Mosaic team

Affiliate Team MOSAIC (Fresnel Institute)

mosaic team

Teams

Presentation of the Institute

Created in 2000, the Fresnel Institute builds on high scientific expertise in various topics related to the physics of waves. More recently, other activities at the crossroads of biology, biophysics and biomedical imaging emerged. The research topics of the lab currently cover four axes: electromagnetic modelling and simulation, nanophotonics and optical components, information processing and random waves, and advanced imaging and life sciences. The synergies between these axes are very strong and give rise to novel projects, often at the frontier between different disciplines. These projects can be fundamental or applied, with a strong potential for innovation, which the lab supports through several technological platforms. The Fresnel Institute is supported by several institutions, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS and Centrale Marseille. Nearly two hundred persons work today in the lab, with a total budget of about 9 M€.

MOSAIC Team

Description

Mosaic is an interdisciplinary research group aiming at unravelling life science problems using advanced photonic tools.

Mosaic principal investigators are physicists and biologists working together at the cross roads between advanced optical imaging, nanophotonics and tissue morphogenesis.

In parallel, the Mosaic group is involved in collaborative projects related to the fields of developmental biology, immunology, neurosciences and biomedical research.

Team leader

Hervé Rigneault: 8 HDRs

Techniques

Sparse/random illumination microscopy,
fluorescence correlation spectroscopy,
single-molecule imaging,
scanning electron microscopy,
polarisation microscopy,
wavefront shaping,
confocal microscopy,
quantitative phase imaging,
temperature microscopy,
non-linear microscopy,
Raman spectroscopy,
thin-fibre endoscopy,
photoacoustic imaging

Research axes

Optics, Nanosciences, Biology

Keywords

Morphogenesis, nanobiophotonics, polarisation, deep-tissue imaging, thermoplasmonics, phase imaging, label-free microscopy, neurophotonics

Thematics

Animal Cognition And Behavior
Autonomic And Neuroendocrine Systems
Computational Neuroscience
Development Of The Nervous System
Disorders Of The Nervous System
Excitability
Excitability, Synaptic Transmission, Network Functions
Human Cognition And Behavior
Motor Systems
Network Functions
Novel Methods And Technology Development
Sensory Systems
Sleep
Sleep, Autonomic And Neuroendocrine Systems
Synaptic Transmission