6-11 July 2026
The school will offer an introduction to Atomic Force Microscopy in Life Sciences and Medicine for PhD students, post-docs, young scientists and core facility technicians/engineers.
Lectures will be complemented by hands-on tutorials to facilitate communication between experienced and novice AFM users.
AFM beginners are welcome!
Registration:
The registration is over.
Fees: 800€ for academics - 950€ for industry.
Lecturers/Trainers:
- Cécile Formosa-Dague - Toulouse Biotechnology Institute
- Luning Liu - University of Liverpool
- Ionna Mela - University of Cambridge
- Laia Pasquina - University of Sheffield
- Alesandro Podestà - Università degli Studi di Milano
- Manfred Radmacher - Universität Bremen
- Qingze Zou - Rutgers University
- Nicolas Buzhinsky - INSERM UMR1325, Marseille
- Ignacio Casuso - INSERM UMR1325, Marseille
- Matteo Chighizola - INSERM UMR1325, Marseille
- Felix Rico - INSERM UMR1325, Marseille
- Claire Valotteau - CNRS UMR1325, Marseille
Provisional Programme (local time Paris):
The school will start on Monday July 6 at 1.30pm and end on Friday July 11 at 5.30pm (accommodation will be provided until Saturday morning).
Practical Training :
1. HS-AFM of membrane proteins
2. HS-FS of protein unfolding
3. Cell mechanics / Mapping
4. AFM of lipid membrane
5. PFQNM/HS-AFM Imaging of DNA
6. AFM Calibration
7. Tutorials on AFM image processing and force curve analysis
Local Organizers:
- Nicolas Buzhinsky - INSERM UMR1325, Marseille
- Ignacio Casuso - INSERM UMR1325, Marseille
- Pierre-Henri Puech - INSERM UMR1067, Marseille
- Felix Rico - INSERM UMR1325, Marseille
- Lorena Redondo - INSERM UMR1325, Marseille
- Claire Valotteau - CNRS UMR1325, Marseille
Venue:
Meeting site: DyNaMo laboratory - UMR1325 INSERM (Ground Floor), TPR2 building - block 5, Luminy Campus, Marseille 13009.
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Public transport: Bus connection between the Airport and the St Charles Train Station. From the train station take the Metro line 2
(direction Sainte-Marguerite - Dromel) till the stop "Rond Point du Prado". Then take the bus B1 till Luminy campus.
Marseille public transport: www.rtm.fr
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