Indian research in Marseille
Deep Punj and Kumar Saurav recently joined the team at the Fresnel Institute. It's a great pleasure for us to welcome them.
Jerome Wenger receives the Branly Prize 2011
Edouard Branly in his office, circa 1932
80 years later... JW in Edouard Branly's office, after the Branly prize award.
See the funny detail in the painting by Branly's daughter, you can see Branly taking Zeus lightnings
Edouard Branly's intruments have been collected in his old laboratory and office, which is now a small museum located in the Institut Superieur d'Electronique de Paris ISEP. If you pass by, the visit is interesting, especially the Faraday's cage room all covered by copper.
Nanophotonics job updates
In late 2012, several job offers in nano-optics and biophotonics were posted. See the call webpage here. Several positions have been filled now, I am delighted to welcome new young scientists in the coming weeks.
Positions still open:
PhD position NanoVista : Nanophotonics inside CMOS biosensors
Contractual researcher ExtendFRET : Förster resonance energy transfer & surface chemistry
Key benefits from Fresnel - Marseille:
* ambitious innovative research, projects were selected by most prestigious national and european grants.
* state-of-the-art equipment resources & know-how
* close mentorship from a senior CNRS researcher
* long-term career visibility, contracts have several years duration
* full social advantages from being employed by French CNRS
* South France quality of life: sun, see, mountains & food
Positions filled:
DONE PhD ExtendFRET : Extended fluorescence energy transfer with nanophotonics
DONE PhD Twins : Theoretical / numerical research in plasmonics and optical antennas
DONE PostDoc ExtendFRET : Plasmonic circuits design & simulations
DONE PostDoc NanoVista : Enhanced detection of single fluorescent molecules with plasmonic antennas
You know what? JW is ACS-certified!
There were ISO900X, CE compliance, now there is "ACS certification".
I got that "diploma" in my mailbox yesterday, as many of my peers I presume... Waoooooouh
NanoVista project: photonic antennas for biology
One of the ultimate challenges in biology is to understand the relationship between the structure, function and dynamics of biomolecules in their natural environment: the living cell. The goal of NANO-VISTA is to exploit novel concepts of photonic antennas to develop a new generation of bionanophotonic tools for ultrasensitive detection, nanoimaging and nanospectroscopy of biomolecules, both in-vitro and in living cells.The NANO-VISTA project, started on November 2011 is funded by the European Commission’s 7th research Framework programme. See the official NanoVista website.
