Curious movie #3

Curious movie #3

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

Curious movie #2

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

Curious movie #1

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...
Postdoc on heterogenous cavitation

Postdoc on heterogenous cavitation

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

Bubble entrapment by drop impact

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...

M2/Thesis 2023-2024 internship proposal

Nuclear mechanics as a diagnostic and therapeutic target for glioblastoma Glioblastomas (GBMs) are the most lethal primary brain tumours. The absence of effective therapies is mainly due to tumour invasion and to the resistance of invading cells to treatments such as...
PhD defense. 05/11/2024, Lorijn van der Spek: “Application of mechanical and geometrical constraints of muscle cells to promote differentiation at different scales”

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

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...