Optics and Biology

Group members (to contact us)
 

Stéphane Bonneau, Isabelle Bonnet, Marie-Virginie Ehrensperger, Mathieu Morel, Pierre-Louis Porté, Assa Sittner, Ramy El Dardiry, Raphaël Escure, Andreas Biebricher, Sébastien Courty, Emilie Mercey

Maxime Dahan, Pierre Desbiolles
 

Open positions for graduate students and post-docs.

Presentation
  The main scientific focus of the group is the study of biomolecules in the single molecule regime. We are specially interested in: (i) the dynamics of individual membrane receptors in live cells, and (ii) the interactions between a protein and a single stretched DNA molecule. To do so, our tools include various optical techniques and the use of sensitive fluorescent probes such as semiconductor nanocrystals.
Research projects
 
  • Membrane diffusion of glycine receptors
  • Dynamics of single GABA receptors in growth cone membrane
  • Solubilisation and functionalization of semiconductor nanocrystals
  • Image analysis
  • DNA-Protein interactions
  • Photophysics of semiconductor nanocrystals (in collaboration with X. Brokmann, E. Giacobino and J.P. Hermier)
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