Recent Publications
Stephens J, Mohanty SK, Genc S, Kong X, Yokomori K, Berns MW.,: Spatially sculpted laser scissors for study of DNA damage and repair. J Biomed Opt. 2009 Sep-Oct;14(5):054004. (Link)
Kreuter KA, Mahon SB, Mukai DS, Su J, Jung WG, Narula N, Guo S, Wakida N, Raub C, Berns MW, George SC, Chen Z, Brenner M.,: Detection and monitoring of early airway injury effects of half-mustard (2-chloroethylethylsulfide) exposure using high-resolution optical coherence tomography. J Biomed Opt. 2009 Jul-Aug;14(4):044037.(Link)
Zeitlin SG, Baker NM, Chapados BR, Soutoglou E, Wang JY, Berns MW, Cleveland DW.,: Double-strand DNA breaks recruit the centromeric histone CENP-A. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Sep 15;106(37):15762-7. Epub 2009 Aug 28.(Link)
Yu L, Mohanty S, Zhang J, Genc S, Kim MK, Berns MW, Chen Z.,: Digital holographic microscopy for quantitative cell dynamic evaluation during laser microsurgery. Opt Express. 2009 Jul 6;17(14):12031-8.(Link)
Kong X, Mohanty SK, Stephens J, Heale JT, Gomez-Godinez V, Shi LZ, Kim JS, Yokomori K, Berns MW.,: Comparative analysis of different laser systems to study cellular responses to DNA damage in mammalian cells.Nucleic Acids Res. 2009 May;37(9):e68. Epub 2009 Apr 7.(Link)
Mohanty SK, Mohanty KS, Berns MW.,: Manipulation of mammalian cells using a single-fiber optical microbeam. J Biomed Opt. 2008 Sep; 13(5):054049(Link)
Yu L, Mohanty S, Liu G, Genc S, Chen Z, Berns MW.,: Quantitative phase evaluation of dynamic changes on cell membrane during laser microsurgery. J Biomed Opt. 2008 Sep-Oct;13(5):050508.(Link)
Mohanty SK, Mohanty KS, Berns MW.,: Organization of microscale objects using a microfabricated optical fiber. Opt Lett. 2008 Sep 15;33(18):2155-7 (Link)
Nascimento JM, Shi LZ, Tam J, Chandsawangbhuwana C, Durrant B, Botvinick EL, Berns MW.,: Comparison of glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation as energy sources for mammalian sperm motility, using the combination of fluorescence imaging, laser tweezers, and real-time automated tracking and trapping. J Cell Physiol. 2008 Aug 5. [Epub ahead of print] (Link)
Mohanty SK, Reinscheid RK, Liu X, Okamura N, Krasieva TB, Berns MW.,: In-depth activation of ChR2 sensitized excitable cells with high spatial resolution using two-photon excitation with near-IR laser microbeam. Biophys J. 2008 Jul 11. [Epub ahead of print]
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Nascimento JM, Shi LZ, Chandsawangbhuwana C, Tam J, Durrant B, Botvinick EL, Berns MW.,: Use of laser tweezers to analyze sperm motility and mitochondrial membrane potential. J Biomed Opt. 2008 Jan-Feb;13(1):014002 (Link)
Shi LZ, Nascimento JM, Chandsawangbhuwana C, Botvinick EL, Berns MW.,: An automatic system to study sperm motility and energetics. Biomed Microdevices. 2008 Feb 26 (Link)
Nascimento JM, Shi LZ, Meyers S, Gagneux P, Loskutoff NM, Botvinick EL, Berns MW.,: The use of optical tweezers to study sperm competition and motility in primates. J R Soc Interface. 2008 Mar 6;5(20):297-302 (Link)
Berns MW, Greulich KO.,: Laser Manipulation of Cells and Tissues. Methods Cell Biology. 2007; Vol 82. (Link)
Berns MW.,: A History of Laser Scissors (Microbeams) . Methods Cell Biol. 2007;82C:1-58. (Link)
Botvinick EL, Shah JV.,: Laser-based measurements in cell biology. Methods Cell Biol. 2007;82:81-109. (Link)
Berns MW.,: Optical Tweezers: Tethers, Wavelengths, and Heat. Methods Cell Biol. 2007;82C:455-466. (Link)
Botvinick EL, Wang Y.,: Laser tweezers in the study of mechanobiology in live cells. Methods Cell Biol. 2007;82:497-523. (Link)
