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It was a great success: The 1st Optical Tweezers Symposium, February 2-3, 2009 in Zürich, Switzerland.

We want to thank all the Optical Tweezers Symposium Partipants and especially all the speakers that have contributed greatly to the success of the first Optical Tweezers Symposium 2009.

Special thanks to:

• Prof.Dr. Roland Brock, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Netherlands
  
• Prof. Josh Baker, University of Nevada, USA
  
• Prof. Matthew J. Tyska, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
  
• Dr. N.C.A. de Ruijter, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, NL
  
• Prof. Martin Andersson, Chalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden
  

The mmi CellManipulator is an optical trap that enables ultraprecise, contact-free manipulation of microscopic particles. The optical tweezers use a focused laser beam to trap, move and position single cells or sub-cellular and microscopic particles in a size range of approximately 0.1 micron – 200 micron. The mmi CellManipulator is used in the following areas:

• cell sorting
• cell fusion
• cell-cell interactions
• measurement of binding forces or viscosities
• neuroscience-related applications
  

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