Physical mechanisms of erythroid enucleation   Principal investigator:  E. Helfer Postdoc : Simon Régal (2023-2025) Collaborators: Zhangli Peng (UIC, Chicago, U. S. A.) ; Peng Ji (Northwestern Univ, Chicago, U. S. A.) Funding: ANR RedEnuc (2023-2026) Erythropoiesis is the process of generating red blood cells. In mammals, red blood cells do not contain nuclei. Erythroblasts, the

Our research activities are focused on the development of thin film materials and nanostructures based on metals, silicon and germanium, the most widely used semiconductor materials in electronics. Our objective is to study the original physical properties of these objects and their integration into current electronic devices. We are particularly interested in materials and heterostructures

Mastering the development of surfaces with a periodic structure at the nanoscale appears to be a major issue in the synthesis of new materials. In this field, many concepts still need to be discovered, both on the growth methods of these surfaces and on the relationships between nanostructuring on large scales and the resulting physical

The management team is composed from four people with complimentary profiles: Director: Pierre Müller, Professor of physics at the university of Aix-Marseille, a specialist in the surface physics of solids Adjoint Director: Olivier Siri, Director of research in chemistry at the CNRS, a specialist in organic synthesis Adjoint Director: Christine Mottet, Director of research in

To satisfy the demand for nanolithography, nanostructuring and nano-object connectivity, the Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM) has created the Planète technology platform. Thanks to the strong involvement of the CNRS and the Aix-Marseille University, and the financial support of local authorities (City of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône General Council, Council of the South Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

We aim to model the thermal and mechanical properties of materials used in the energy field, with a generally complex atomic and chemical structure (multi-component alloys with varied phases from the crystallographic, chemical or magnetic point of view, high-entropy alloys, etc.), which are required to work under external solicitations that are sometimes aggressive (temperature, pressure,

In-vitro reconstitution of focal-adhesions Principal investigators: K. SENGUPTA & E. HELFER PhD Student: M. Souissi (2019-2022) Collaborations: C. Le Clainche (I2BC, Gif sur Yvette France) Funding: ANR RECAMECA (2019-2022) Cell biophysics and proteomics have revealed key links between force, integrin and the mechanical properties of the extra cellular matrix (ECM). However, in-cellulo, the existence of

T cell mechanics Principal investigators: K. SENGUPTA PhD Student: Celine Dinet (2014-2018), Farah Mustafa (2018-2022) Postdocs: Astrid Wahl (2016-2018), Fabio Manca (2020-2022) Collaborations: P-H. Puech, Laurent Limozin (LAI, Marseille) Funding: ERC (SYNINTER 2013-2018), AMU ED 352 PhD grant (Celine Dinet 2014-2017), ATER AMU (Celine Dinet 2018), DOC2AMU PhD grant (Farah Mustafa 2018-2022), CENTURI Post Doc

Enhanced fields promote Bright Sources of wave-particles. Creating these, well defined, often highly coherent, waves is the first step for Mastering the Wave. Beyond, wave-object interactions will sculpt the propagative beam either for applications either to carry valuable information about the investigated object itself. Nanoscale fields are also the place for scientific investigations of Advanced

The Biomineralogy team is involved in researches on crystallization induced by living organisms. The group is particularly interested in calcite crystallization in corals, such as the Mediterranean Red Coral (Corallium rubrum). Indeed, organisms are able to synthesize skeleton made of calcite crystallites. By comparing these crystals with those synthesized without any biological control, differences can