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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West, J. Customized cell microenvironments. Nature Mater 10, 727–729 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3132
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