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Magnus is a physicist working at the border of physics, chemistry, and biology. He is the head of the Biophysics and Biophotonics group located at the Department of Physics at Umeå University. For 20 years, he has developed optical tweezers tools that are used to study biophysical and physicochemical properties of cells, bacteria, and spores on the single-cell level. Using in-house designed optical tweezers, the group is experts on force measurements and micro-Raman spectroscopy. Of special interest is single molecule/organelle force measurements that provide information on how bacteria can attach to surfaces and vibration spectroscopy to measure the chemical content of spores.
Magnus’s research also aims to develop image-processing algorithms and software development for tracking organisms. And, to confine organisms, the group develop microfluidic systems using 3D-printing technology.
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IceLab opens project call for shared postdoctoral fellows
IceLab opens project call for shared postdoctoral fellows IceLab invites multidisciplinary research teams to propose projects for a shared postdoctoral fellow, funded by Kempestiftelserna. Project proposals can now be submitted, until May [...]
March 27th Lunch Pitch: Anders Garpebring, Sophia Harlid and Jian-Feng Mao
March 27th Lunch Pitch: Anders Garpebring, Sophia Harlid and Jian-Feng Mao March 27, 2024 AI for image processing, understanding breast cancer risk and unravelling the complexity of plant genomes were the [...]
March 13th Lunch Pitch: Aftab Nadeem, Barbora Parizkova and Jakob Hultgren
March 13th Lunch Pitch: Aftab Nadeem, Barbora Parizkova and Jakob Hultgren March 13, 2024 Insert favorite scientific problem here:in search of image data for signal processing, machine learning tools for root [...]
New faculty for Stress Response Modeling excellence center
New faculty for Stress Response Modeling excellence center Two faculty positions are now open for application within the excellence center “Stress Response Modeling at IceLab”. IceLab seeks candidates who combine quantitative [...]
February 28th Lunch Pitch: Cemal Erdem and Elin Chorell
February 28th Lunch Pitch: Cemal Erdem and Elin Chorell February 28, 2024 Cemal Erdem introduced his use of machine learning and mechanistic modeling in cancer and disease research, while Elin Chorell [...]
Microbial eco-evolutionary research collaboration with Korea
Microbial eco-evolutionary research collaboration with Korea A STINT-funded research collaboration exchange between IceLab and Korean researchers from Inha University kicks off with a visit to Incheon, Korea February 19th-28th. The research [...]