UMR7288 CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Biology

Setting Up a Simple Light Sheet Microscope for In Toto Imaging of C. elegans Development

Claire Chardès^*1, Pauline Mélénec^*1, Vincent Bertrand¹, Pierre-François Lenne¹

¹Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille, UMR7288 CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université

This protocol describes the setup of a light sheet microscope and its implementation for in vivo imaging of C. elegans embryos.

Developmental Biology

Probing Cell Mechanics with Bead-Free Optical Tweezers in the Drosophila Embryo

Claire Chardès^*1, Raphael Clement^*1, Olivier Blanc¹, Pierre-François Lenne¹

¹CNRS, Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université

We present a setup of optical tweezers coupled to a light sheet microscope, and its implementation to probe cell mechanics without beads in the Drosophila embryo.