Gang-yu Liu University of California at Davis NSF MRI Award: DMR-0421521

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Gang-yu LiuUniversity of California at DavisNSF
MRI Award DMR-0421521

• UC Davis team (PI, Gang-yu Liu co-PIs, Donald
  Land, Atul Parikh, and Yin Yeh) has acquired and
  installed of a combined confocal optical and
  atomic force microscope (CCOAFM). The CCOAFM is
  the first of its kind from Asylum Research and
  Olympus America, which allows simultaneous
  acquisition of high-resolution AFM images and
  multichannel confocal microscopy images. A key
  feature is the closed-loop and non-tube based AFM
  scanner, which effectively reduces drift,
  increases scanning speed, and allows integrated
  and concurrent confocal imaging. Moreover, the
  setup is modular allowing subsequent additions of
  advanced spectroscopy features in future RD.
  This high resolution spectroimaging instrument
  represents one of the thrust areas of an
  organized research unit (ORU) at UC Davis
  Nanomaterials in the Environment Agriculture and
  Technology (NEAT).

The scanner and objective assembly of the CCOAFM
and an example of simultaneous AFM and confocal
image of a single mast cell