Most cells in the living evolved in a spatially confined environment. We develop original microfluidic confining chambers to study the impact of spatial confinement in organisms ranging from bacteria to fungi, all the way to mammalian cells. We study both the physiological response and the potential importance of such confinement in microbial pathologies and cancer.

Collaborations principales

• Rob Arkowitz (Nice University, Nice)
• Guillaume Dumenil and Daria Bonazzi (Institut Pasteur, Paris)
• Julie Guillermet-Guibert (CRCT, Toulouse)
• Liam Holt (New York University, New York City)
• Christine Jean (CRCT, Toulouse)
• Olivier Liot (IMFT, Toulouse)

Contrats

• Plan Cancer Inserm
• INCa PLBIO
• ERC Starting grant Under Pressure