They did it by using a chemical rapamycin which diffuses in to the cell allowing them to
trigger endocytosis to occur all over the cell.
With this new version they used blue light to
trigger endocytosis.
Not exact matches
While working on his Ph.D., Dr. Taraska investigated the processes of
triggered exocytosis and
endocytosis in neuroendocrine cells with high - resolution microscopy methods.
A team at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, has managed to
trigger clathrin - mediated
endocytosis in the lab.
Whereas the chemical across the cell the light can be focused in a narrow region causing
endocytosis to be
triggered only in that region.