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Marina I. Giannotti IBEC, CIBER-BBN, UB
Nuria Gavara, UB
Annalisa Calò, UB
Mireia Oliva, UB
Jean-Luc Pellequer, IBS Grenoble
Felix Rico, Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, DyNaMo
Lorena Redondo-Morata, Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, DyNaMo
Claire Valotteau (Aix-Marseille Univ., INSERM, DyNaMo)
The AFM BioMed Conference focuses on the application of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in life sciences and nanomedicine, exploring how AFM addresses key biological challenges and offers innovative solutions in healthcare.
The conference connects international academic and industry experts in life sciences, bringing together those involved in AFM technology and medical or biological research. It covers a range of length scales, from single molecules, membranes, and cells to multicellular systems and interfaces, integrating imaging and force measurements, and highlights technical developments and the integration of AFM with other analytical techniques. The meeting offers a thorough and insightful overview of advancements in these fields through keynote presentations, lectures, poster sessions, and discussion forums.
#AFMBioMed2025
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For more information, please contact us at ibecevents@ibecbarcelona.eu
Single Molecules,
From Membranes to Cells, Multicelluar Systems and Biointerfaces, and AFM Developments
| Regular | 500€ |
| Students (Master + PhD + Postdoc) | 400€ |
| Industry Representatives | 800€ |
| Accompanying person | 150€ |
| Regular | 550€ |
| Students (Master + PhD + Postdoc) | 450€ |
| Industry Representatives | 850€ | Accompanying person | 200€ |
For any queries about the conference, including opportunities for collaborations or sponsorship, please contact with: ibeccommunications@ibecbarcelona.eu
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| 8.30h | Registration for the Bruker Workshop at AFM BioMed Conference 2025 | ||||||
| 9.00h | Bruker Workshop at AFM BioMed Conference 2025 | ||||||
| 13.30h | Registration for the AFM BioMed Conference 2025 | ||||||
| 14.20h | Start of the conference · Welcome Jordi Garcia · UB Josep Samitier · IBEC Daniel Navajas Jean Luc Pellequier | ||||||
| 15.00h | Exploring cell mechanics: implications for disease and therapy · Malgorzata Lekka Chair: Lorena Redondo-Morata | ||||||
| 16.00h | Coffee break + poster session I | ||||||
| 16.30h | Validation of contact mechanics models and data analysis approaches for nanoindentation measurements of soft samples · Alessandro Podestà | ||||||
| 16.45h | In-Depth Biomechanical Investigation of Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells Cultured on Substrates with Precisely Altered Stiffness Properties · Dibakar Borah | ||||||
| 17.00h | Biomechanics of Macrophages During Interaction with Extracellular Stimuli · Massimiliano Galluzzi | ||||||
| 17.15h | Ultrathin water layers on viruses and on virus models · Alexander Bittner | ||||||
| 17.30h | AFM-based methods to investigate the correlation between macrophage viscoelastic behavior and phenotype in response to substrate stiffness · Livia Angeloni | ||||||
| 17.45h | High speed AFM uncovers diffusion of LacY in membranes · Oscar Domenech | ||||||
| 18.30h | Welcome Reception at UB Gardens | ||||||
FROM MEMBRANES TO CELLS | ||||
| Chair: Filomena Carvalho | ||||
| 9.00h | Salbutamol attenuates the arrhythmogenic effect of aminophylline in cardiac organoids experimental model · Martin Pešl | |||
| 9.30h | Highthroughput Biomechanical Characterization of Macrophage Polarization through Atomic Force Microscopy · Beatriz Cantero Nieto | |||
| 9.45h | Changes in erythrocyte elasticity and morphology as potential predictors of survival in als · Catarina Sousa Lopes | |||
| 10.00h | Characterization of the viscoelasticity of Red Blood Cells and rheological analogues with AFM · Agathe Nidriche | |||
| 10.15h | A different metabolic regulation in favism erythrocytes induces surprising alteration of the cells? properties along the aging · Simone Dinarelli | |||
| 10.20h | Interfacial Dynamics of Quantum Dot Adsorption on Cholera Vulgaris Cells Wall and Its Impact on Nanomechanical Architecture · Varun Vyas | |||
| 10.30h | Coffee break + posters I | |||
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| 11.15h | IRSp53 controls supracellular mechanical properties in epithelial tissues · Alexander Cartagena | |||
| 11.45h | Characterization of Liquid/PAA and PEO Polymer brushes/Gold interfaces by 1D and 3D-AFM · Dahlia SAAD | |||
| 12.00h | Scanning probe microscopy and raman spectroscopy investigation of cardiac organoids · Federica Rigoni | |||
| 12.15h | Multiscale nonlinear mechanics of collagen i hydrogels under stretch · Ignasi Jorba | |||
