II. Biophysics

The biophysical axis of the "nonlinear dynamics" team develops quantitative and integrative approaches to analyze the dynamics of molecular interactions that underlie a certain number of functions and behaviors at the heart of a cell's life, such as the response to oxidative stress or to thermal stress, the circadian clock, proliferation or differentiation

We mainly use tools and methods from physics (optics, nonlinear dynamics, computational physics, statistics) to decipher the architecture of signaling channels and regulatory networks that govern cellular decisions. To this end, we use and possibly combine real-time imaging techniques in living cells (e.g., biophotonics) and mathematical modeling of the temporal evolution of the cell state.