Current Members
Principle Investigators
Research Topics
High-Speed AFM
Cell membrane
Envelopped viruses
Research Topics
Leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1 (LGI1)
Botulinum neurotoxin membrane receptors
Dr. Sophie Féréol
Assoc. Prof. (Maitresse de Conférences, Aix-Marseille Université)
sophie.fereol@inserm.fr
Research Topics
Biomechanics
Cell-microenvironment interactions
Assoc. Prof. (Maître de Conférences Hors Classe, Aix-Marseille Université)
Research Topics
Molecular and cellular mechanics
Cell adhesion
Atomic force spectroscopy
High-speed Force Spectroscopy (HS-FS)
Research Topics
Cell Membranes
Lipids bilayers
High-Speed AFM
Research Topics
Cell biology
Cancer stem cells
Research Topics
Cell biology
Oncology
Molecular biology
Research Topics
Circulating tumor cells
Acoustic force spectroscopy
Atomic force microscopy
Cell adhesion
Cell mechanics
Technical Staff
Research Topics
Cell mechanics of osteoblasts, the bone-formation cells
Mechanical mapping of biological tissues
Design and characterization of biomimetic surfaces
Research Topics
Leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1 (LGI1)
Botulinum neurotoxin membrane receptors
Research Topics
LabVIEW SW developer
Bachelor in Electronic Computer Engineering Technology
Current Developer of the AFM PXI system
PhD. Students and Postdocs
Research Topics
HS-AFM
Cryo-EM
Replication complex assembly
Chikungunya virus
Research Topics
Lipid membranes
Voltage-gated ion channels
High-speed AFM
Research Topics
Protein unfolding
Bioinformatics
High-speed force spectroscopy
Molecular Dynamics simulations
Research Topics
Electrochemical and Bioelectrochemical interfaces
Electrochemiluminescence
Functional nanomaterials
Research Topics
Protein folding
High-speed AFM
Ribosome and protein synthesis
Research Topics
Atomic force microscopy
Muscle mechanics
Drosophila
Titin protein
Research Topics
Acoustic force spectroscopy
Cell mechanics
Research Topics
Single molecule force spectroscopy
Protein conformational dynamics
High-speed AFM imaging
Research Topics
AFM force spectroscopy
Cell mechanics
Cell-Cell adhesion
Former Lab Members
Dr Mar Eroles, PhD student and Postdoc
Dr. Leda Lacaria, PhD student (currently postdoc at IBDM, Marseille).
Dr. Jorge Rodrigez Ramos, Postdoc.
Dr. Fidan Sumbul, Postdoc.
Dr. Arin Marchesi, Postdoc EMBO/MSCA (currently associated professor at University of Ancona, Italy).
Dr. Francesca Zuttion, Postdoc Inserm (currently researcher at L'Oréal, Paris).
Dr. Ignacio López de Blas, PhD student (currently postdoc at University of Groningen, Netherlands).
Dr. Laura Gonzalez, Post-doc (currently Engineer at NanoSurf, Switzerland).
Dr. Anna Rigato, PhD student and Post-doc (Currently postdoc at IBDM, Marseille).
Visitors
04/04/2023: Ramray Bhat (IISc Bangalore) is visiting this week. Thank you for the really inspiring talk yesterday.
12/01/2023: Qingze Zou from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey is visiting us this week.