Dr. Mathieu Etienne: Research in LCPME: At the cross-section of physical chemistry and microbiology.

Dr. Sofiane El-Kirat-Chatel: Atomic force microscopy to decipher microbial adhesion.

In the last decades, AFM has evolved towards biological appli­cations. During this talk, I will show how it can be used in imag­ing, single-molecule and single-cell force spectroscopy modes to decipher the adhesion mechanisms of microbial cells.

Dr. Liang Liu: Scanning electrochemical probe measurements: De­velopment towards biological applications?

Scanning electrochemical probe techniques has a long history of development in LCPME. This includes scanning reference elec­trode technique (SRET, by Michel Perdicakis), scanning electro­chemical microscopy (SECM) and its combination with shear force detection and Raman analysis (by Mathieu Etienne), and scanning gel electrochemical microscopy (SGECM).