Research
Research within MOABC is organized around 3 research "cores":

Core 1: Spectroscopy Single and multimodal measurement systems integrating optical and microscale systems for characterizing cells and other biologically significant molecules.

Core 2: Microscopy The implementation and integration of multidimensional characterization techniques within researcher accessible hardware.

Core 3: Manipulation Optical-based control of cells and label-free sensing of cell mechanical properties.

Publications
R.W. Applegate Jr., J. Squier, T. Vestad, J. Oakey, D.W.M. Marr, “Fiber-Focused Diode-Bar Optical Trapping for Microfluidic Flow Manipulation”, Applied Physics Letters, 2008, 92, 013904 (Also featured in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research the Virtual Journal of Nanoscience and Technology).

D. Schafer, E.A. Gibson, W. Amir, R. Erikson, J. Lawrence, T. Vestad, J.A. Squier, R. Jimenez, D.W.M. Marr, “Three-dimensional imaging in a microfluidic device using two-photon absorption fluorescence”, Optics Letters, 2007, 32, 2568.

R.W. Applegate Jr., D. Schafer, W. Amir, J. Squier, T. Vestad, J. Oakey, D.W.M. Marr, “Optically-Integrated Microfluidic Systems for Cellular Characterization and Manipulation”, Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 2007, 9, S122.

J. Field, C. Durfee, S. Kane, J.A. Squier, “Quintic-phase Limited Grism-based Ultrashort Pulse Shaper”, Optics Letters, in press.

J. Field, T. Planchon, W. Amir, C. Durfee, J.A. Squier, “Characterization of a High Efficiency, Ultrashort Pulse Shaper Incorporating a Reflective 4096-Element Spatial Light Modulator”, Optics Communications, 2007, 278, 368-376.

W. Amir, R. Carriles, E. Hoover, T.A. Planchon, C. Durfee, J.A. Squier, “Simultaneous Imaging of Multiple Focal Planes using a Two-Photon Scanning Microscope”, Optics Letters, 2007, 32, 1731-1733.

R.W. Applegate Jr., J. Squier, T. Vestad, J. Oakey, D.W.M. Marr, P. Bado, M.A. Dugan, A.A. Said, “Microfluidic Sorting System Based on Optical Waveguide Integration and Diode Laser Bar Trapping”, Lab on a Chip, 2006, 6, 422.

W. Amir, T.A. Planchon, C. Durfee, J.A. Squier, P. Gabolde, R. Trebino, M. Muller, “Simultaneous Visulaization of Spatial and Chromatic Aberrations by 2D Fourier Transform Spectral Interferometry”, Optics Letters, 2006, 31, 2927-2929.

T. Stiles, R. Fallon, T. Vestad, J. Oakey, D.W.M. Marr, J. Squier, R. Jimenez, “Hydrodynamic Focusing for Vacuum-Pumped Microfluidics”, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2005, 1, 280.

R.W. Applegate Jr., J. Squier, T. Vestad, J. Oakey, D.W.M. Marr, “Optical Trapping, Manipulation, and Sorting of Cells and Colloids in Microfluidic Systems with Diode Laser Bars”, Optics Express, 2004, 12, 4390.(Also featured in Technology Research News)