Here are my main collaborations:
Collaboration LCMCP
Nadine Nassif (team Matériaux Hybrides et Procédés).
Field of expertise: tissue ingeneering, biomaterials, biomineralization.
Project: Surface and interfaces in biominerals
Funding : ANR NanoShap (2009-2012), Labex Matisse (2013-2016), PHC Ulysse (2019), Emergence Alliance SU (2019)
Marie Albéric (team SMiLES)
Field of expertise: Biomineralization, synchrotron facility
Project: Pigment-calcite interactions in sea urchin spines
Funding : MITI CNRS Biomimétisme (2019)
Christel Gervais (team SMiLES) and Frederik Tielens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel).
Field of expertise: DFT calculation of vibrational parameters, Molecular dynamic.
Funding : Cnano IdF (2008-2011)
Local collaboration SU
Stéphanie Bordenave. UMR BOREA (SU, MNHN).
Field of expertise: Biology, mollusks biomineralization
Project: Nacre formation in European Abalone Haliotis tuberculata.
Funding: Labex Matisse (2015-2018), ARED Région Bretagne (2015-2018), PEPS CNRS Adaptation-adaptabilité (2017)
Jean-Yves Sire and Sidney Delgado. Evolution Paris Seine
Field of expertise: Molecular biology, Evolution (protéines minéralisantes).
Project: Mineralization of skeletal elements in Zebra fish Dario rerio
Karim Benzerara and Nicolas Menguy. IMPMC
Field of expertise: Synchrotron beamline (STXM) and HR-TEM
Project: Ultrastructure of mineralized tissues
Funding: Institut de science des matériaux SU
Guylène Costentin and Jean-Marc Krafft. LRS
Field of expertise: Apatites, RAMAN Spectroscopy
Project: in situ characterization of apatite formation
Funding: Labex Matisse (2013-2016)
National collaboration
Jean-Marie Devoisselle and Sylvie Bégu, ICGM, Montpellier.
Area of expertise: Galenist pharmacists
Project: Host-guest interactions and physical confinement in drug delivery systems
Funding : ANR Biodynamics (2005-2008), ANR JCJC NanoBioMat (2007-2010)
Chakib Djediat. MNHN, Paris
Area of expertise: electronic microscopy, immunohistochemistry
Project: Identification and Localization of acidic proteins in mineralized tissues
Marta de Frutos. LPS, Orsay
Area of expertise: EELS spectroscopy
Project: spatially resolved elemental analysis of biominerals surfaces and interfaces
Christophe Drouet. CIRIMAT, Toulouse
Area of expertise: Apatites, biomaterials
Project : Carbonate substitution in apatites.
International collaboration
Dennis Kurzbach. Vienna University, Austria
Field of expertise: Dissolution DNP
Project: Prenucleation clusters precursors of biominerals
Funding: FWF, NTU-CNRS Excellence Science
Ali Miserez and Martial Duchamp. Nanyang Technological University, Singapour
Biological and Biomimetic Materials & Liquid phase and Cryo-electron microscopy
Project: Protein-induced biomineral formation
Funding : NTU-CNRS Excellence Science