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Webinar—Soft, Squishy, and Sticky: AFM for Mechanobiology 

October 24, 2018
8:30am -9:30am PDT

AFM's ability to directly interact with samples at the nanoscale and in near-physiological conditions enable novel insights into the structure and nanomechanical properties of living samples. AFM is especially useful in understanding the mechanical properties of the extracellular environment. However, quantitative measurements of these properties are often stymied by a number of experimental and instrumentational parameters.

Dr. Nicholas A. Geisse, Chief Science Officer at NanoSurface Biomedical Inc., will present an overview of AFM for mechanobiology and will discuss keys to successful implementation:

  • Latest AFM instrumentation capabilities, and benefits for mechanobiology in characterizing cells, tissues and the extracellular matrix (ECM)
  • Making successful measurements of elastic deformation and avoiding common pitfalls and errors
  • Understanding nanomechanical measurements and choosing the right toolbox to make the job easy
  • Recent results from cutting-edge research being done in the field of mechanobiology from Asylum Research AFMs
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Dr. Nicholas A. Geisse, NanoSurface Biomedical, Seattle, WA

Dr. Geisse is Chief Science Officer of NanoSurface Biomedical, Seattle, WA. He has over 20 years of AFM experience in research and industry (Oxford Instruments Asylum Research), with numerous published papers in the field. He was a postdoctoral research Fellow in the Kevin Parker Lab at Harvard University. Dr. Geisse received his PhD from Cambridge University in Pharmacology.

Academic and industrial researchers including:

• Cell biologists, biophysicists, and scientists who are studying cellular cell function and to cell-substrate interactions,  or geometrical and mechanical properties of the extracellular microenvironment in processes such as as cancer, cardiovascular disease, muscular dystrophy, and the control of cell life and death
• Scientists using AFM/SPM or other optical /fluorescence microscopy 
• Managers and instructors of multi-user characterization, microscopy, or nanotechnology centers

Click Here to View Asylum Research Recorded Webinars

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  • Graphene and 2D Materials
  • Choosing the Best AFM Probe
  • Analysis of Thin Films
  • Characterization of Polymers
  • Advanced PFM
  • Introduction to PFM
  • Cypher AFM
  • blueDrive Photothermal Excitation
  • Nanomechanical Mapping with Contact Resonance
  • Getting Started with AFM and Biology
  • Nanomechanical Mapping with AM-FM Mode
  • Ultra-High Resolution Imaging wih Cypher AFMs