| 12.30h | Discovering multifactorial causality using AFM nanoindentation · Jean-Luc Pellequer | |||
| 12.35h | Correlation between nanomechanical and chemical features of crosslinked hydrogels combining AFM with chemometric methods · Grégory Francius | |||
| 12.40h | Nanomechanical biomarkers for non-communicable diseases · Andreas Stylianou | |||
| 13.00h | Lunch + poster session 1 | |||
Single MoleculesChair: Fernando Moreno-Herrero | ||||
| 14.30h | Sequence-dependent flexibility as a probe for biomolecular structure · Nancy Forde | |||
| 15.00h | AFM studies of the molecular mechanism of genome organization · Je-Kyung Ryu | |||
| 15.15h | AFM study to reveal the role of sulfation patterns of heparan sulfate in modulating the interactions between human papillomavirus and glycosaminoglycans · Fouzia Bano | |||
| 15.30h | Interplay of glycans and adsorption-driven deformation in SARS-CoV-2 RBD variants onto surfaces with different hydrophobicity · Antonio Miguel Bosch Fernandez | |||
| 15.45h | Study of plastocyanin conformational changes with pH by single protein unfolding · Montserrat Sales-Mateo | |||
| 15.50h | Binding mechanism of oligopeptides on solid surface: Assessing the significance of single-molecule approach · Joanne Lê-Chesnais | |||
| 15.55h | Atomic Force Microscopy reveals key insights into fibrillar species associated with Alzheimer’s Disease · Panangis Polykretis | |||
| 16.00h | Coffee break + posters (1) | |||
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| 16.30h | Cellular stepwise confinement reveals different mechanical response in MEC-WT and MEC-KO1 under diverse pharmacological conditions · Riccardo Campanile | |||
| 16.45h | Mechanical Properties at the Nanoscale of Cardiac Organoids Investigated by Scanning Probe Microscopy · Tommaso Savoldi | |||
| 17.00h | Nanorheology and Nanoindentation Revealed a Softening and an Increased Viscous Fluidity of Adherent Mammalian Cells upon Increasing the Frequency · Francisco Miguel Espinosa Barea | |||
| 17.15h | Overcoming challenges in the AFM mechanical nanocharacterization of soft heterogeneous biological materials · Stylianos Vasileios Kontomaris | |||
| 17.30h | Microscale Biomechanical Characterization of Undecalcified Bone through AFM · Nada Wahman | |||
| 19:00 | External event · El Drapaire | |||
FROM MEMBRANES TO CELLSChair: Filomena Carvalho | ||||
| 9.00h | Unlocking the Role of Fibrinogen-Erythrocyte Binding in Cardiovascular Diseases · Filomena Carvalho (chaired by Martin Pešl) | |||
| 9.30h | Nuclear Stiffening and Structural Alterations Induced by Glycation in Diabetes · Andra Dumitru | |||
| 9.45h | Nuclear Pore Complex plasticity on intact cell nuclei as seen by AFM · Kassandra Gérard | |||
| 10.00h | Probing cell nanomechanics with the AFM · Guillaume Lamour | |||
| 10.15h | Exploring the nanomechanics of Gaucher and Fabry disease models · Marina Placci | |||
| 10.20h | Fibroblast extracellular-matrix mechanical properties in patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis by Atomic Force Microscopy · Juan Manuel Casares-López | |||
| 10.30h | Coffee break + posters (2) | |||
AFM DEVELOPMENTSChair: George Heath | ||||
| 11.15h | High-Speed Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy · Georg Fantner | |||
| 11.45h | Enhancing Large-Scale BioAFM Mechanical Characterization with SmartMapping · Andre Körnig | |||
| 12.00h | Structural analysis of individual helical filaments by three-dimensional contact point reconstruction atomic force microscopy · Wei-Feng Xue | |||
| 12.15h | Use of AFM nanoindentation for extracellular vesicle detection and biogenesis analysis: a novel MATLAB-based approach · Federica Collacchi | |||
| 12.30h | Control Algorithms for Long-Range HS-AFM to Study Leukocyte Tether Formation · Lorenzo Villanueva | |||
| 12.35h | MEMS based AFM: Towards understanding unfolding dynamics of bacteriorhodopsin in sub-ms time resolution · Suyambulingam Subramanian | |||
| 13.00h | Lunch + poster session II | |||
SINGLE MOLECULESChair: Fernando Moreno-Herrero | ||||
| 14.30h | Exploring viral and long non-coding RNAs secondary structure using Atomic Force Microscopy · Fernando Moreno-Herrero (chaired by N. Forde) | |||
| 15.00h | Observing Dynamic Conformational Changes within the Coiled-Coil Domain of Different Laminin Isoforms Using High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy · Franz Clemens | |||
| 15.15h | Surface active antibiotics in action: a real-time study of the killing mechanism using high-speed atomic force microscopy · Sourav Maity | |||
| 15.30h | Visualization and analysis of P-glycoprotein dynamics by using HS-AFM · Kanaoka Yui | |||
| 15.45h | Dynamic Interaction of Trigger Factor with the Ribosome Exit Tunnel During Cotranslational Folding · Eider Nuñez | |||
