An integrated program with Physicists, Biologists, Chemists, Mathematicians
A unique place where you can be trained as Physicists, Biologists, Chemists, Mathematicians,
and ask new questions with biological significance.
A program with an authentic complementarity between scientific fields
- Systems Biology,
- Cell Physics,
- Developmental Biology,
- Statistical Mechanics,
- Collective effects,
- Experimental Physics,
- Chemical Biology
- Training a New Generation
- Science of Living Matter
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- Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology
- Imaging
- Numerical Simulations
- Electronics
- Machine Shop
- Microfabrication
- Microfluidics
Recruitment :
Academic files and Interview
Duration :
September - June
Rotation :
4 months in a laboratory
TOPICS :
Systems Biology : how signaling networks organize into logic modules with feedback loops
Cell Physics : how the cell shape is set
Developmental Biology : how organisms grow (model systems)
Statistical Mechanics : how living matter and large number of interacting objects can be translated into equations with predictive power
Collective effects : how new scales appear
Experimental Physics : how to prepare cells and model systems to explore them experimentally
Chemical Biology : how to select grafting and screen strategies
PRACTICALS :
Molecular Biology : how to prepare DNA vectors
Cell Biology : how to manipulate and observe cells
Developmental Biology : how to manipulate and observe model organisms
Numerical Simulations : how to compute dynamics of cells and tissues in silico
Machine Shop : how to build new mechanical elements for experimental set-ups
Microfabrication and Microfluidics : how to build µm size objects in 2 and 3 dimensions (cells holders and liquid droplets)
Electronics : how feedback loops operate
Imaging : how to capture cells and model systems with optimal resolutions and methods
Scientific council
Jean-Marie Lehn
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Chemistry
ISIS, Strasbourg, France
Jacques Prost
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Physics
Institut Curie, Paris, France
Mike Sheetz
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Biology
Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore and Columbia University, New York, USA
Director
Daniel Riveline
Cell Physics, Strasbourg
Management Board
Daniel Riveline, Physics, Strasbourg
Joseph Schacherer, Biology, Strasbourg
Nicolas Giuseppone, Chemistry, Strasbourg
Laurent Navoret, Maths, Strasbourg