Curious movie #3

Mar 19, 2025 | Outreach

The barchan dunes race Briefly We study the interactions between dunes that structure sand deserts on a large scale Some details You can observe a field of barchan dunes (crescent-shaped dunes) reproduced underwater in the laboratory on a small scale (the dunes are...

Curious movie #2

Mar 14, 2025 | Outreach

Marangoni flows induced by soluble surfactants https://msc.u-paris.fr/fluides-complexes-et-ecoulements-capillaires/ In a nutshell A solution of soluble surfactants is injected into pure water. The surface flows observed are a macroscopic manifestation of the...

Curious movie #1

Fév 21, 2025 | Outreach

A cell aggregate is aspired through a constriction   In a nutshell An aggregate of cells is forced through a hole. This allows us to study its mechanical properties. A few details This is an aggregate of mouse embryo carcinoma cells (F9 cells). The hole is 50 by 140...

Internship/PhD on Hydrogels for adsorption of toxic metals

Fév 20, 2025 | DOMM, Internships, MSC, PhD students / Post-docs

Proposal for master internship/PhD Hydrogels and composites with optimal efficiency and minimal environmental impact for adsorption of toxic metals   The increasing demand for water due to technology and industrial activity has led to the use of hydrogels to treat...

Postdoc on the acoustics of membrane materials

Fév 4, 2025 | MSC

As part of the Membranes project, the MSC laboratory is carrying out experimental research into the acoustic properties of membrane media, i.e. media whose internal structure contains thin layers of materials that can provide an original elastic response [1]. Examples...

Postdoc on heterogenous cavitation

Fév 4, 2025 | MSC

We are looking for a post-doc to join our research team and perform experiment on heterogeneous cavitation to explore the origin of cavitation nuclei. The apparition of macroscopic bubbles inside a liquid either by boiling when temperature increases, from cavitation...

Bubble entrapment by drop impact

Sep 24, 2024 | DOMM, MSC, Research

Only under certain conditions does a drop falling onto a bath entrap an air bubble. We propose a phenomenological law that describes these bubbling conditions in terms of Froude, Weber, and capillary numbers. Figure. Superimposed images of a drop and the cavity it...

18-month post-doctoral fellowship on pulmonary surfactant

Sep 19, 2024 | MSC, PhD students / Post-docs, Physique du Vivant

Structure and rheology of pulmonary surfactant Research The INHALE project, funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR), seeks to investigate the viability of surfactant replacement therapy in adults afflicted with respiratory disorders. Pulmonary surfactant...

PhD defense. 05/11/2024, Lorijn van der Spek: “Application of mechanical and geometrical constraints of muscle cells to promote differentiation at different scales”

Sep 19, 2024 | MSC, News, Physique du Vivant, Thesis defense

Tuesday, November 5th, Bâtiment Condorcet, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75013 Paris. PhD defense of Lorijn van der Spek Application of mechanical and geometrical constraints of muscle cells to promote differentiation at different scales Supervised by Myriam...

Alice Pelosse honored by the French Rheology Group

Sep 19, 2024 | Awards, DSHE, MSC, News

Alice Pelosse, a PhD student from the MSC laboratory, who completed her thesis on capillary flow in suspensions under the supervision of Matthieu Roché and Elisabeth Guazzelli, has been awarded the 2024 thesis prize by the Groupe Français de Rhéologie (GFR). During...