Atomic Force Microscopy Core Facility - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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The AFM core facility enables research in high-resolution imaging and cell and tissue mechanics. The new system is the first of its kind at Mount Sinai. Read More

High Detail Cell Imaging

The nanosized features of the AFM probe coupled with active feedback mechanisms in the scanning machinery allow for sub-wavelength imaging and nanoscale mechanical probing. Read More

Modeling AFM Tip Interaction with Biological Samples

High-end computer modeling techniques are utilized to study the interaction of AFM probes with representative cell and tissue systems. Read More

News

Jia-Jye Lee Gives Oral Presentation at BMES Meeting
October 15, 2011 - Doctoral candidate, Jia-Jye (J-J) Lee gives a presentation at a Cell Mechanics session of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) meeting in Hartford, CT.

Asylum MFP-3D-BIO has Arrived
August 30, 2011 - The new atomic force microscope (AFM) is now fully installed at the Cardiovascular Research Center.

Book Chapter on Biomedical AFM
May 20, 2011 - Evren Azeloglu, PhD and Kevin Costa, PhD contribute a chapter in the new book Atomic Force Microscopy in Biomedical Research: Methods and Protocols.

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Meet the Director

Kevin D. Costa, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and the Director of Cardiovascular Cell and Tissue Engineering and the Atomic Force Microscopy Core Facility. Read More

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AFM Core Facility
Tel: 212-241-2362 (x4AFMC)
Fax: 212-241-4080

Atran Berg Laboratory Building, Rm 3-23
1428 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10029