Lumicks C-Trap Edge

Details of the C-Trap system.

The C-Trap system enables you to trap single molecules of DNA or proteins, manipulate them, and measure changes to their structure with high spatial and temporal resolution. Simultaneously, you can visualize a trapped construct and any interacting proteins in real time.

Optical Traps

Two independently steerable traps

Force resolution of <0.1pN with a trap stiffness of >0.35 pN/nm (1µm bead) and a maximum escape force of 500pN (4.5µm bead)

Imaging

  • Widefield (100 x water objective)
  • TIRF and IRM (100 x oil objective)
  • 488, 561 and 633 excitation lasers

Microfluidics

  • 5 lane laminar flow
  • Reusable flow cell for in solution assays.

Software

Bluelake and uFlux

Photo of the Lumicks C-Trap Edge

Additional Features

Objective heater

Automation of data collection and analysis through Bluelake software using Harbor and Pylake scripts

Room Location

March G.8

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