🎙 Speaker: Tri Thanh Pham, Department of Biology, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
📅 Date: Thursday, June 5, 9 AM – 10 AM (Hanoi, GMT +7)
🛎 Format: Hybrid
📍 Venue: VinUniversity, I201 Peace Room
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https://vinuni-edu-vn.zoom.us/j/83031158318?pwd=R21idS6PPEeZ6hofD5zy2fEg7i427S.1

💡 Abstract: This talk will demonstrate the capabilities of a hybrid optical-atomic force microscope, widely applicable in materials science and life sciences. Optical microscopy allows for live cell imaging, organelle tracking, and bacterial biofilm observation. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) images material surface morphology and measures mechanical, electrical, and magnetic properties, as well as biophysical characteristics in mechanobiology. In hybrid mode, this combined setup correlates molecular activity with biophysical characteristics. The presentation will provide examples of its extensive use in biosensors, photovoltaic solar cells, live cell imaging, bacterial biofilms, mechanobiology, nano/biomaterials, and metal alloys research.

📌 Speaker Short Bio: Tri Thanh Pham obtained a Double Degree in Advanced Science and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Sydney and a Ph.D. in Computational Biophysics from Monash University. After research stints in the USA and Switzerland, he joined Nazarbayev University as an assistant professor in Biology in 2019. Dr. Pham has over 23 years of experience with computational simulations and 14 years with live cell imaging and biophysical measurements using optical and atomic force microscopes. He established the Mechanobiology Laboratory at Nazarbayev University.

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