Wednesday, April 19th, 2023, at 11:00 am
Guillaume Lamour
Evry University, France
Invited by Slimane Ait-Si-Ali
“Nanomechanics of stiff and soft biomaterials by atomic force microscopy”
The seminar will take place in the Institut Jacques Monod seminar room (RB-18B). Bâtiment Buffon, 15 rue Hélène Brion, Paris 13th.
Zoom link for remote attendees:
https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/86114422072?pwd=VzJ0c2pxcHl4OWppekx3MldlM2Y4QT09
Contact: sophie.polo@univ-paris-diderot.fr
Relevant publications from the speaker:
Mapping and modeling the nanomechanics of bare and protein-coated lipid nanotubes.
Lamour G, Allard A, Pelta J, Labdi S, Lenz M, and Campillo C. Phys. Rev. X 10, 011031. 2020-02-11. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.10.011031.
Inverse Correlation between Amyloid Stiffness and Size.
Nassar R, Wong E, Gsponer J, Lamour G. J Am Chem Soc. 2019 Jan 9;141(1):58-61. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b10142. Epub 2018 Dec 20.
Mapping the Broad Structural and Mechanical Properties of Amyloid Fibrils.
Lamour G, Nassar R, Chan PHW, Bozkurt G, Li J, Bui JM, Yip CK, Mayor T, Li H, Wu H, Gsponer JA. Biophys J. 2017 Feb 28;112(4):584-594. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.12.036.
High intrinsic mechanical flexibility of mouse prion nanofibrils revealed by measurements of axial and radial Young’s moduli.
Lamour G, Yip CK, Li H, Gsponer J. ACS Nano. 2014 Apr 22;8(4):3851-61. doi: 10.1021/nn5007013. Epub 2014 Mar 6.
Neuronal adhesion and differentiation driven by nanoscale surface free-energy gradients.
Lamour G, Eftekhari-Bafrooei A, Borguet E, Souès S, Hamraoui A. Biomaterials. 2010 May;31(14):3762-71. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.01.099. Epub 2010 Feb 10.
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