PhD programs for optical tweezers research in neurology

[Pythagorean]

I'm near graduating with a Bachelor's in Physics in the US.

What schools would be the best for application and engineering of optical tweezers? I'm mostly interested in its applications to neurology.

 

[Andy Resnick]

Optical tweezers are simply a technique- there's many published designes out there, so any PI could build one as they see fit. There's research on trapping as well, but I don't think that's really what you mean.

If you want to perform research in a lab using optical tweezers for neurology, search the literature to find out who is doing that, and talk directly to them about working in their lab.

I warn you, though- you are interested in something highly specialized, and this is a bad thing at your scientific career stage. Techniques come and go as fashion; it's better to get attached to a scientific problem.