Macromolecules and Microsystems in Biology and Medicine, Institut Curie (MMBM)
Curie Institute is a non-profit foundation by Marie Curie, aimed at applying the progress of science to human health. It strongly promotes interactions between fundamental research and medicine, and is a European leader in this field. Its active IP protection and exploitation policy has yielded several start-ups in the last years, among which Fluigent. Macromolecules and Microsystems in Biology and Medicine (MMBM) is a joint lab of Curie Institute, University UPMC and CNRS (third party). It is a multidisciplinary team of about 25 persons, developing innovative tools for biology and medicine using research in physics and chemistry. MMBM is one of the largest groups in France working on microfluidics, and specialising in the integration of soft matter physics and chemistry to microfluidic platforms. MMBM has spearheaded world-leading and pioneering research in self-assembly strategies and microfluidics for diagnosis, and is participating in multiple FP7 projects (e.g. LOVEFood, NADINE, DIATOOLs).
Leader of Work Package 3
Key Personnel
Dr. Stephanie Descroix – Institute Curie Principal Investigator
- Permanent Researcher at Institut Curie CNRS
- 10 years of experience in analytical and bioanalytical chemistry and microfluidics
- 45+ peer-reviewed papers in international journals, 3 patents
Dr. Jean-Louis Viovy – Research Director at Institut Curie CNRS
- 30 years of experience in soft matter, analytical chemistry, and microfluidics
- He is co-author of 180 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 10+ patents
Dr. Amel Bendali – Postdoctoral Research Engineer
- Postdoctoral researcher responsible for the filtration system (pre-concentration) and the development of bacteria capture on microfluidic platforms.
- 6 years of experience in research on biomaterials, cell/device interfaces, protein microarrays and cell biology with a multidisciplinary engineering background.
Laurent Malaquin – Researcher at Institut Curie CNRS
- Expert in Micro and Nanofabrication, Auto-assembly and Microfluidics.