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One of the aims of xscience.info is to provide also articles from experts from a variety of biophysical research fields. In this series xscience.info is glad to be able to publish articles from researchers applying optical tweezer. 1. Introduction into Optical Tweezer Not submitted yet. To be published soon. 2. Nanomechanics of the Cell written by: Kirstine Berg-Sørensen, Mario Fischer, Poul Martin Hansen and Lene Oddershede How strong is an individual living cell? How is it moving and deforming? How can the cell fulfil its mechanical tasks? How is it communicating with its environment? The answer to such questions can be found in the interface between physics, cell biology and molecular biology – an internationally strongly growing research field. In this article we will focus on the first of the questions asked above. We demonstrate how physical methods are applied to the investigation of mechanical properties of a living cell. If you have any comments, critics or suggestions please contact the editor in charge: hseeger (at) xscience.info
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