Welcome to the Bio- and Nano-Photonics research group
Head of the Laboratory
| Prof. Dr. Alexander RohrbachEmail: rohrbach(at)imtek.de University of Freiburg |
Research goals
Living cells are fascinating microsystems driven by a variety of physics principles. Therefore we develop novel laser optical microscopy and optical force based applications, to investigate the biophysics of living cells and of bio-mimetic systems based on their nano-mechanics and thermal fluctuations. These approaches will help us to better understand e.g. infection diseases.
Our research group
| ... and in action | ||
| | Who said working in a lab isn't fun? Click on the video to see us doing our business! | |
| Recent research highlights: | ||
| Click on the preview for the enlarged movie of a live macrophage cell (with several filopodia = "cell fingers") in contact with dozens of highly dynamic 100nm small corona virus dummies: 100 Hz ROCS microscopy images (left). Right half: edge enhancement. | ||
Special featured publication: Get rid of the effects of diffusive photons! Consider not only the optical PSF, but also the object PSF, which changes with depth ! | ||
| | Meinert,T., ..., Rohrbach, A. Separation of ballistic and diffusive fluorescence photons in confocal Light-Sheet Microscopy of Arabidopsis roots Scientific reports 6, 30378 (2016). | |
Selected Publications
Ayala, Y. A., R. Omidvar, W. Römer and A. Rohrbach
Thermal fluctuations of the lipid membrane determine particle uptake into Giant Unilamellar Vesicles.
Nature Communications. 2023
F. Jünger, D. Ruh, D. Strobel, R. Michiels, D. Huber, ... A: Rohrbach
100 Hz ROCS microscopy correlated with fluorescence reveals cellular dynamics on different spatiotemporal scales
Nature Communications 2022; 13(1): 1758
Landenberger B, Yatish, Rohrbach A.
Towards non-blind optical tweezing by finding 3D refractive index changes through off-focus interferometric tracking.
Nature Communications. 2021;12(1):6922.
L. Friedrich, A. Rohrbach
Surface imaging beyond the diffraction limit with optically trapped spheres
Nature Nanotechnology 2015, issue 10, pages 1064–1069
M. Koch, A. Rohrbach
Object adapted optical trapping and shape tracking of energy switching helical bacteria
Nature Photonics 2012, issue 6, pages 680 - 686
F. Fahrbach, A. Rohrbach
Propagation stability of self-reconstructing Bessel beams enables contrast-enhanced imaging in thick media
Nature Communications 2012, issue 3, page 632
F. Fahrbach, P. Simon, A. Rohrbach
Microscopy with self-reconstructing beams
Nature Photonics 2010 , issue 4, pages 780 - 785
H. Kress, E. H. K. Stelzer, D. Holzer, F. Buss, G. Griffiths, A. Rohrbach
Filopodia act as phagocytic tentacles and pull with discrete steps and a load-dependent velocity
PNAS 2007, issue 104, pages 11633 - 11638
A. Rohrbach
Stiffness of optical traps: Quantitative agreement between experiment and electromagnetic theory
PRL 2005, issue 95, pages 168102
News
24.03.2024
Five people from our group went to the fascinating city of Genoa (Italy), to attend the world-largest conference on Microscopy.
| | Alexander is giving a plenary talk about alternative imaging modes with coherent light |
19.06.2023
A paper by us was published in Small: "Making Hidden Cell Particle Interactions Visible by Thermal Noise Frequency Decomposition"
02.04.2023
Ten people from our group flew to the amazing city of Porto (Portugal), to attend the world-largest conference on Microscopy.
01.12.2022
Another paper accepted in Nature Communications: how thermal membrane fluctuations can predict particle uptake.
01.12.2022
Frederik Görlitz starts as a new Postdoc in our group.
01.09.2022
A paper by us about a multistep retraction process of filopodia was published in the Biophysical Journal: "Pulling, failing, and adaptive mechanotransduction of macrophage filopodia" (>>> download pdf)
04.09.2022
Nearly the whole group went to the lovely city of Regensburg, and had a good and stimulating conference on biophysics & techniques.
01.04.2022
A paper by us about applications of super-resolving rotating coherent scattering (ROCS) microscopy was published in Nature Communications
02.12.2021
A paper by us about a new optical tweezers concept was published in Nature Communications
20.09.2021
Meelad Lalenejad starts as a new PhD student in our lab working on novel light-sheet microscopy techniques.
Optik, Photonik, Biophysik, optische Fallen, optische Pinzetten, Partikeltracking, Mikroskopie, Lichtscheibe, selbstrekonstruierende Strahlen, Bessel-Strahlen, Lichtpropagation, BPM, Streuung, Superauflösung, TIRF, Fluoreszenz, STED, hydrodynamische Kopplung, Fluktuation, Diffusion, molekulare Motoren, Zytoskelett-Mechanik, Visko-elastische Theorie, Fresszellen, Filopodien, Bakterien, Zellwand, Vesikel
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 Forschungsteam der Universität Freiburg zeigt verborgene Wechselwirkungen von Partikeln an der ZelloberflächeUltraweiche Wechselwirkungen lassen sich durch Hochgeschwindigkeitsmessung und Frequenzanalyse nachweisen |  Finger aus Laserlicht: Kontrolliertes Greifen und Drehen biologischer MikroobjekteFreiburger Wissenschaftler entwickeln Konzept für feedbackgesteuerte optische Pinzetten |  Coronas chaotischer TanzMit einem einzigartigen Mikroskop filmt der Mikrosystemtechniker Alexander Rohrbach, wie das Sars-CoV-2-Virus an Zellen bindet / FILMBEITRAG |
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