| 15.50h | Photothermal infrared nanospectroscopy investigation of alteration in the secondary structure of Aβ1-42 aggregates induced by green tea active compounds · Michal Czaja | |||
| 15.55h | Lipid membrane remodeling and repair · Adai Colom | |||
| 16.00h | Coffee break + posters II | |||
FROM MEMBRANES TO CELLSChair: Filomena Carvalho | ||||
| 16.30h | High-speed AFM reveals enzyme-induced membrane remodelling · Abeer Alshammari | |||
| 16.45h | MurG ligase induces fluid regions in bacterial membranes · Ignacio Casuso | |||
| 17.00h | To adhere or not to adhere: an approach to understand the initial biofilm formation · Hannah Heintz | |||
| 17.15h | From Single Molecules to Tissues: Correlative BioAFM Serving as Core Facility · Jan Pribyl | |||
| 17.30h | Unraveling lipid membrane dynamics and phase behavior using AFM · Lorena Redondo-Morata | |||
| 17.45h | AFM on reconstituted bacterial outer membranes · Corrin Blake | |||
| 20.00h | Conference Dinner · at Can Travi Nou | |||
AFM DEVELPOMENTSChair: George Heath | ||||
| 9.00h | AFM Image Filter Fight Club: Noise Vs Information · George Heath (chaired by Georg Fantner) | |||
| 9.30h | IR and microwave-Based Techniques for Analysing Molecular Signatures: A Novel Approach to Biomarker Detection · Eric Lesniewska | |||
| 9.45h | Enhancing atomic force microscopy with optical fibre interferometry · Mário S Rodrigues | |||
| 10.00h | Implementation of multiparametric corelative atomic force microscopy and optical nanoscopy to study polypharmacy in hepatic endothelium · Bartlomiej Zapotoczny | |||
| 10.15h | Nanoscale dielectric imaging of cells and bacteria by scanning dielectric microscopy assisted by deep convolutional neural networks · Mauricio Cano Galván | |||
| 10.20h | Aqueous liquid/solid interface at the nanoscale: a comparison of the 3d-AFM mode to other experimental techniques and simulations · Magali Phaner-Goutorbe | |||
| 10.30h | Coffee break + posters II | |||
MULTICELLULAR SYSTEMS AND BIOINTERFACESChair: Delphine Sicard | ||||
| 11.15h | Mechanobiology of Lung Tissue in Physiological and Pathological Conditions · Delphine Sicard (Chaired by Alexander Cartagena) | |||
| 11.45h | Exploring the biophysics of P. kessleri and S. cerevisiae cells in coculture using atomic force microscopy for the production of biofuels · Simona Sebastiano | |||
| 12.00h | Understanding cancer aggregate migration; utilising Bio-AFM, biomechanics and molecular biology at the peritoneal boundary · Jordan Turney | |||
| 12.15h | Mechanical properties of circulating tumour cells (CTC) and its clusters · Yogesh Saravanan | |||
| 12.30h | Collagen fibril degradation in thoracic aortic aneurysms · Bojin Marinov | |||
| 12.35h | Co-cultured aggregates in cylindrical cavities: fibroblasts influence the microenvironment of pancreatic cancer cells · Isis do Vale Meira Lima | |||
| 13.00h | Lunch | |||
FROM MEMBRANES TO CELLSChair: Filomena Carvalho | ||||
| 14.30h | Multifunctional Phenotyping of Individual Cancer Cells Using SICM Probes for Nanoscale Assays and Single-Cell Omics · Petr Gorelkin | |||
| 14.45h | Key roles of N-terminal capping and fibrillation in the toxicity of phenol soluble modulins secreted by S. aureus · Laura Bonnecaze | |||
| 15.00h | Transient effects on mechanical properties during cell division of Escherichia coli studied by high-speed in-line force mapping · Christian Ganser | |||
| 15.15h | Quantitative imaging of bacterial cell wall with AFM: function of PBP1a synthase · Laia Pasquina Lemonche | |||
| 15.30h | Sialic acid depletion leads to profound remodelling of glycocalyx architecture and mechanics in pancreatic cancer cells · Andrew Massey | |||
| 15.45h | Effects of microbial glycolipids on phospholipid membranes using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) · Yulia Fok | |||
| 15.50h | Bacterial Adhesion Strength is Linked to Cell Wall Age · Johannes Mischo | |||
| 16.00h | Coffee break | |||
| 16.30h | Square tableChair: Felix Rico | |||
| 17.15 | Awards ceremony + concluding remarks | |||
Mesón Castilla Atiram Hotel Barcelona · Carrer de Valldonzella, 5, Ciutat Vella, 08001 Barcelona · Conference discount code: AFM25 (10% off).
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The conference includes poster sessions and contributed oral presentations where you will have the opportunity to present your work and discuss it with your colleagues.
Please use the following template to submit your abstract.
Abstract submission deadline: until 15/01/2025
Notification of acceptance: around 10/02/2025
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Observing the invisible and tiny world of nanotechnologies with Jordi Díaz Date: 7th April · 6.30 PM
Have you ever wondered what the world looks like at the nanoscale? This outreach activity, organized by the AFM BioMed conference 2025, will introduce nanotechnologies and how they help us observe and understand the invisible. |
