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We actuate with light & magnets, we fold & unfold DNA, we cell-free express proteins, we play with drops, marbles & interfaces, we organize particles, we harness coffee rings.

People

Group picture 12/01/2020

From top left : Saikat, Heng, Layla, Kun, Eve, Sergii, Damien, Laura, Qiuyan, Mathieu, Ayako, Julian, Romane, Sovannah, Urszula, Aїssatou, Jiashu,...
No expertise and a lot of curiosity! Current position: Exceptional class Professor (PR EX2, IUF senior) at Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS)...
Mathieu is expert in microfluidics, physical chemistry, biophysics, and synthetic biology.
Sergii is an expert in DNA, RNA, surfactants, and nanoparticles. Fan of hard rock music, Sergii can speak about 5 languages.
I like to mimic and learn from living matter—even if only small aspects of it—with a microfabrication and microfluidics twist. I enjoy working on...
Saikat is working on interfacial rheology, microfluidics and synthetic biology. Email: saikat.saha@ens.psl.eu   Educational background:...
Laura is our expert in isothermal DNA nanotechnology, from nanotubes to DNA origamis.
Barbara is developing an innovative bioassay for high throughput antibody screening leveraging droplet microfluidics.
Kun is our expert in DNA origami functionalization and transformation.

Heng Ni, Post-Doc 01/20/2025

Heng is our expert in soft DNA nanotechnology.
Sevde is our expert in coffee-ring diagnostics.
Aissatou is our expert in protein labelling and their assemblies.
Urszula is an expert in synthetic biology and neurobiology. She is developing autoregulatory gene circuits for precise MECP2 expression control as a...
Romane is our DNA nanogel expert.

Jiashu LI PhD 03/25/2026

Educational background: 2019 - 2021: DUT, Biological Engineering (Biological and Biochemical Analysis), University Institute of Technology of Tours,...
Sovannah is working on the vascularization of cerebral organoids.

Former members 12/05/2022