AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Applied Surface Science Thursday Sessions

Session AS2+BI-ThM
Scanning Probe Studies of Biological Materials

Thursday, November 12, 2009, 8:00 am, Room K
Moderators: I.S. Gilmore, National Physical Laboratory, UK, S. Zauscher, Duke University


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8:00am AS2+BI-ThM1 Invited Paper
Beyond the Optical Resolution in Living Cell: Biomedical Applications of Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy
Y.E. Korchev, Imperial College London, UK, S. Allen, The University of Nottingham, UK
8:40am AS2+BI-ThM3
Nanometer Scale Patterning of Biomolecules using Near-Field Optical Methods
G.J. Leggett, University of Sheffield, UK
9:00am AS2+BI-ThM4
Nanomechanics of Glycopeptide Resistant Superbugs and Superdrugs
J. Ndieyira, Uni. College London, UK and Jomo Kenyatta Univ. of Agriculture and Tech., Kenya, A. Donoso Barrera, M. Vogtli, Uni. College London, UK, M. Sushko, Uni. College London, UK and PNNL, D. Zhou, Univ. of Leeds, UK, M. Cooper, The Univ. of Queensland, Australia, C. Abell, Univ. of Cambridge, UK, T. Strunz, G. Aeppli, R. McKendry, Uni. College London, UK
9:20am AS2+BI-ThM5
Single Biomolecule Force Spectroscopy Measurements; the Importance of Controlled Surface Chemistry
S. Allen, The University of Nottingham, UK, S. Zauscher, Duke University
9:40am AS2+BI-ThM6
Nanoarrayed Biomolecular Recognition followed by AFM
P. Lisboa, L. Sirghi, A. Valsesia, P. Colpo, F. Rossi, JRC-European Commission, Italy
10:40am AS2+BI-ThM9
Deciphering Nanoscale Interactions: Artificial Neural Networks and Scanning Probe Microscopy
S. Jesse, M.P. Nikiforov, O. Ovchinnikov, S.V. Kalinin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
11:00am AS2+BI-ThM10
Scanning Probe and Differential Interference Contrast Imaging Methods for Studying Adhesion-Induced Tension and Membrane Fluctuation of Red Blood Cells
N. Farkas, H. Kang, National Institute of Standards and Technology, F. Tokumasu, NIAID, NIH, J. Hwang, J.A. Dagata, National Institute of Standards and Technology
11:20am AS2+BI-ThM11
Effect of Different Cations on the Nanomechanical Response of a Model Phospholipid Membrane : A Force Spectroscopy Study
L. Redondo-Morata, G. Oncins, F. Sanz, University of Barcelona, Spain