AFM BioMed Summer School 2025

OVERVIEW

The AFM BioMed Summer School will offer an introduction to Atomic Force Microscopy in Life Sciences and Medicine for PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, young scientists and core facility technicians/engineers.  

The event will present a unique opportunity for early career researchers to gain hands-on experience of AFM techniques specifically related to the Life Sciences sector. Through a course of lecturers and focused learning sessions, participants will develop a detailed understanding of AFM principals to use in their own research.

This is the 15th edition of the AFM BioMed Summer School, and the first time the event has been held in the UK, so don’t miss your chance to register!

The AFM BioMed Summer School is sponsored by the Henry Royce Institute and delivered with additional sponership from Bruker, NuNano, RMS and Oxford Instruments.

PROGRAMME

The event will include a mix of practical sessions hosted at the Royce Discover Centre and the Hicks Building, and lectures delivered in the Sir Robert Hadfield Building.

Practical sessions include:

• Bacterial imaging
• DNA imaging
• Cell mechanics
• Membrane imaging
• Single molecule force spectroscopy
• AFM image analysis with Gwyddion
• Automated AFM image Analysis with TopoStats

Lecturers include: 

• Núria Gavara Casas – University of Barcelona
• Kislon Voitchovsky – Durham University
• Petr Klapetek – Czech Metrology Institute
• Jean-Luc Pellequer – Université Grenoble Alpes
• Felix Rico – Aix-Marseille Université
• Ioanna Mela – University of Cambridge
• George Heath – University of Leeds
• Georgina Benn – University of Oxford
• Abimbola Feyisara Olulana – University of Sheffield
• Thomas Catley – University of Sheffield
• Laura Wiggins – University of Sheffield
• Ankita Ray – University of Sheffield
• Nic Mullin – University of Sheffield

EVENT DETAILS

Location

Registration and lectures:
Sir Robert Hadfield Building, Mappin St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield,  S1 3JD.
Practical Sessions:
Royce Discovery Centre, Harry Brearley Building, 5 Portobello St, Sheffield S1 4ND.
Hicks Building, Broomhall, Sheffield, S3 7RH.

Date

Monday 8th – Friday 12th September 2025.

Pricing

• £800 – Student
• £950 – Research Associate/Academic
• £1200 – Industry

The pricing includes – Accommodation, meals, coffee breaks, lectures, practical training and local visiting events.

The deadline to register is 1st August 2025.

CONTACT & ORGANISER DETAILS

Local organisers: Professor Alice Pyne & Professor Jamie Hobbs (University of Sheffield)

For more information: Royce_admin@sheffield.ac.uk