Shao B, Nascimento JM, Shi LZ, Botvinick EL.,: Automated motile cell capture and analysis with optical traps. Methods Cell Biol. 2007;82:601-27. (Link)
Greulich KO, Khodjakov A, Vogt A, Berns MW.,: Sergej stepanovich tschachotin: experimental cytologist and political critic (1883-1973). Methods Cell Biol. 2007;82:723-34. (Link)
Xu J, Van Keymeulen A, Wakida NM, Carlton P, Berns MW, Bourne HR.,: Polarity reveals intrinsic cell chirality. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2007 May 29;104(22):9296-300. (Link)
Wakida NM, Lee CS, Botvinick ET, Shi LZ, Dvornikov A, Berns MW.,: Laser nanosurgery of single microtubules reveals location-dependent depolymerization rates . J Biomed Opt. 2007 Mar-Apr;12(2):024022. (Link)
Gomez-Godinez V, Wakida NM, Dvornikov AS, Yokomori K, Berns MW.,: Recruitment of DNA damage recognition and repair pathway proteins following near-IR femtosecond laser irradiation of cells. J Biomed Opt. 2007 Mar-Apr;12(2):020505.(Link)
Shao B, Shi LZ, Nascimento JL, Botvinick EL, Ozkan M, Berns MW, Esener SC.,: High-throughput sorting and analysis of human sperm with a ring-shaped laser trap . Biomed Microdevices. Jun;9(3):361-9. (Link)
Shi LZ, Nascimento JM, Berns MW, Botvinick EL.,: Computer-based tracking of single sperm. J Biomed Opt. 2006 Sep-Oct;11(5):054009. (Link)
Nascimento JL, Botvinick EL, Shi LZ, Durrant B, Berns MW.,: Analysis of sperm motility using optical tweezers. J Biomed Opt. 2006 Jul-Aug;11(4):044001. (Link)
Shao B, Esener SC, Nascimento JM, Botvinick EL, Berns MW.,: Dynamically adjustable annular laser trapping based on axicons.
Appl Opt. 2006 Sep 1;45(25):6421-8. (Link)
Z Shi L, Nascimento J, Chandsawangbhuwana C, Berns MW, Botvinick EL.,: Real-time automated tracking and trapping system for sperm.Microsc Res Tech. 2006 Jul-Aug;11(4):044001.(Link)
Wang Z, Shah JV, Berns MW, Cleveland DW.,: In vivo quantitative studies of dynamic intracellular processes using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Biophys J. 2006 Jul 1;91(1):343-51. (Link)
Botvinick EL, Berns MW.,: Internet-based robotic laser scissors and tweezers microscopy.
Microsc Res Tech. 2005 Oct;68(2):65-74. (Link) (News) (Movie)
Wang Y, Botvinick EL, Zhao Y, Berns MW, Usami S, Tsien RY, Chien S.,: Visualizing the mechanical activation of Src. Nature. 2005 Apr 21;434(7036):1040-5.
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Venugopalan V, Shah JV, Liaw LH, Berns MW.,: Controlled ablation
of microtubules using a picosecond laser. Biophys J. 2004 Dec;87(6):4203-12. (Link) Berns MW, Krasieva T, Sun CH, Dvornikov A, Rentzepis PM.,: A polarity dependent fluorescence "switch" in live cells. J Photochem Photobiol B. 2004 Jul 19;75(1-2):51-6. (Link) Shah JV, Botvinick E, Bonday Z, Furnari F, Berns M, Cleveland DW.,:Dynamics of centromere and kinetochore proteins; implications for checkpoint signaling and silencing. Curr Biol. 2004 Jun 8;14(11):942-52.(Link) Wang Z, Shah JV, Chen Z, Sun CH, Berns MW.,: Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy investigation of a GFP mutant-enhanced cyan fluorescent protein and its tubulin fusion in living cells with two-photon excitation. J Biomed Opt. 2004 Mar-Apr;9(2):395-403. (Link) Hammer-Wilson MJ, Cao D, Kimel S, Berns MW.,: Photodynamic parameters in the chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) bioassay for photosensitizers administered intraperitoneally (IP) into the chick embryo. Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2002 Sep;1(9):721-8. (Link) Berns MW.,: Laser Scissors and Tweezers. Scientific American. 1998 Apr:62-67. (Link) 
