DR1 – HDR – PHD

Director of the laboratory

Mail : olivier.theodoly@inserm.f

Phone: 04.91.82.88.69

Position and past experience

* Since 2006 : Researcher at theLaboratory “Adhesion & Inflammation” (CNRS, Inserm, Aix-Marseille Université)

* 2001 – 2005 : CNRS Researcher at the joined Laboratory between CNRS, Rhodia Inc., and Princeton University (NJ, USA)

* 2000 – 2001 : Post-Doc at College of Chemistry, UC Berkeley (California, USA)

* 1996 – 1999 : PhD at the «Collège de France» (Paris, France)

Current affiliation

LAI Inserm U1067 / CNRS UMR 7333 / Aix-Marseille Univ

Current research interests

– Cell migration: mechanisms of amoeboid propulsion, swimming, crawling and transmigration

– Cell guidance: mechanisms of mechanotaxis, haptotaxis and chemotaxis

– Cell deformability: passage of cells in biomimetic microfluidic blood vessel

– Medical transfer: developments of microfluidic and microprinted tools for diagnostic