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Steven Ming-Tzo Wei (Bioengineering Ph.D.)
E-mail: miw206@lehigh.edu
B.S., Dept. of Physics, National Dong Hwa U., Taiwan
M.S., Dept. of Biophotoincs, National Yang-Ming U., Taiwan; Advisor: Arthur Chiou
Master Thesis: The influence of extract of Reishi polysaccharides on macrophage measured by optical tweezers
Ph.D. Dept. of Bioengineering, Lehigh U.; Advisor: H. Daniel Ou-Yang
Books
- A. Chiou, Ming-Tzo Wei, Y.-Q. Chen, T.- Y. Tseng, S.- L. Liu, A. Karmenyan, and C.- H. Lin, “Optical trapping and manipulations for biomedical applications,” in Biophotonics, L. Pavesi and P. M. Fauchet, Ed, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Ch 14, 249 – 273 (2008). ISBN 978-3-540-76779-4, e-ISBN 978-3-540-76782-4.
Journal Articles
- C.-C. Chiang, Ming-Tzo Wei, Y.-Q. Chen, P.-W. Yen, Y.-C. Huang, J.-Y. Chen, O. Lavastre, H. Guillaume, D.Guillaume, and A. Chiou, “Optical tweezers based active microrheology of sodium polystyrene sulfonate (NaPSS),” Optics Express, vol. 19, pp. 8847-8854, 2011.
- Israd H. Jaafar, Courtney E. LeBlon, Ming-Tzo Wei, Daniel Ou-Yang, John P. Coulter and Sabrina S. Jedlicka, “Improving fluorescence imaging of biological cells on biomedical polymers,” Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 7, pp. 1588-1598, 2011.
- S. Rancourt-Grenier, Ming-Tzo Wei, J.-J. Bai, A. Chiou, P. P. Bareil, P-L. Duval, Y. Sheng, “Dynamic deformation of red blood cell in dual-trap optical tweezers,” Optics Express, vol. 18, pp. 10462-10472, 2010.
- H. D. Ou-Yang and Ming-Tzo. Wei, "Complex fluids: probing mechanical properties of biological systems with optical tweezers," Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. , vol. 61, pp. 421-440, 2010.
- C.-H. Lien, Ming-Tzo Wei, T.-Y. Tseng, C.-D. Lee, C. Wang, T.-F. Wang, H. D. Ou-Yang, and A. Chiou, "Probing the dynamic differential stiffness of dsDNA interacting with RecA in the enthalpic regime," Optics Express, vol. 17, pp. 20376-20385, 2009.
- H. C. Yalcin, K. M. Hallow, J. Wang, Ming-Tzo Wei, H. D. Ou-Yang, and S. N. Ghadiali, "Influence of cytoskeletal structure and mechanics on epithelial cell injury during cyclic airway reopening," Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, vol. 297, pp. L881–L891, 2009.
- Ming-Tzo Wei, J. Junio, and H. D. Ou-Yang, “Direct measurements of the frequency dependent dielectrophoresis force,” Biomicrofluidics, vol. 3, pp. 012003 (8 pages), 2009.
- Ming-Tzo Wei, A. Lengel, H. C. Yalcin, J. Wang, M. Hallow, S. N. Ghadiali, A. Chiou, and H. D. Ou-Yang, “A comparative study of living cell micromechanical properties by oscillatory optical tweezers,” Optics Express, vol. 16, pp. 8694-8603, 2008.
- Ming-Tzo Wei, K.-F. Hua, J. Hsu, A. Karmenyan, K.-Y. Tseng, C.-H. Wong, H.-Y. Hsu, and A. Chiou, “The interaction of lipopolysaccharide with membrane receptors on macrophages pre-treatment with extract of Reishi polysaccharides measured by optical tweezers,” Optics Express, vol. 15, pp. 11020-11032, 2007.
- S.-L. Liu, A. Karmenyan, Ming-Tzo Wei, C.-C. Huang, C.-H. Lin, and A. Chiou “Optical forced oscillation for the study of lectin-glycoprotein interaction at the cellular membrane of a Chinese hamster ovary cell,” Optics Express, vol. 15, pp. 2713 – 2723, 2007.
- Ming-Tzo Wei, K.-T. Yang, A. Karmenyan, and A. Chiou, “Three-dimensional optical force field on a Chinese hamster ovary cell in a fiber-optical dual-beam trap,” Optics Express, vol. 14, pp. 3056-3064, 2006.
- Ming-Tzo Wei and A. Chiou, "Three-dimensional tracking of Brownian motion of a particle trapped in optical tweezers with a pair of orthogonal tracking beams and the determination of the associated optical force constants," Optics Express, vol. 13, pp. 5798-5806, 2005.
Conference Proceedings
- Y.-Q. Chen, C.-Y. Cheng, C.-C. Chiang, Ming-Tzo Wei, Y.-C. Huang, O. Lavastre, H. Guillaume, D. Guillaume, and A. Chiou, “Microrheology of sodium polystyrene sulfonate (NaPSS) solutions with different polymer concentrations and molecular weights studied by diffusing wave spectroscopy,” SPIE Photonics Asia, Beijing, China, 2010. (SPIE Proc. Vol. 7848, 2010).
- Ming-Tzo Wei, and H. Daniel Ou-Yang, "Thermal and non-thermal intracellular mechanical fluctuations of living cells," SPIE Optics Photonics, San Diego, USA, 2010. (SPIE Proc. Vol. 7762, 2010).
- S. Rancourt-Grenier, Ming-Tzo Wei, J.-J. Bai, A. Chiou, P. Bareil, P.-L. Duval, and Y. Sheng, " Dynamic deformation of a soft particle in dual-trap optical tweezers," SPIE Optics Photonics, San Diego, USA, 2010. (SPIE Proc. Vol. 7762, 2010).
- Ming-Tzo Wei, Jack Ng, C. T. Chan, and H. Daniel Ou-Yang, “Measurement of optical binding force between two colloidal particles,” SPIE Optics Photonics, San Diego, USA, 2009. (SPIE Proc. Vol. 7400, 2009)
- P.-W. Yen, P.-T. Su, L.-J. Hung, Ming-Tzo Wei, W.-J. Syu, and A. Chiou, “The interaction of Escherichia coli with its surrounding three dimensional substrate measured by oscillatory optical tweezers,” SPIE Optics Photonics, San Diego, USA, 2009. (SPIE Proc. Vol. 7400, 2009)
- Ming-Tzo Wei, S.-L. Liu, T.-Y. Tseng, A. Karmenyan, A. Chiou, “From optical tweezers to optical forced oscillation: principles and potential biomedical applications,” SPIE Photonics West, San Diego, USA, 2007. (SPIE Proc. Vol. 6447, 2007)
- Ming-Tzo Wei, K.-F. Hua, J. Hsu, A. Karmenyan, H.-Y. Hsu, and A. Chiou, “The interaction of lipopolysaccharide-coated polystyrene particle with membrane receptor proteins on macrophage measured by optical tweezers,” SPIE Optics Photonics, San Diego, USA, 2006. (SPIE Proc. Vol. 6326, 2006)
- K.-T. Yang, Ming-Tzo Wei, A. Karmenyan, and A. Chiou, "Mapping of three-dimensional optical force field on a micro-particle trapped in a fiber-optical dual-beam trap", SPIE Optics Photonics, San Diego, USA, 2005. (SPIE Proc. Vol. 5930, 2005)