Northeastern Illinois University

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Engineering

Atomic Force Microscopy of Red-Light Photoreceptors Using PeakForce Quantitative Nanomechanical Property Mapping

Marie E. Kroeger¹, Blaire A. Sorenson², J. Santoro Thomas², Emina A. Stojković¹, Stefan Tsonchev², Kenneth T. Nicholson²

¹Department of Biology, Northeastern Illinois University, ²Department of Chemistry, Northeastern Illinois University

A method for investigating the structure of a protein photoreceptor using atomic force microscopy (AFM) is described in this paper. PeakForce Quantitative Nanomechanical Property Mapping (PF-QNM) reveals intact protein dimers on a mica surface.

Using C. elegans to Monitor Proteostasis Imbalances

Cindy Voisine¹, Carmen Nussbaum-Krammer²

¹Department of Biology, Northeastern Illinois University, ²Department of Anatomy II, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich

Using C. elegans to Monitor Proteostasis Imbalances