infocus #41 March 2016 The Need for Speed

Anders Aufderhorst-Roberts take us through the advances in High-Speed AFM for biological imaging.

DOI: 10.22443/rms.inf.1.132

Almost since the time of its invention in 1986 by Binnig, Quate and Gerber, the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) has been recognised as possessing great potential in solving some of the most elusive problems in the biosciences. Indeed in his Nobel prize-winning lecture Binnig identified biological imaging as being one of the main motivators for developing AFM. Here the author discusses the most recent advances in the technique.

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Anders Aufderhorst-Roberts

Postdoctoral Researcher, FOM Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam

Anders AufderhorstRoberts obtained his PhD in Biological and Soft Matter Physics from the University of Cambridge in 2013. Following his PhD he carried out postdoctoral work in the research group of Simon Connell at the University of Leeds, where he used a range of advanced atomic force microscopies to characterise phase separation in supported lipid membranes. From 2016 he is a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Gijsje Koenderink at FOM Institute AMOLF in Amsterdam, the Netherlands where he studies the rheology and microstructure of composite cytoskeletal filament networks. His other research interests include nanomechanical mapping of soft materials, buffer mediated membrane patterning and lipid-specific antimicrobial peptide action for anti- cancer applications