In-vivo biomagnetic characterisation of the American cockroach

We present a quantitative method, utilising a highly sensitive quantum sensor, that extends applicability of magnetorelaxometry to biological samples at physiological temperature. The observed magnetic fields allow for non-invasive determination of physical properties of magnetic materials and their...

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Main Authors: Kong, Ling-Jun, Crepaz, Herbert, Górecka, Agnieszka, Urbanek, Aleksandra, Dumke, Rainer, Paterek, Tomasz
Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87371
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45395
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author Kong, Ling-Jun
Crepaz, Herbert
Górecka, Agnieszka
Urbanek, Aleksandra
Dumke, Rainer
Paterek, Tomasz
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Crepaz, Herbert
Górecka, Agnieszka
Urbanek, Aleksandra
Dumke, Rainer
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description We present a quantitative method, utilising a highly sensitive quantum sensor, that extends applicability of magnetorelaxometry to biological samples at physiological temperature. The observed magnetic fields allow for non-invasive determination of physical properties of magnetic materials and their surrounding environment inside the specimen. The method is applied to American cockroaches and reveals magnetic deposits with strikingly different behaviour in alive and dead insects. We discuss consequences of this finding to cockroach magneto-reception. To our knowledge, this work represents the first characterisation of the magnetisation dynamics in live insects and helps to connect results from behavioural experiments on insects in magnetic fields with characterisation of magnetic materials in their corpses.
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spelling ntu-10356/873712023-02-28T19:33:23Z In-vivo biomagnetic characterisation of the American cockroach Kong, Ling-Jun Crepaz, Herbert Górecka, Agnieszka Urbanek, Aleksandra Dumke, Rainer Paterek, Tomasz School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Magnetorelaxometry Magnetisation Dynamics We present a quantitative method, utilising a highly sensitive quantum sensor, that extends applicability of magnetorelaxometry to biological samples at physiological temperature. The observed magnetic fields allow for non-invasive determination of physical properties of magnetic materials and their surrounding environment inside the specimen. The method is applied to American cockroaches and reveals magnetic deposits with strikingly different behaviour in alive and dead insects. We discuss consequences of this finding to cockroach magneto-reception. To our knowledge, this work represents the first characterisation of the magnetisation dynamics in live insects and helps to connect results from behavioural experiments on insects in magnetic fields with characterisation of magnetic materials in their corpses. NRF (Natl Research Foundation, S’pore) MOE (Min. of Education, S’pore) Published version 2018-07-31T01:05:29Z 2019-12-06T16:40:28Z 2018-07-31T01:05:29Z 2019-12-06T16:40:28Z 2018 Journal Article Kong, L.-J., Crepaz, H., Górecka, A., Urbanek, A., Dumke, R., & Paterek, T. (2018). In-vivo biomagnetic characterisation of the American cockroach. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 5140-. 2045-2322 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87371 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45395 10.1038/s41598-018-23005-1 en Scientific Reports © 2018 The Author(s) (Nature Publishing Group). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 7 p. application/pdf
spellingShingle Magnetorelaxometry
Magnetisation Dynamics
Kong, Ling-Jun
Crepaz, Herbert
Górecka, Agnieszka
Urbanek, Aleksandra
Dumke, Rainer
Paterek, Tomasz
In-vivo biomagnetic characterisation of the American cockroach
title In-vivo biomagnetic characterisation of the American cockroach
title_full In-vivo biomagnetic characterisation of the American cockroach
title_fullStr In-vivo biomagnetic characterisation of the American cockroach
title_full_unstemmed In-vivo biomagnetic characterisation of the American cockroach
title_short In-vivo biomagnetic characterisation of the American cockroach
title_sort in vivo biomagnetic characterisation of the american cockroach
topic Magnetorelaxometry
Magnetisation Dynamics
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87371
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45395
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