Nanotweezers to Handle DNA

11.03.2015

Manipulating DNA with tweezers is now possible, using technology developed at a cutting-edge French-Japanese laboratory (LIMMS). The researchers designed silicon nanotweezers capable of grabbing and analyzing cells or molecular fibers. This microscopic instrument has already been used in Lille to test the resistance of DNA to irradiation.

About this video

Original title:

The journey of a nanotweezer

Production year:

2015

Length:

5 min 30

Director:

Marcel Dalaise

Producer:

CNRS Images

Speaker(s) :

Dominique Collard, CNRS Research director
LIMMS/CNRS-Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Mehmet Çagatay Tarhan, CNRS Researcher
LIMMS/CNRS-Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Grégoire Perret, PhD student
LIMMS/CNRS-Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo/Université de Lille 1

Professor Éric Lartigau, SIRIC ONCOLille