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 NADIS: A Novel AFM-based Tool for Dispensing Fluids into Single Cells Harry Heinzelmann, André Meister, Philippe Niedermann, Joanna Bitterli, Jérôme Polesel-Maris, Martha Liley, Michael Gabi, Pascal Behr, Philipp Studer, Janos Vörös, and Tomaso Zambelli, Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, CSEM SA, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
A nanodispenser (NADIS) has been developed, based on a standard AFM, which allows local microinjection into living cells. A key advantage is the precise controlling of the forces applied, so that damage to the sample is minimized. The heart of the system is an AFM-like cantilever with a hollow core and a tip with an aperture at the apex. The hollow cantilever acts as a microfluidic channel that connects external fluidics devices such as pumps and reservoirs to a dispensing tip located at the free end of the cantilever. In this article we describe the technology of NADIS and give some examples showing its use in injecting into individual living cells and subcellular structures.
Browse the contents of the latest print issue:
Microscopy and Analysis 23(6) September 2009
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| M&A Microscope Accessories Guide 2009 |
 The M&A 2009 Guide to Microscope Accessories was distributed with the September issue. The Guide contains a categorized listing of products and suppliers of the main accessories used with light, electron and scanning microscopes and is an essential resource for all microscopists. |
| Microscopy and Microanalysis 2009, Richmond, Virginia |
 M&M 2009 was held in Richmond, Virginia, 26-30 July. Everyone agreed that whilst attendance was down on 2008 it was nevertheless a highly successful meeting with excellent presentations on state-of-the-art microscopy and the largest microscopy exhibition of the year in North America that saw the launch of some exciting new electron microscopes, spectrometers, cameras and microscopy accessories.
Read the Editor's report in the September issue
 In a ground-breaking move, Microscopy and Analysis had a team of microscopists and editors writing daily blogs at the recent Microscopy and Microanalysis Meeting in Richmond, Virginia. The written and video blogs highlighted the presentations given at the conference plenary, platform and poster sessions, the MSA micrograph competition, interviews with delegates, and some of the new microscopy products at the exhibition.
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 London’s Natural History Museum chooses Asylum Research MFP-3D AFM The Natural History Museum of London announced June 22 that the Museum’s Mineralogy Department has acquired Asylum’s MFP-3D Stand Alone atomic force microscope to expand on their range of research tools to study nanomaterials |
 Veeco SPM Calendar Image Competition - Deadline is 2 October
Veeco's 2010 SPM Calendar Contest features state-of-the-art scanning probe microscopy images generated by our users from around the world. Winning images will be featured prominently in the annual Veeco SPM Calendar |
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14-15 OCTOBER
8th International Symposium on Scanning Probe Microscopy in Life Sciences & 2nd International Symposium on Optical Tweezers in Life Sciences, Umspannwerk Ost, Palisadenstrasse 48, Berlin, Germany
Organized by JPK Instruments in Berlin, Germany
www.nanobioviews.net/spm-optical-tweezers.html
21-23 OCTOBER
Asylum Research AFM in Biology Class, Santa Barbara, California.
This class is open to all AFM users that want to increase their knowledge of AFM in biology and life sciences. This world-renowned class, now in its 11th session, combines lectures with hands-on sessions for personal instruction and interaction with the Asylum technical staff.
www.AsylumResearch.com/News/BioClassRegistration9-09.pdf
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