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On-demand optical immobilization of Caenorhabditis elegans for high-resolution imaging and microinjection
Hyundoo Hwang1, Jan Krajniak, Yohei Matsunaga
1School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0100, USA. hang.lu@gatech.edu.
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|July 25, 2014
Abstract:
This paper describes a novel selective immobilization technique based on optical control of the sol-gel transition of thermoreversible Pluronic gel, which provides a simple, versatile, and biocompatible approach for high-resolution imaging and microinjection of Caenorhabditis elegans.

