Welcome to Fresnel Institute
Institut Fresnel is located on the Etoile campus in Marseille. Our teams work on four fields: electromagnetism and metamaterials, nanophotonics and optical components, information processing and random waves and advanced imaging and life sciences.
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Revealing the organisation of actin in cells through the orientation of single molecules
A new polarized imaging approach based on the localization of isolated fluorescent molecules reveals the nanoscale organization of actin in (...) -
The identification of a new motif helps elucidate interactions between septins and microtubules, two essential components of the animal cytoskeleton.
Newly identified motif explains preferential septin-microtubule association
PHD defense &
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Last News
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Marie-Hélène AUMEUNIER, HDR
Marie-Hélène AUMEUNIER will defend her HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) of Aix-Marseille University on : "Simulation numérique pour la (...)
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Key events
Septins are a family of highly conserved small GTP-binding proteins that associate with cell membranes, actin filaments and microtubules, and are (...)
Press review &
Publications
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Focus dans le Rapport Annuel de la SATT-SE
Consulter l’article Un endoscope aussi fin qu’un cheveu pour révolutionner l’imagerie biologique. Contact : Hervé Rigneault, équipe MOSAIC (...)
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SIGILA n°45
La Revue Littéraire Transdisciplinaire Sigila, n° 45 Printemps-Eté 2020, a publié un Article "Invisibilité et Transparence", de Boris Gralak et (...)
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The Times, Monday, June 17, 2019
Article "How rise of quake-proofing stopped fall of Roman Empire" by Mark Bridge, THE TIMES, Monday, June 17, 2019 Article paru dans le (...)