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Protein-patterned hydrogels

Customized cell microenvironments

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Mimicking the complexity of the extracellular environment in synthetic hydrogels is hard. A simple two-photon excitation strategy to simultaneously immobilize multiple proteins with spatial control in three dimensions shows promise.

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Figure 1: Mimicking the extracellular environment in synthetic hydrogels.

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Figure 2: Simultaneous immobilization of multiple proteins in 3D hydrogels.

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