Research in our group follows two directions: biological adhesion at the level of single and multiple bonds, and development of techniques for the use of lipid or polymer vesicles as micro-reaction containers. The experimental tools we employ are a dual optical trap-system and a laser microbeam used in conjuction with various fluorescence techniques.

Recent and current experimental work in our group includes:

1. "Polymerosomes," polymer bilayer vesicles for micro-reaction purposes

2. Liposomes, optical manipulation and fusion

3. Antibody-antigen binding, real time measurements

4. OPTCOL, interactions between red blood cells and virus coated microspheres