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Session 1: Thursday, 3 June

In Situ Life Science Studies, Biomaterials & Single-Molecule Characterization at the Nanoscale

Session chair:

Prof. Dr. Peter Hinterdorfer (University of Linz, Austria)

Guest speakers:

Dr. David Kaftan
(University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic)

Dr. Malgorzata Lekka
(Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences)

Presenters:

8:00 – 8:30	Nano-Biology Using Atomic Force Microscopy Keynote Speaker: Prof. Kunio Takeyasu, Dr. Sci., Kyoto University, Japan
8:30 – 8:50	Mechanical Phenotype of Living Cells: Towards Nanodiagnosis Guest Speaker: Malgorzata Lekka
8:50 – 9:10	Molecular Dynamics of Protein Interactions Studied by AFM and Molecular Dynamic Simulations Guest Speaker: David Kaftan
9:10 – 9:30	Atomic Force Microscopy Single-Molecule Studies on Specific Interactions Between Immunogenic Chlorinated Ovalbumin and Macrophage Receptors Szczepan Zapotoczny
9:30 – 9:50	Temperature-Dependent Precipitation of Pathological Cryoglobulins Studied with Dynamic Force Spectroscopy Anna Radzik
9:50 – 10:10	Force-Activated Reactivity Switch in a Bimolecular Chemical Reaction at the Single-Molecule Level Robert Szoszkiewicz
10:10 – 10:30	Break
10:30 – 10:50	Combining AFM and Micro-Electrode Arrays (MEA) To Perform Local Mechanical Characterization and Stimulation on Living Cells Jose Francisco Saenz Cogollo
10:50 – 11:10	Nanomechanical Analysis of Human Prostate Du145 Cancer Cells Michal Sarna
11:10 – 11:30	Dynamics of Biomolecules Observed by High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy Malgorzata Baranowska
11:30 – 11:50	Versatile Toolset for Nanometer-Scale Research in Life Science Gerald Kada
12:00 – 14:20	Lunch & Poster Session One

Kunio Takeyasu Prof., Dr. Sci. (Kyoto University, Japan)	Our keynote speaker for 3 June is Prof. Kunio Takeyasu (Dr. Sci.), esteemed head of the Laboratory of Plasma Membrane and Nuclear Signaling, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Japan. Prof. Takeyasu's research spans nanobiology, nuclear dynamics, membrane proteins, and bioinformatics. His lab combines basic biochemistry and molecular biology with various state-of-the-art techniques, including AFM and single-molecule fluorescence observation, in seeking to elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which higher-order architectures of cell nuclei are established.

Prof. Dr. Peter Hinterdorfer (University of Linz, Austria)	Prof. Dr. Peter Hinterdorfer, a leading researcher in the fields of biophysics and single-molecule recognition imaging, heads the AFM group at the Institute for Biophysics, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz.

Dr. David Kaftan (University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic)	Dr. David Kaftan is head manager of the Laboratory of Nanobiology, Institute of Physical Biology, University of South Bohemia. His research team studies the structure and function of enzymes, molecular machines, and thermal ratchets of 1-100 nm size in vivo, in situ, and in vitro.

Dr. Malgorzata Lekka (Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences)	Assoc. Prof. Malgorzata Lekka is a senior researcher leading the AFM group at the Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on the characterization of differences between normal and cancerous cells via AFM.