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posted on 2018-02-01, 16:01 authored by Georgia Anastasiadi, Lynn Paterson, William MacPherson, Mark LeonardIn this video we demonstrate optical trapping of a single yeast cell in three dimensions, x,y and z. Once we trap the cell,we start moving the fiber inside the microscope slide micro-channel. The other cells around of the trapped cell, follow the flow of the sample medium and the Brownian motion, in comparison with the trapped cell that stays in a stable position away from the fiber end-face.