#  AFM for Life Science, Cell and Tissue Mechanics 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **August 20, 2014** 

 02:00PM - 03:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Wyss Institute, Room 521, Three Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA**  



 

 



 

Guest speaker:  
Nicholas Geisse, PhD  
Applications Scientist  
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc.

AFM has improved drastically over the past few years for higher resolution imaging of proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, as well as for cell and molecular mechanics. For cell mechanics, AFMs are also used as mechanical probes, assessing the mechanical properties of cells, tissues, and their microenvironments.This lecture will provide an overview of how atomic force microscopy can be used for these emerging applications. It will be followed by a discussion on instrumentation, techniques and present real-world results from groundbreaking research being done in the field.

\*snacks will be provided  
   
Host:   
Kit Parker, Ph.D.  
Wyss Institute Core Faculty member  
Tarr Family Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics, SEAS



 

 



 

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