Program Overview

Introduction to the 4th Kanazawa Bio-AFM Workshop

The 4th Kanazawa Bio-AFM Workshop took place from October 3 to 6, 2016, in Kanazawa, Japan, at the KKR Hotel Kanazawa. This international forum aimed to discuss the latest developments in biological studies using scanning probe microscopy (SPM) and other single-molecule techniques.

Workshop Overview

The workshop followed previous events held in Kanazawa in 2007, Osaka in 2009, and Kanazawa in 2012. It provided a platform for discussing recent advances in bio-SPM, related techniques, and single-molecule techniques.

Important Dates

• Deadline of online registration: Extended to September 9, 2016
• Deadline of call for papers: Extended to September 9, 2016
• Deadline of lab tour application: Extended to September 9, 2016
  • Registration was a prerequisite for submitting an abstract

Invited Speakers

• Zev Bryant, Stanford Univ., USA
• Georg Fantner, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
• Peter Hinterdorfer, Johannes Kepler Univ. of Linz, Austria
• Bart Hoogenboom, London Center for Nanotechnology, UK
• Sandor Kasas, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
• Yuri Korchev, Imperial College London, UK
• Eric Lesniewska, Univ. Bourgogne, France
• Roderick Lim, Univ. of Basel, Switzerland
• Pierre-Emmanuel Milhiet, INSERM / Univ. of Montpelier, France
• Joon Won Park, Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology, Korea
• Simon Scheuring, INSERM / Univ. of Aix-Marseille, France
• Zhifeng Shao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
• Yu-Ling Shih, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
• Takeshi Fukuma, Kanazawa Univ., Japan
• Futoshi Iwata, Shizuoka Univ., Japan
• Kazuhiro Oiwa, NICT, Japan
• Takaharu Okajima, Hokkaido Univ., Japan
• Noriyuki Kodera, Kanazawa Univ., Japan
• Hiroshi Sugiyama, Kyoto Univ., Japan
• Takayuki Uchihashi, Kanazawa Univ., Japan

Workshop Schedule

The workshop schedule included:

• Oct. 3 (Mon): Reception & Mixer
• Oct. 4 (Tue): Session
• Oct. 5 (Wed): Session
• Oct. 6 (Thu): Session, City & lab tours