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Optical systems for single cell analyses

Kristin Sott Postdoctoral fellow University of Gothenburg, Department of Physics, SE-41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
, PhD,
Emma Eriksson PhD Student University of Gothenburg, Department of Physics, SE-41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
, MSc,
Elzbieta Petelenz PhD Student University of Gothenburg, Department of Cell- and Molecular Biology, Box 462, SE-40530, Gothenburg, Sweden
, MSc &
Mattias Goksör Associate Professor University of Gothenburg, Department of Physics, SE-41296, Gothenburg, Sweden +46 0 31 772 3315; +46 0 31 772 2091; [email protected]
, PhD Docent
Pages 1323-1344 | Published online: 22 Oct 2008

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