Physics of Living Systems
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In the Physics of Living Systems team, we study the physical mechanisms underlying the fundamental processes of living organisms. Our activities are mainly experimental, but also include modeling. Our research focuses on different types of animal and plant organisms, whose behavior we characterize in physiological and pathological contexts (cancer, myopathies, Alzheimer’s disease), with implications for environmental health. The scale of our studies ranges from the sub-cellular to cell aggregates and tissues.
Actin network in plant protoplast in rectangular microwell (P. Durand)
Vesicules and silica nanoparticles (JF Berret)
MDCK epithelium (S. Hénon)
Stretched magnetic multicellular aggregate (M. Reffay)
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