AFM BioMed Conference

Marcoule 2008

First European Summer School on Theory and Practice of AFM in Life Sciences and Medicine

Marcoule, France 28 August - 3 September 2008

AFM Bio Med Summer School 2008: Attendees in the conference room, 28 Aug 2008.

MARCOULE 2008

David

ALSTEENS

Belgium

Youri

ARNTZ

France

Marite

CARDENAS

Sweden

Lucia

CASAL

Spain

Vincent

DUPRES

Belgium

Henri

FRANQUELIM

Portugal

Jildiz

HAMIT-EMINOVSKI

Sweden

Yifan

HU

Denmark

Sébastien

JANEL

France

Tea

MISIC

Croatia

Jorge

OTERO

Spain

Stéphanie

PACE

France

Paola

PINZON-ARANGO

USA

Jérôme

POLESEL MARIS

France

Rachel

SOON

Australia

Javier

SOTRES

Spain

Minh Hieu

TRINH

France

Anna Christina

WELINDER

Denmark

 

 

AFM Biomed Summer School

First European Summer School on Theory and Practice of AFM in Life Sciences and Medicine

Marcoule -France 28 August - 3 September 2008


The AFM Biomed Summer School offers an introduction to Atomic Force Microscopy in Life Sciences and Medicine for Ph.D student, post-docs or young scientists. Lectures in the morning are complemented by hands-on experiments in the afternoon.
There are about 16 places for students doing hands-on experiments. These places will be given preferentially to European students. Participants are encouraged to send a CV and a motivation letter. AFM beginners are welcome.

The registration fee for the AFM Summer School is 650€ for academics including: the training divided into 6 different thematic sessions (more than 20 hours of courses), hands-on experiment, lunches, refreshments, accommodation and social event.

Tentative list of speakers and topics
Jean-Pierre Aimé (Bordeaux France): AFM Theory and Principles →JPA_abstract
Terri Camesano (Worcester, MA) Quantifying Bacterial Adhesion Through AFM Force Spectroscopy → TC_abstract
Yves Dufrêne (Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium): Nanoscale surface properties of microbial cells → YD_abstract
Jordi Hernandez-Borrell (Barcelona Spain): Nanomechanics and Nanostructure of monolayers and bilayers → JBH_abstract
Heinrich Hörber (Bristol UK): Cells and Nanoparticles →HH_abstract
Frank Lafont (Lille France): Cell elasticity → FL_abstract
Christian Le Grimellec (Montpellier France): Membranes Biomembranes Biofilms → CLG_abstract
Pierre-Emmanuel Milhiet (Montpellier France): Reconstituted Systems → PEM_abstract
Daniel Navajas (Barcelona Spain): Probing mechanical properties of living cells with AFM →DN_abstract
Pierre Parot (Marcoule France): Past Present and Future in AFM → PP_abstract
Olivier Piétrement (Villejuif France): DNA DNA-protein complexes →OP_abstract
Jean-Luc Pellequer (Marcoule France): AFM Structural Biology → JLP_abstract
Pierre-Henri Puech (Marseille France): Using AFM to detect molecular interaction of cells → PHP_abstract
Simon Scheuring (Paris France): Structure and Assembly of membrane proteins in native membrane by AFM → SS_abstract
Peter Schön (Dourdan France): AFM instrumentation → PS_abstract
 
 

Detailed schedule


Wednesday 27 August Attendees arrive / Registration

18:00 to 19:00 General Presentation of the Topics of the School
19:00 to 21:00 Get together with Wine and Cheese Résidence des Oliviers

Thursday 28 August

9:00   -1- AFM Theory and Principles, Jean-Pierre Aimé→JPA_abstract
10.30  -2- AFM Instrumentation, Peter Schön→PS_abstract
13:30→17:00 Training

Friday 29 August

9:00   -3- Nanoscale surface properties of microbial cells: from structure to function, Yves Dufrêne→ YD_abstract
10.30  -4- Using AFM to detect molecular interactions of cells, Pierre-Henri Puech→ PHP_abstract
13:30→17:00 Training

Saturday 30 August

9:00   -5- Probing mechanical properties of living cells with AFM, Daniel Navajas→DN_abstract
10.30  -6- Quantifying Bacterial Adhesion Through AFM Force Spectroscopy Terri Camesano → TC_abstract
13:30→15:00 Special Talks / Round table /

Sunday 31 August Morning Free time

10:30 Brunch Résidence des Oliviers
13:30 -7- AFM & Structural Biology, Jean-Luc Pellequer→ JLP_abstract
15:00 -8- Past Present and Future in AFM, Pierre Parot→ PP_abstract

Monday 1 September

9:00   -9- DNA, DNA-protein complexes, Olivier Piétrement→OP_abstract
10.30  -10-- Reconstituted Systems, Pierre-Emmanuel Milhiet→PEM_abstract
13:30→17:00 Training

Tuesday 2 September

9:00   -11- The structure & assembly of proteins in native membranes studied by AFM, Simon Scheuring→ SS_abstract
10.30  -12- Cells and Nanoparticles, Heinrich Hörber→HH_abstract
13:30→17:00 Training

Wednesday 3 September

9:00   -13- Cell elasticity, Frank Lafont→ FL_abstract
10.30   -14- Membranes Biomembranes Biofilms, Christian Le Grimellec→CLG_abstract

 

13:30 School Ends