently published an amazing Science article in where they show that the nucleus, translates cell shape changes into a deformation signal regulating cell behavior.
Collaborations to carry out cutting edge research
Impetux collaborates with several Mechanobiology Research projects. Nucleux is one of them. With an interdisciplinary vision: physics, biology, mathematics and medicine, the project aims to understand the basic mechanisms behind the complexity of the cell nucleus, and...
Microrheology of soft biological samples using SENSOCELL optical tweezers.
Microrheology of soft biological samples using SENSOCELL optical tweezers. It is already available an application note where we show how SENSOCELL optical tweezers can be used to measure the viscoelastic properties of soft hydrogels, extracellular matrices or...
H2020 Funding
H2020 Funding Aug 30, 2019 We are pleased to announce that IMPETUX has been awarded with the European Commission funding (SME phase 1 instrument), to explore and validate a revolutionary application of our patented technology for force measurement in tissues and...
IMPETUX WITH BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
IMPETUX with the Health Care sector: IMPETUX is collaborating in the Innovation of the Health Care sector with Photonic Technologies Program designed by SECPHO (Southern European Cluster in Photonics & Optics) and ITEMAS ( Medical Technology Innovation Platform)...
Senén Vilaró Prize
Impetux has been awarded with the Senén Vilaró Prize for the best innovative company. We are very proud and thankful for this important award given by the Social Council of the University of Barcelona and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation. Thank you very much!!More...
Here you will find our upcoming and past events
Sensing Membranes with Optical Tweezers | EMBO Workshop
IMPETUX will participate in the EMBO workshop: Cell polarity and membrane Dynamics showing how our patented cutting-edge technology can be a fundamental tool to reveal new understanding in this amazing field. . Registration deadline: 1 May 2021
IMPETUX AT BIONANOMECHANICS CONFERENCE
If you are interested in new cutting edge mechanobiology technology can’t miss the scientific talk our CTO will be giving at the BIONANOMECHANICS CONFERENCE, on may the 6th, at 17:25h entitled: Cell nucleus indentation, micro-rheology, tether pulling & other cell mechanobiology applications of the SENSOCELL optical tweezers platform.
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