Actualités

11.09.2026

New publication in APL Photonics - Advanced optical polarimetric microscopy reveals spatio-temporal dynamics of cervix remodeling during gestation

Congratulation, a nice study by Laboratoire d'Optique et Biosciences (LOB) colleagues Vaky Abdelsayed, Pierre Mahou, Gaël Latour, Marie-Claire Schanne-Klein and their collaborators in Jessica Ramella-Roman's group at Florida International University. They...

14.08.2026

New publication in APL Photonics - Resonant third harmonic generation in biological pigments

A new article in APL Photonics Resonant third harmonic generation in biological pigments Dees et al, APL Photonics 2026 https://pubs.aip.org/aip/app/article/11/8/086116/3401132/Resonant-third… 🔬🌟 Third-harmonic generation...

09.07.2026

Congratulations to Robin Kuhner on winning the Jean-Louis Gerondeau–Safran Award!

Félicitations à Robin Kuhner pour le prix Jean-Louis Gerondeau – Safran ! Congratulations to Kuhner on winning the Jean-Louis Gerondeau–Safran Award! See more information on: https://intranet.polytechnique.fr/fr/actualites/les-projets-holocyte-et…...

18.06.2026

Célébration des 25 ans du LOB

Le Laboratoire d'Optique et Biosciences (LOB), créé en 2001 sous l'impulsion de Jean-Louis Martin a célébré son 25 ème anniversaire le 18 juin à l'École Polytechnique. Pour cette occasion, plusieurs dizaines d'anciens doctorants et post-doctorants du...

01.06.2026

New publication in Optica - Two-photon light-sheet live imaging at kilohertz frame rate using birefringence-based pulse splitting

A new paper from the LOB microscopy unit on high-speed multiphoton light-sheet imaging has been published in Optica. We achieved kilohertz frame rates by enhancing the signal-to-photodamage ratio during live imaging. Two-photon light-sheet live imaging at...

28.03.2026

New publication in npj Heritage Science, first paper from the LOB on OCT applied to the investigation of cultural heritage artifacts.

Congratulation to Gael Latour's team. First paper from the LOB on OCT applied to the investigation of cultural heritage artifacts. We show the interest in imaging varnish layers, measuring their thicknesses and following conservation treatments based on...

27.03.2026

Inserm CHAIR (tenure track position) opened in the Laboratoire d'Optique et Biosciences

An Inserm CHAIR (tenure track position) has just been opened in the Laboratoire d'Optique et Biosciences ( Inserm U1182) in École Polytechnique / Institut Polytechnique de Paris on “Development of nano-imaging methods for complex patho-physiological...

20.03.2026

Le photocycle d'une photoenzyme revisité

Une étude menée par des équipes du LOB, du BIAM Cadarache et de l’I2BC, combinant de multiples techniques dont la spectroscopie infrarouge d’absorption transitoire multi-échelle ADASOPS, montre que, contrairement aux hypothèses précédentes, à température...

18.03.2026

HDR Gael Latour

Félicitations à Gaël Latour pour la brillante soutenance de son Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) intitulée : « Cornée, parchemin, vernis : la microscopie avancée comme outil d'investigation » !

12.03.2026

New Prize

A big congratulations to Kate Sorg, third prize IP Paris My Thesis in 180 Seconds She will take part in the regional final of the MT 180 competition, which will take place on April 16, 2026, at La Terrasse in Gif-sur-Yvette. 2026 Winners The jury...

19.02.2026

Young Lobsters Day

Exciting science and discussion during the "Young Lobsters Day" Young Lobsters Day took place Thursday 19th February (full day). Please find the program attached. Presentation format: Postdocs, 3rd-year PhD students, and 2nd-year PhD students Interns and...

01.02.2026

New publication in Nucleic Acids Research ”Archaeal G-quadruplexes: a novel model for understanding unusual DNA/RNA structures across the tree of life"

Happy to share latest article on G-quadruplexes in Archaea: "Archaeal G-quadruplexes: a novel model for understanding unusual DNA/RNA structures across the tree of life" published in Nucleic Acids Research Link in comments (paper in free access). We...