Nanowizard 4XP has officially replaced Nanowizard 1 in our lab, bolstering our mechanobiology toolkit. With enhanced precision and advanced features, we are diving into groundbreaking experiments to uncover new insights. Stay tuned for the latest discoveries as we explore new frontiers with Nanowizard 4XP!
We are delighted to announce the newest additions to our research team, Aurélien Dumetre and Magali Casanova! With great enthusiasm, we extend a warm welcome to them as they join us in our quest for cutting-edge research and innovation.
Aurélien Dumetre, an associate professor in parasitology at Aix-Marseille University, brings invaluable expertise to our team. His focus on studying host-pathogen interactions, with current research spanning mechanobiology of coccidia, responses to food and water decontamination treatments, and transport dynamics of coccidia in soils. Aurélien also has a keen interest in amoeba-pathogen interactions.
Magali Casanova, also an associate professor in parasitology at Aix-Marseille University, contributes her expertise in amoeba-pathogen interactions at the molecular and cellular scales. Her research, covering phagocytosis, migration, and cytoskeleton reorganization in response to environmental modifications.
Together, Aurélien and Magali will undoubtedly contribute significantly to our ongoing projects and further elevate the scientific endeavors at LAI.
Welcome to the team! We are grateful for your decision to join us and look forward to the exciting journey ahead.
In recent work, Yong Jian Wang, Claire Valotteau, and Laurent Limozin managed to combine DNA scaffolds and acoustic force spectroscopy to characterize individual protein bonds. This work has been in done in collaboration with colleagues at CRCM and IBENS.
To know more about the work, don’t hesitate to reach out to Laurent Limozin or take a look at the article: https://www.cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S0006-3495(23)00302-8
In press: CNRS
We are pleased to announce that our very own Valentine Seveau received the Thesis Prize Award of the AMU ED 352 (Doctoral School of Physics) for the year 2022.
Under the guidance of Marie-Pierre Valignat and Olivier Theodoly, Valentine examined the behavior of cells in response to environmental cues during her thesis, titled “Quantitative study of cell guidance in controlled microenvironments: atypical cases of rheotaxis and adhesive haptotaxis”
We extend our congratulations to Valentine for the well-deserved recognition! Her achievement demonstrates the value of interdisciplinary research for advancing scientific knowledge.
In an inspiring fashion, the women of LAI showcased exceptional determination and strength by participating in La Marseillaise des Femmes race with the support of INSERM! After 3 months of intensive training, our very own athletes, or “Les Athlètes Improbables” as we like to call them achieved impressive results raising the bar high for the years to come. This event has sparked weekly running sessions the LAI members have been enjoying in the Calanques national park!
We are happy to welcome Ramray Bhat, from IISc Bangalore this week! He is using both experimental and theoretical methods in order to understand how form changes or remains unchanged in physiological and pathological contexts. His research work focuses on cellular reorganization within the contexts of breast and ovarian cancer metastasis. By employing both experimental and theoretical approaches using simulations and bioinformatics, he aims to build experimentally motivated frameworks to understand their multiscale dynamics.
We are starting a collaborative project and are very excited to build new science together!
Ramray Bhat will give a talk entitled Unravelling interactive frameworks of cellular collectives in cancer migration on April, 3rd!
Leda just left LAI to start a post-doc in Pierre-François Lenne team at IBDM. We are already missing her and her good humor (as well as her Italian food!) and wish her the utmost success as she advances in her scientific career!
We welcome Florian Dupuy, our new INSERM engineering assistant. Florian has had extensive experience at the Cochin Insitiute in the parasitology team Biology of Plasmodium Transmission, where he put to use his cellular and molecular biology skills to decipher the plasmodium parasite’s interactions with host cells, a critical step towards finding antimalarial drugs.
Florian will deploy his valued experience in the many projects of LAI for years to come.
The collaboration between the LAI (O Theodoly), the team of Tam Mignot (LCB, Marseille), and the team of Guillaume Sudre and David Laurent (IMP, Lyon) patented a process to adhere bacteria on microscope slides in 2018. The patent is now exploited by the company Idylle, and a commercial product is on the market, called “chitozen”.
For more information on the product: https://www.idylle-labs.com/chitozen-by-chitosan
For more information about the collaboration, and the involvement of CNRS: https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/idylle-une-nouvelle-voie-de-valorisation-pour-les-outils-de-recherche
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