MAGNETIC TRAP PICOTWIST APPARATUS NOW TRACKS 45 BEADS
SIMULTANEOUS
ON A 1.3 MEGAPIXEL CAMERA IN REAL TIME
Tools for single molecules studies
Z-position vs force beads tracking
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MAGNETIC TRAP APPARATUS NOW IN USE IN DIFFERENT LABS IN THE WORLD
There are devices functioning in Lyon (France), Paris (France), Beijing (China), Bristol (UK), Bethesda (MD USA), Davis (CA USA), Bordeaux (France), Bielefeld (Germany) and Taipei (Taiwan)
Picotwist is an innovative high-tech company that develops cutting-edge biophysical devices for the biosciences. Our expertise is based on more than ten years of academic research in the field of single molecule studies, a domain that has revealed itself to be extremely powerful for the understanding of biological systems at the molecular level (DNA/protein interactions, quantitative enzymology, etc....). Magnetic traps are powerful and versatile devices designed to manipulate and monitor single molecules (DNA, proteins) or larger systems (chromatin, cells...) in real-time by applying picoNewton forces on micron-sized beads using a magnetic field. Our flagship product is a fully-featured, plug-and-play version of the magnetic trap apparatus for single-molecule manipulation. This benchtop system is remarkably robust, compact and stable and enables routine experimentation on dozens of individual molecules in parallel and in real-time.
