Group and history

History :

Our group was founded in 1996 at the Curie Institute by J. L. Viovy (previously Research director at the « Theorical Physicochemistry Lab », ESCPI). We apply physicochemical concepts to the study of biology and medicine.

Manpower :

Senior staff scientists : 4 Student : 18 Postdoc : 6 Technician : 2

Members :

Jean-Louis Viovy
Research director 1st class
CNRS
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Group leader : Macromolecules and microsystems in biology and medicine (MMBM)

Giovanni Cappello
Research Scientist 1st class
CNRS
Tel.: +33 (0)1 56 24 64 68
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Single molecule, molecular motors and homologous recombination

Giuliana Carzedda
Assistant engineer
Institut Curie
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At Institut Curie since August 2006, in charge of the group administration. Co-organizer of the…

Nelly Henry
Research Scientist 1st class
CNRS
Tel.: +33 (0)1 56 24 64 95
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Département Sciences Physiques et Mathématiques DEA de Chimie Physique,…

Laurent Malaquin
Research Scientist 2nd class
CNRS
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Research Scientist 2nd class ( since 2007) at Institut Curie. Post Doc at LPN-CNRS, Marcoussis -…

Anaïs Ali Cherif
Doctorant
University
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Traitements de surfaces, récepteurs olfactifs, microfluidique

Scott Atwell
PhD student
Institut Curie
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Study of homologous recombination on single molecule

Virginie Audonnet
Doctorant
Institut Curie
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PhD "Développement de traitements de surfaces et biofonctionnalisation pour des…

Julien Autebert
PhD student
University
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Préparation de la thèse: « Laboratoire sur puce pour la séparation et…

Stefano Begolo
Doctorant
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Miniaturisation, microfluidique en goutte, détection d'ADN

Nadège Bois
Doctorant
University
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Molecular analysis of single cell, Alzheimer's disease, microfluidique.

Nadia Bourouina
Doctorant
University
Tel.: +33 (0)1 56 24 64 63
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Colloïdes liquides pour l'ingénierie cellulaire

François-Damien Delapierre
Doctorant
University
Tel.: +33 (0)1 56 24 68 15
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Auto-assemblage, nanoparticules, microfluidique

Mohamed Diakité
Doctorant
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Microfluidique, Micro-Nanofabrication

Ludovic Disseau
Doctorant
University
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Etude des interactions entre l'ADN et Rad51 lors de la recombinaison homologue, à l'échelle de la…

Francesca Farina
Doctorant
Institut Curie
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2000-2005 Università degli Studi di Milano (degree in Physics) 2006-2007 Solvay Solexis,…

Olivier Galy
Doctorant
University
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Microrhéologie, physique des biofilms bactériens

Jing Geng
Postdoctorant
Institut Curie
Tel.: +33 (0)1 56 24 67 75
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Surface attached cell response to stress, Biofilm biopysics

Julien Husson
Postdoctorant
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2008- : Institut Curie, Paris, France, post-doc with Nelly Henry, J.-L. Viovy's group, study of…

Luc Malfondet
Student
Institut Curie
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Sandrine Miserere
Doctor
Tel.: +33 (0)1 56 24 68 44
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PhD "Development of a polymer microfluidic system for DNA analysis", defense on 14/12/2009

Reza Mohamadi
Postdoctorant
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Institut Curie from October 2007, Postdoctoral Researcher, Nagoya…

Guillaume Mottet
Postdoctorant
Institut Curie
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Post-Doctorant à l'Institut Curie : projet de qPCR sur puce et développement de…

Karla Perez-Toralla
Doctorant
University
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2009-2012 : Doctorat Physique/Biologie : « Fabrication d'un système microfluidique…

Pierre Recouvreux
Doctorant
University
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PhD "Influence of linker histone on single chromatin fiber dynamics", defense on November 27, 2009

Laure Saias
Doctor
University
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PhD "Lab on chip for cell analysis : Circulating Tumor Cell Sorting and neurons culture", defense…

Sanae Tabnaoui
Doctorant
University
Tel.: +33 (0)1 56 24 68 15
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Micro fluidic total analysis system for the early diagnostic of neurodegenerative disorders

Vélan Taniga
Technical engineer
Institut Curie
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Development of a lab-on-chip for nosocomial infections diagnostic, microfluidic chips design, COC…

Maeva Vignes
Doctorant
University
Tel.: +33 (0)1 56 24 64 73
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As a training chemist in the ENS Lyon, I first meet Amyloïd Bêta (implicated in…