Luminescent Lanthanides Compounds, Optical Spectroscopy & Bioimaging

Designing, synthesising, characterising, analysing and testing new molecular systems and nanomaterials for the analysis of living organisms and for optical and multimodal biological imaging of cells and small animals.

The team's activities are cross-disciplinary and range from the design of molecules and nanomaterials to applications in optical and multimodal imaging, including instrument development.

The team has a particular interest and expertise in molecules that emit in the near-infrared.

A distinctive feature of the group's approach is to take into account the specific needs of biology and medicine in the design of molecules and/or nanosystems.

The team has transdisciplinary expertise in the fields of organic, inorganic and nanomaterial synthesis, spectroscopy, biology, biochemistry and biophysics, cellular and small animal optical imaging, with a specialisation in near-infrared imaging.

To achieve its objectives, the team is working in parallel on several types of lanthanide compounds, including small molecules, macromolecules and nanomaterials. In addition to the functional aspects of luminescent systems, the team is interested in (i) gaining a better understanding of the interactions between probes and biological targets, and (ii)